Vertical Carousel
by Aftab Husain · Media
Display vertical carousel slider with the help of a shortcode.
44 health vs 59 average across 1,614 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 1453 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
23
now · peak 103
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 100+ → 90+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 90+ → 100+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Testimonial Carousel For Elementor 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Timeline Express 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
Responsive Owl Carousel for Elementor 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/vertical-carousel-slider" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Vertical Carousel — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Vertical Carousel: 80+ active installs, 4.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/vertical-carousel-slider