Wp anything slider

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ brandyqk

   2.6y ago

   The developer has been aware of a vulnerability for months at the time of this review and has made no effort in updating the plugin. Removed it from all the websites I had it installed on, will replace with a plugin that’s supported.

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2. ★★★★★ lynnmedia

   10.3y ago

   It was just what I was looking for. I *wish* there were navigation arrows! It was really hard to find a text slider/HTML slider!

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3. ★★★★★ masush

   10.7y ago

   Hello developer, I have been using your plugin since 2 years , Its fantastic, But there are still other thing that could have made it more flexible and responsible, LIke adding things like Pause on Hover on slider area, an Option to select if we wanna display arrow or not. I am sure that these feature will catch you more new user. I will be waiting for it. Till then i will be giving it 4 review . thank you for such amazing free plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ johnselekta

   11.2y ago

   I needed to fix a jQuery conflict to even get this working. Next, I searched for a way to put posts in, no dice. Then I went with some wordpress PHP <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=1&offset=1');?> to display posts and put this PHP in the slides for new items 1 2 and 3 – and as per the wordpress norm, it commented my code out. So, after fixing the conflict, it was an ‘anything but the one thing I want to use it for’ slider. Basically, it’s a ‘anything as long as it’s just html or text’ slider.

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5. ★★★★★ dccharron

   12.5y ago

   Nice simple slider. I’ve used it for fancy text, text mixed with images and images with links. All worked in the end. I had quite a bit of HTML and it accepted it all. I found that the mix of text and images can be tricky – I had to put a few lines of hidden dots (e.g. <p style="color:white;">.</p>) to reserve enough vertical space – images mixed with a small amount of text don’t seem to reserve any vertical space. Another technique I used was framing my slides in a div (e.g. <div style="height:120px;"> bla bla </div>) to get better control of the height. Once thing I could not figure out is the order of presentation of the slides. It seems to be based on the order you add the slides. This makes it tricky (or at least tedious) to control the order of your slides. All in all, a pretty good slider that works.

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6. ★★★★★ LunaGraphica

   12.7y ago

   I previously tried to use Simple HTML Slider, but it actually changed the html I was trying to slide (for example, resizing embedded images). This slider lets me scroll arbitrary html with embedded images and links – exactly what I was looking for.

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7. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 7823331

   13.6y ago

   preaty easy and sufficient to my purpose.

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (9.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 8.8 Wp anything slider <= 9.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via Shortcode ↗
   2023-10-30 CVE-2023-5466 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 9.1 Patched in 9.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Translated into 56 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 32 more locales with partial translations.

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 362 days in tier
2. 2024-12-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-12-04 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-12-03 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2024-11-30 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-11-29 400+ → 300+ down after 96 days in tier
7. 2024-08-25 300+ → 400+ up after 213 days in tier
8. 2024-01-25 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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Wp anything slider: 200+ active installs, 3.7★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-anything-slider