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Crelly Slider

by Fabio Rinaldi · Media

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A free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions and animations.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Open vulnerability

Health

C 62/100

Stale · Open vulnerability

Active installs

10K+

≈15K estimated

Momentum

+16%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “animations” for “beautify”. “animations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “beautify” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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62 Health · C
Maintenance 30/100
Rating quality 95/100
Support 70/100
Security 57/100

62 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈15K estimated

360.6K

Total downloads

since 2014 · 2.8% still active

4.8/5

Rating

4.9 on wp.org · 112 reviews

+16%

1K

Downloads · 30d

category median +11%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

2.8%

of downloads still active

At least 10K of 360.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 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.

Ratings · 112 reviews

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5★
105 4★
4 3★
0 2★
1 1★
2

Details

Version
1.4.7
Last updated
1.8y ago
Added
2014-07-24 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.7.11
Requires PHP
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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.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 39/100

Updated 667 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 93/100

4.9★ over 112 reviews, smoothed to 4.65★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 667 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d
3331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.9K · peaks are release surges

1K31 Oct 2026

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

Crelly Slider · #2139youSmart Slider 3 · #78Slider, Gallery, and · #121SiteOrigin Widgets B · #146

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.931 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6231 Oct 2026

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.

10231 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.8y ago

latest release · v1.4.7 · 2 Jan 2025

32

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.7 · 2 Jan 20251.4.6 · 28 May 20241.4.5 · 12 Sep 20211.4.4 · 12 Dec 20201.4.3 · 9 Aug 20201.4.2 · 24 May 20201.4.1 · 23 May 20201.4.0 · 23 May 20201.3.7 · 4 May 20201.3.6 · 7 Mar 20201.3.5 · 6 Jun 20191.3.4 · 27 May 20191.3.3 · 5 Mar 20181.3.2 · 23 Feb 2018

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 86%
v1.3 9.6%
Older / other versions 4.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈15K

Crossed into this band 3.4 years ago; the previous band took 5.3 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 14 Apr 2021

10K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User
    2.3y ago

    Installed Crelly Slider, but it significantly slowed down my WP Admin Dashboard to a crawl. This topic was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by Anonymous User. This topic was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by Anonymous User. This topic was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by Anonymous User.

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  2. ★★★★★ Irenef
    4.0y ago

    I installed it in WP 6.0.3 and it doesn’t work, it can’t be seen, although I see that it is in the code.

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  3. ★★★★★ PatrizioRD
    5.4y ago

    It does exactly what other plugins fail to do: animated sliders, with a clear back end and acceptable learning curve not overflowed by mostly unuseful functionalities and upsell tentatives.

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  4. ★★★★★ apieiron
    5.6y ago

    I try a lot of slider plugin, just this do everthing what i want. Thank you everbody who work on it!

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  5. ★★★★★ Orhan Colak
    6.2y ago

    I can say better than many premium plugins. We couldn’t fix a conflict issue with the theme I am using (Astra Pro) but I still keep using it and can recommend it.

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  6. ★★★★★ mozvilla
    6.4y ago

    I used it for one of my customer website which result in giving premium quality lightweight layer slider. I request to keep it free or opensource. I have not faced any issue. Simple interface.

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  7. ★★★★★ htchr
    6.7y ago

    Outstanding free slider. Many thanks and please continue to maintain.

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  8. ★★★★★ Fotis Pastrakis
    6.8y ago

    A great tool to create sliders with layers and get a very good result!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.4.7 Fixed XSS vulnerability. 1.4.7
  2. — Version 1.4.6 Fixed security issue. Fixed PHP warning. 1.4.6
  3. — Version 1.4.5 Changed icon in admin sidebar to match WP 5.8 style. 1.4.5
  4. — Version 1.4.4 Fixed JavaScript fatal error in WordPress 5.6. Removed deprecated JavaScript code. 1.4.4
  5. — Version 1.4.3 Fixed compatibility issue with WordPress 5.5 due to the use of a deprecated jQuery function. 1.4.3
  6. — Version 1.4.2 Push required version of WordPress to 4.6. 1.4.2

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.4.7). 4 of 5 disclosed are patched.

  1. Patched Medium · 4.4 Crelly Slider <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-01-06 CVE-2024-13116 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.5 Patched in 1.4.7
  2. Patched Medium · 5.4 Crelly Slider <= 1.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ↗
    2024-04-25 CVE-2024-33542 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.4.5 Patched in 1.4.6
  3. Open Medium · 4.4 Crelly Slider <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-04-15 CVE-2024-3752 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.5 No patch available
  4. Patched High · 8.8 Crelly Slider <= 1.3.4 - Arbitrary File Upload ↗
    2019-06-06 CVE-2019-15866 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.3.4 Patched in 1.3.5
  5. Patched High · 7.2 Crelly Slider <= 1.1.1 - SQL Injection ↗
    2017-06-05 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.1.1 Patched in 1.1.2

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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

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Translated into 12 languages, 6 at 90% or more

French (France) 100%
German 100%
Italian 100%
Russian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Serbian 86%
Slovak 84%
Swedish 49%
Portuguese (Brazil) 41%
German (Formal) 22%
Dutch 3%

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 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "A free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions..."
  • ! 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 YouTube, Vimeo.
  • ! Headings and lists 6 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,660 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

  1. 2023-06-02 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1947 days in tier
  2. 2018-02-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 403 days in tier
  3. 2016-12-25 9K+ → 10K+ up after 137 days in tier
  4. 2016-08-10 6K+ → 9K+ up after 145 days in tier
  5. 2016-03-18 5K+ → 6K+ up after 60 days in tier
  6. 2016-01-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 60 days in tier
  7. 2015-11-19 3K+ → 4K+ up after 27 days in tier
  8. 2015-10-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 47 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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Crelly Slider: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (112 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/crelly-slider

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