Niso Carousel Slider
by Noor Alam · Media
Also makes 16 other plugins · 20.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Niso carousel slider is a nice post, image and video carousel and slider wordpress plugin.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈260 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “gallery” and “image carousel” for “owl carousel” and “carousel shortcode”. “gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “owl carousel” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image carousel” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “carousel shortcode” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 32.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 124 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| owl carousel slider | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| owl carousel | #7 | #15 | 0 |
| video carousel your tag | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| carousel slider | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| carousel shortcode | #18 | #23 | 0 |
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image carousel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slider your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “gallery” and “image carousel” for “owl carousel” and “carousel shortcode”. “gallery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “owl carousel” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image carousel” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “carousel shortcode” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 595 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2018
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,785 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "gallery" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 300+ → 200+ down after 216 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 400+ → 300+ down after 231 days in tier
- 2025-03-26 500+ → 400+ down after 116 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 600+ → 500+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2024-08-23 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-21 600+ → 700+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 700+ → 600+ down after 101 days in tier
- 2024-05-04 800+ → 700+ down after 46 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery 700+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Carousel Slider 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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