Featured Posts Slideshow
by IWEBIX · Uncategorized
Featured Posts Slideshow is a wonderfull Wordpress Javascript Slideshow. It displays as many Post's images as you want.
41 health vs 57 average across 9,946 Uncategorized 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 2.8, 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 5709 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
54
now · peak 156
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-27 40+ → 30+ down after 763 days in band
- 2023-03-26 50+ → 40+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- B Background Slideshow 20+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags F
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/featured-posts-slideshow" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Featured Posts Slideshow — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Featured Posts Slideshow: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-posts-slideshow