Slider by webxapp – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
by siteengineai · Media
The best WordPress slider plugin. Responsive slider builder that helps you create a beautiful image slideshows with just a few clicks.
45 health vs 60 average across 1,542 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2278 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 66 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 58 days in band
- 2026-05-15 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 472 days in band
- 2025-01-15 40+ → 30+ down after 73 days in band
- 2024-11-03 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-10-30 40+ → 30+ down after 33 days in band
- 2024-09-27 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-09-23 40+ → 30+ down after 236 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Serious Slider 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image Slider 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Ovation Elements 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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