Category Posts Slider Pro
by neelam.samariya · Media
Category Posts Slider Pro is designed to display your selected posts according to the categories in a slider on your website.
46 health vs 59 average across 2,127 Media plugins
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 6.1.10.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1165 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
114
now · peak 119
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
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
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 D -
Slider Carousel – Image Slider 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Creative Image Slider – Responsive Slider Plugin 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
JWD PostSlider Widget 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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