Easy Nivo Slider
by ecurtain · Media
Also makes 3 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds Nivo Slider to a post/page with no coding. Builds sliders from a post images, featured images in posts, or from NextGen galleries.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom post type” for “nivo slider”. “custom post type” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nivo slider” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
41 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 97.4K 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.
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5703 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.1.4; the current branch is 6.8
2.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5703 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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nivo slider | #18 | #21 | 0 |
| custom post type your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nivo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slideshow your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom post type” for “nivo slider”. “custom post type” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nivo slider” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 171 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
15.6y ago
latest release · v1.6.1 · 22 Mar 2011
3
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 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 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pciesielski13.5y ago
Worst gallery plugin ever!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monzu0213.7y ago
Easy Nivo Slider doesn’t work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eerdepeer13.9y ago
I had to read the original nivo slider manual to figure out how to fill the slider with images. After that, the sliders works great! I use all three measurements. Really nice! Just what I was looking for. 🙂
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
4 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 "Adds Nivo Slider to a post/page with no coding. Builds sliders from a post images, featured images in posts..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! 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 2,551 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
- 2025-05-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-23 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-22 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-18 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-17 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in tier
- 2024-06-02 400+ → 300+ down after 2 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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Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Slick Slider 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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