Ocean Posts Slider
by oceanwp · Media
Also makes 6 other plugins · 540K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display your latest posts in a beautiful slider with different options.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
-14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “custom slider”, “category slider” and “content slider” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20, #21 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
86 health vs 62 average across 3,286 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 416.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,320 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 75 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 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.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| posts slider your tag | #3 | #9 | 0 |
| oceanwp your tag | #5 | #12 | up 1 |
| ocean | #7 | #13 | 0 |
| latest posts | #7 | #15 | 0 |
| posts content slider | #3 | #8 | up 1 |
| slider from posts | #3 | #8 | up 1 |
| post slider | #8 | #19 | down 1 |
| slider your tag | #16 | #22 | up 1 |
| posts | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| latest category posts | #7 | #16 | up 3 |
| custom post slider | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| latest | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| js slider | #9 | #17 | up 1 |
| latest posts shortcode | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| slider in post | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| custom slider | #20 | #22 | down 1 |
| wordpress post slider | #12 | #21 | down 1 |
| news slider | #20 | #23 | down 3 |
| category slider | #21 | #21 | down 2 |
| slider plugin | #22 | #23 | 0 |
61 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “custom slider”, “category slider” and “content slider” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20, #21 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “slider”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 10.6K · peaks are release surges
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
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 18 Aug 2026
26
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 47% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.1 years ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Oct 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bruno Tritsch8.6y ago
Cette extension vous permettra d’afficher un diaporama d’articles là où vous le souhaitez sur les sites équipés du thème OceanWP avec une facilité déconcertante ! Merci Nicolas 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ momo-fr9.2y ago
An easy-to-edit and customize post slider, a good addition to the OceanWP theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Verdi Heinz9.5y ago
Before using the OceanWP Theme, I always used several other (some premium) plugins to create this effect. No longer, now that I have one specially made for my theme. Awesome! Thank you for putting this out there, for free even!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alan5559.6y ago
This plugin is simply brilliant and creates a really beautiful post slider.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ John Kirkpatrick9.6y ago
Great, thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ groovyhippie9.6y ago
Used this on one of my projects. Very good post slider with hover effects.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.1.0 Updated: Compatibility: WordPress version number. 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.9 Updated: Swiper from 6.7.1 to 8.4.5 Fixed: Elementor image carousel conflict by upgrading Swiper to the latest compatible version. 2.0.9
- — Version 2.0.8 Fixed: Compatibility: Elementor: Swiper Library influencing the functionality of the slider by displaying one and the same posts. 2.0.8
- — Version 2.0.7 Updated: Compatibility: WordPress version number. 2.0.7
- — Version 2.0.6 Updated: Compatibility: WordPress version number. 2.0.6
- — Version 2.0.5 Added: Compatibility: SiteOrigin: Custom templates support. Added: Compatibility: PHP 8.2.6: Creation of dynamic property Ocean_Posts_Slider::$plugin_path and Ocean_Posts_Slider::$plugin_url is deprecated. 2.0.5
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 4 at 90% or more
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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Ocean Posts Slider when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Slider
Readme readiness
2 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 "Display your latest posts in a beautiful slider with different options."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 127 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "posts slider" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-10-01 20K+ → 10K+ down after 518 days in tier
- 2020-05-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 256 days in tier
- 2019-08-19 6K+ → 10K+ up after 261 days in tier
- 2018-12-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2018-10-01 4K+ → 5K+ up after 66 days in tier
- 2018-07-27 3K+ → 4K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2018-05-01 2K+ → 3K+ up after 89 days in tier
- 2018-02-01 200+ → 2K+ up
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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JWD PostSlider Widget 80+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Category Posts Slider Pro 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ocean Extra 400K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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