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KickAss Slider

by jashwant · Media

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(I have used only 1 or 2 features of wordpress 3.5, if someone wants, he/she can fork with fallback code) Tested up to: 3.5.1 Stable tag: 1.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 59 average across 2,205 Media plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

5.9K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.15★

Rating (adjusted)

4.4★ raw · 14 reviews

+16%

29

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Removal-risk signals

51/100

Maintenance 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.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4828 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-07 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 62

2930d downloads · Aug 26

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

KickAss Slider · #26141 you Hot Blocks · #9113 Smart Slider 3 · #78 Slider, Gallery, and · #119

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.4Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

13.2y ago

latest release · v1.2

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2 · 13.2y ago1.1 · 13.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-03-18 · 1,377 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 14 reviews

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5★
11 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
13.2y ago
Added
2013-05-02 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
—
Requires PHP
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Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

Reviewer account pattern

from wp.org reviewer profiles

6 of the last 10 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    8.5y ago

    Just wish it was still being updated

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  2. ★★★★★ djmisterjon
    11.4y ago

    Apret plusieur jours de perdu a chercher , j’ai finalements trouvé le plugin par excellence. Astuce: Canno save texte. Ouvrer firebug, and live edit texte and click update button for save. Is working . Ouvrer firebug, et editer le texte live, et cliquer sur update, sa sauvegardera le texte.

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  3. ★★★★★ claustraphobia2
    11.9y ago

    Really was pleased to find this slider, but unfortunately I just cannot use. You cannot edit the text. The save button does nothing when trying to edit it. I cannot believe this issue hasn’t been addressed as there are several others who have posted with this issue in the forums. I have deactivated all plugins and also tried on 3 different browsers. This issue persist. Moving on to find another….:(

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  4. ★★★★★ jenzgaard
    11.9y ago

    Looks good and promising but saving edited text just doesn’t work (can’t save). In the forum there’re others who have the same problem. One star for a very basic and necessary feature that is not working. Too bad.

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  5. ★★★★★ Rulatir
    12.7y ago

    Just what I need: a convenient way to define a sequence of images in the backend, plus a simple way to spit out minimal HTML+JS to make fun happen on the front. The rest is CSS. Great plugin!

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  6. ★★★★★ coralights
    13.2y ago

    I’m looking forward to further refinements, enhancements and fixes ….

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  7. ★★★★★ WordPressbug
    13.3y ago

    Best thing is.. it is free, has Parallax effect and is very easy to use.

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  8. ★★★★★ developerDP
    13.3y ago

    5 star plugin.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-02 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-26 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-24 30+ → 20+ down after 103 days in tier
  4. 2025-08-13 20+ → 30+ up after 17 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-27 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-07-26 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-25 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2025-07-22 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier

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