Simple Owl Carousel
by PressTigers · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 22.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Based on the Owl Carousel, an extremely powerful, robust & responsive customizable plugin.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “content carousel” for “owl carousel”. “content carousel” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “owl carousel” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,764 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 16.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1088 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1088 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fade scroller your tag | #13 | #18 | 0 |
| owl carousel | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| content carousel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| draggable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image carousel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| layered your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 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 “content carousel” for “owl carousel”. “content carousel” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “owl carousel” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “fade scroller”. #13 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 330 · 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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.0y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 10 Nov 2023
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 29 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 500.
Install history since 29 Mar 2019
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Simple Owl Carousel <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31535 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.1 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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 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 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 786 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("fade scroller", "Image carousel", "layered" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-04 500+ → 400+ down after 233 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 600+ → 500+ down after 242 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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Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides 3K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Carousel Slider 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Divi Carousel Lite – Make Carousels for Divi 5 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Image Carousel Module for Divi 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Divi Carousel Lite – Responsive Carousel & Slider Modules for Divi Builder 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Custom links in Elementor Image Carousel 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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