Easy Nivo Slider
by ecurtain · Media
Adds Nivo Slider to a post/page with no coding. Builds sliders from a post images, featured images in posts, or from NextGen galleries.
41 health vs 66 average across 804 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 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.
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 5596 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
70
now · peak 171
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 “200+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-23 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-22 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-18 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-17 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in band
- 2024-06-02 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Slick Slider 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Gallery Images Ape 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
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 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/easy-nivo-slider" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Easy Nivo Slider — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Easy Nivo Slider: 200+ active installs, 2.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easy-nivo-slider