Owl Carousel WP
by Imran Emu · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 2.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Owl Carousel WP is an easy plugin to add carousel in WordPress sites.This plugin is responsive and works using shortcode .
52 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 622 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
390
now · peak 910
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 · 92% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-11-07 · 1,437 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
- 2026-01-01 CVE-2026-22388 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-04-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-05 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-04-02 2K+ → 1K+ down
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 Slider 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Divi Carousel – Image, Logo & Video Carousel for Divi Theme 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Slideshow SE 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Carousel 1K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
WEN Logo Slider 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Carousel Ultimate 800+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags F
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