Snazzy Slider
by joshcummingsdesign · Media
Elegant, responsive, accessible sliders for WordPress.
45 health vs 67 average across 754 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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 3896 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
16
now · peak 50
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-16 20+ → 10+ down after 39 days in band
- 2025-10-08 10+ → 20+ up after 38 days in band
- 2025-08-31 20+ → 10+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-08-10 10+ → 20+ up after 101 days in band
- 2025-05-01 20+ → 10+ down after 79 days in band
- 2025-02-11 10+ → 20+ up after 73 days in band
- 2024-11-30 20+ → 10+ down after 41 days in band
- 2024-10-20 10+ → 20+ up after 7 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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Slick Slider 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image Slider 4K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Slideshow SE 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gallery Images Ape 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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