jQuery Slider
by Vijay Kumar · Media
This is a highly customizable jQuery Slider plugin. You can set its width, height, pagination and other parameters.
46 health vs 65 average across 888 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5044 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
26
now · peak 77
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-08 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-03-02 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-26 90+ → 80+ down after 166 days in band
- 2025-09-13 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-11 90+ → 100+ up after 86 days in band
- 2025-06-17 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-06-14 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-13 100+ → 90+ 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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Gallery Lightbox 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/jquery-slider" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="jQuery Slider — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> jQuery Slider: 80+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/jquery-slider