FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin
by Constantin Boiangiu · Media
Also makes 2 other plugins · 2.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
WordPress slider plugin for Featured Content that can create responsive, video enabled sliders from your existing WordPress content.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
500+
≈560 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Add “nivo slider”, “nivo” and “fa” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 175.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 942 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 942 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.1
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 | #8 | #7 | 0 |
| nivo | #9 | #10 | 0 |
| custom post slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress slider plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “nivo slider”, “nivo” and “fa” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
2.6y ago
latest release · v3.1.10 · 2 Apr 2024
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ garrychain2.9y ago
This is a very good plugin that does something very few plugins actually can do. It can pull images from the content so with this plugin I can host images externally and another intelligent thing, I can select a category. However category selection is kinda difficult. There’s only 61 categories showing in the list. If u have more than that, sadly there is no way to turn the page to view the others but I improvised and I was able to select the desired category. I just wish it had a bit more customization such as changing the title font size, color, content font size, color being able to remove the little dots underneath the gallery and a few more customizations, but anyway, this is by far a great plugin as it is.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wasanajones9.4y ago
plugin might have great functionality, but scores an ‘f’ for misleading description that wasted my time installing testing uninstalling it why waste people’s time? This topic was modified 9 years ago by wasanajones. Reason: reply from dev
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DeMontGuitars9.4y ago
plugin crashed whole site, even when not in use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fahadiqbal9.6y ago
many slider allow their users to add images from gallery but plugin do allow it This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by fahadiqbal.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chrisvwlc10.0y ago
Hi I just installed this plugin, added a new gallery and received a large number of notices and a warning. Notices were all of the Undefined index: curr_exp_mm nature and Warning was Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by …wp-content/plugins/featured-articles-lite/includes/admin/libs/class-fa-admin.php:928 in …pluggable.php. I am using Underscores theme on localhost This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by chrisvwlc. Reason: wrong star count!!! This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by chrisvwlc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ OandA Webmistress10.5y ago
this was not clear to me until after I installed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ agnes.d11.0y ago
This slider is easy to use and offers a lot of basic functionnalities, it is perfect for most uses. Plus, the author is very quick to help and solve problems.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chavalu11.2y ago
Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WordPress slider plugin for Featured Content that can create responsive, video enabled sliders from your ex..."
- ! 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 1 heading and 5 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,551 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "custom post slider", "responsive slider" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 600+ → 500+ down after 290 days in tier
- 2025-08-30 700+ → 600+ down after 270 days in tier
- 2024-12-03 800+ → 700+ down after 172 days in tier
- 2024-06-14 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-13 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-12 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-11 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-10 900+ → 800+ down after 24 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).
- R Responsive Full Width Background Slider 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
- C CB Full Responsive Slider 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Serious Slider 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image Slider 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Ovation Elements 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
MaxSlider 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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