Background Slideshow
by IWEBIX · Media
background, slider, background slideshow, images, post, pages, pictures Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 3.2 Stable tag: trunk Background Slidesh …
39 health vs 60 average across 1,356 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5336 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 72
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-30 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2025-12-14 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-03 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-30 30+ → 20+ down after 123 days in band
- 2025-07-30 20+ → 30+ up after 161 days in band
- 2025-02-19 30+ → 20+ down after 17 days in band
- 2025-02-02 20+ → 30+ up after 31 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Custom Post Slider 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Serious Slider 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/background-slideshow" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Background Slideshow — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Background Slideshow: 20+ active installs, 1.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/background-slideshow