FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin
by Constantin Boiangiu · Media
Also makes 2 other plugins · 2.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
WordPress slider plugin for Featured Content that can create responsive, video enabled sliders from your existing WordPress content.
49 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 879 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
122
now · peak 2.4K
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
2.4y ago
latest release · v3.1.10
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-02 · 1,426 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
A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
How we estimate this
Assumptions
- Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
- Annual price per customer. $39–$99 a year, typical for Media plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
- Acquisition multiple. 2.5x–4.5x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, stretched a little because downloads are growing.
- Install base. 500–600 active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).
Inputs
- Active installs
- 500–600
- Category
- Media
- Pro tier
- detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
- Download trend
- growing (30d downloads up vs prior 30d)
- Reviews
- 13
- Last updated
- 879 days ago
Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ garrychain2.7y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ wasanajones9.2y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ DeMontGuitars9.2y ago
plugin crashed whole site, even when not in use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fahadiqbal9.5y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ chrisvwlc9.8y 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 Webmistress10.3y ago
this was not clear to me until after I installed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ agnes.d10.8y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ chavalu11.0y 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
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 C -
Ovation Elements 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
MaxSlider 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
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