Content Grid Slider
by councilsoft · Media
A fully responsive carousel type Content Slider with Grid layout. Showcase and spotlight your services or products with this awesome slider.
47 health vs 59 average across 2,204 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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 4371 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
66
now · peak 109
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
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
12.0y ago
latest release · v1.5
2
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-18 · 1,381 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ michent111.8y ago
This is a pretty nifty slider. We’re using it on a membership site as a members area navigation toolbar. There’s a few issues that we ran into though, which is why we gave it a 3 star rating: – Text styling: You have to be cautious about how much text you use as a description for each slide. The text will overflow past the description box and create some weird styling issues. This creates a problem especially if you only have a couple rows. The size of the description box needs to be dependent on the description text & not how many rows in the grid. Or inversely, the text needs to be styled to only fit in the small space alloted for the description area when only using 1 or 2 rows. – We’d like to have the actual grid boxes linked to the content. So instead of the user having to click, “Read More” in the description box, they can just click the actual image in the grid box and be directed to the linked content. Would definitely pay for a cleaned up premium version with more customization options. Keep up the good work, developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kalamitt12.1y ago
Hello, thanks for this plugin, it looks good. Nice idea, working quite well, but.. 1. Settings are really strict. (color settings, tumbnails settings etc.) 2. Timing options ?!?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Egifford12.2y ago
I was searching for some interesting way of presenting the posts headers. Than i came here and i immediately installed that plugin. After some small improvements it makes really cool impression for page visitors
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MrStitchy12.2y ago
Felt frustrated because I couldn’t remove the words from within the thumbnail/grid area. Also, the words there seem to push the thumbnail image up.. making the thumbs smaller. Also, it seems you are forced to have the title of the slider above the grid.. (in my case, ‘Content Grid Slider’ was sitting there, and I couldn’t remove it). Does what the demo shows.. will be a good plugin for many.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pssarangal12.3y ago
Very happy after installing this plugin that I can’t stop myself from posting a review about it. Just love the simplicity and elegance of Content Grid Slider. You don’t have to spend hours in setting it up or figuring out what to do next. Easy to configure and use. Thanks developers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 00612.3y ago
Amazing plugin and absolutely fabulous support! Very thankful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gauri112.3y ago
Easy to set up and easy to integrate with templates. It comes with lots of options even in the free version
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vadukk123412.3y ago
Easy integration with my site and the features are just awesome. I am impressed with this fully responsive slider and it looks great on iPad, iPhone and desktop browsers.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2025-12-25 CVE-2025-68879 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5 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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 50+ → 40+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 60+ → 50+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 50+ → 60+ up after 103 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 60+ → 50+ down after 323 days in tier
- 2025-02-19 70+ → 60+ down after 107 days in tier
- 2024-11-04 80+ → 70+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2024-08-15 90+ → 80+ down after 152 days in tier
- 2024-03-16 100+ → 90+ down after 8 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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