Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider
by subhansanjaya · Media
Also makes 2 other plugins · 12.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple posts content slider, product, images, videos, related posts, custom post type carousel plugin for WordPress.
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Health
C 65/100
Stale · Open vulnerability
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “horizontal” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
65 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 250.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 450 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 76 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 450 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
+0.8
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| horizontal | #11 | #15 | 0 |
| posts content slider your tag | #23 | #22 | down 5 |
| carousel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts carousel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “horizontal” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- Slipping on “posts content slider”. Down 5 places since 2026-10-02, now #23. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v3.3.2 · 8 Aug 2025
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Inna Andreeva3.7y ago
This is exactly what I was looking for! All the best to the developer! This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Inna Andreeva.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AndreyPSt5.2y ago
wery good slider
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tigabuatalo5.4y ago
Convenient plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ elbarto905.7y ago
Try before and after you can do without it, based on my interest.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andrvasvas7.1y ago
You cannot create multiple carousels from different categories. The description doesn’t say that!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jhoalmeida14087.6y ago
I like this pluging
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Budsy7.9y ago
I like this plugin, but some of the settings don’t work as expected. If you want the featured image to show, you don’t get the ‘read more’ link at the bottom. …Unless you set the character limit to zero. But then you don’t get any excerpt text at all. Also, even though the post text is left aligned, the excerpt is center text, and you have to futz with Css for quite a while to get things to look the way you want… left aligned, and NO justification please.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webxcrawler9.3y ago
Works but my post title disappear.. when i choose full image size of Featured image size
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.3.1 3.3.1
- — Version 3.2.9 3.2.9
- — Version 3.2.7 3.2.7
- — Version 3.2.6 New – Added an option to change the duration of the animation. Fixed – PHP7 incompatibility issues. Added alt tag for the images. Fixed timeout issue. Version 3.2.5 Fixed issue where categories couldn’t be selected. Vers 3.2.6
- — Version 3.2.3 New – More options to configure the slider. Fixed – Bug fixes for improved slider quality and performance. 3.2.3
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (3.3.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider <= 3.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-12-30 CVE-2026-22347 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 61 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 37 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,136 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "posts carousel", "posts slider" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 534 days in tier
- 2024-01-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2023-02-03 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-31 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-01-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-28 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 5K+ → 4K+ down after 151 days in tier
- 2022-08-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 377 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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JWD PostSlider Widget 80+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Post Grid 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Carousel Slider 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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