Category Posts Slider Pro
by neelam.samariya · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Category Posts Slider Pro is designed to display your selected posts according to the categories in a slider on your website.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈65 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “posts slider”, “slider” and “slider plugin” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 11.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1272 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1272 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| category posts slider your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| posts slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive category posts slider your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slider plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “posts slider”, “slider” and “slider plugin” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 183 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
9.7y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 6 Mar 2017
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Sep 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ roberto kenne9.8y ago
When I wanted some modifications on this plugin, her author helped me very fastly! Thank you very much. This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by roberto kenne. This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by roberto kenne.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Harsh10.1y ago
I got a quick response for my query and got it solved. This is a great plugin and support is great. Thank you so much 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webdeb3280110.1y ago
Would love to say that this is a great plugin but there are a few things missing. First is support. Second, there is no link to the post from the slider. This makes it pretty, but useless. The other options and the functionality it does have all are done well.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Category Posts Slider Pro is designed to display your selected posts according to the categories in a slide..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "if you need").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,244 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 70+ → 60+ down after 285 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 80+ → 70+ down after 213 days in tier
- 2024-11-12 90+ → 80+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 100+ → 90+ down after 1089 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 300+ → 100+ down
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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Ocean Posts Slider 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Video Slider – Slider Carousel 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Slider Carousel – Image Slider 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Creative Image Slider – Responsive Slider Plugin 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
JWD PostSlider Widget 80+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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