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Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template

by Mohsin Rasool · Media

Adds "sliderview" template for the NextGen gallery. Use the shortcode [nggallery id=x template="sliderview"]

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 75/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 62 average across 1,140 Media plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 12+ 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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4523 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-44% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

36

now · peak 105

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

Responsive NextGEN F · #11256 Smart Slider 3 · #78 Carousel, Slider, Ph · #619 Slick Slider · #4932

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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈240

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.7
Last updated
12.4y ago
Added
2012-12-21 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 338 days in band
  2. 2025-07-27 400+ → 300+ down after 312 days in band
  3. 2024-09-18 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in band
  4. 2024-09-15 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2024-09-14 500+ → 400+ down after 165 days in band
  6. 2024-04-02 600+ → 500+ down after 214 days in band
  7. 2023-09-01 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  8. 2023-08-31 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in band

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Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template: 200+ active installs, 4.1★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nextgen-flex-slider-template