MK Slider
by Manoj Kumar · Media
Wordpress Slider for posts & pages. Supports shortcode and sidebar widget to display slideshow.
43 health vs 59 average across 1,640 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4049 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
31
now · peak 80
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-26 200+ → 100+ down after 464 days in tier
- 2023-01-18 300+ → 200+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2022-11-11 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-10 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2022-11-07 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2022-11-04 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-03 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Serious Slider 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Gallery Lightbox 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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