WP Sequence Slider

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WordPress Sequence Slider Plugin is a beautifully designed and an elegant plugin. It's simple, very easy to use, modern and responsive slider.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 40/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

20+

≈25 estimated

Momentum

-24%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “best” for “nivo slider”. “best” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nivo slider” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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40 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 62/100

Support 70/100

40 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins

20+

Active installs

≈25 estimated

Total downloads

since 2014 · 0.2% still active

3.5/5

Rating

3.1 on wp.org · 15 reviews

-24%

Downloads · 30d

category median +10%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.2%

of downloads still active

At least 20 of 9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 15 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0
Last updated: 10.5y ago
Added: 2014-02-25 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.5.33
Requires PHP: —

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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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3833 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 6/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 65/100

3.1★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 3.87★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3833 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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
nivo your tag	#18	#14	0
nivo slider	#11	#11	0
best your tag	Not in the top 24
responsive slider your tag	Not in the top 24
slider your tag	Not in the top 24
slideshow your tag	Not in the top 24

2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Swap “best” for “nivo slider”. “best” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nivo slider” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-24% vs prior 30d

031 Oct 2026

124-4

031 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 149 · peaks are release surges

3531 Oct 2026

150750

3531 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.131 Oct 2026

52.50

3.131 Oct 2026

Update activity

Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.

Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 48% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.1 52%

v1.0 48%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

20–30 ≈25

Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 7 Oct 2016

2031 Oct 2026

2001000

2031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

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★★★★★ Marko6548
11.6y ago

Waste of time
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★★★★★ prashant.rais
12.1y ago

says page not found.
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★★★★★ andresxv
12.1y ago

There is apparently no way of displayingt it in the front-end
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★★★★★ Kaiz-R
12.2y ago

It’s offensive how easy developers say “best slider plugin”. Not even close. Saying “Create Unlimited Sliders…” you are just lying. IT’s ONLY ONE slider, with multiple Slides…
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★★★★★ Laurent ROCHE - Mistral Consulting
12.4y ago

No explanation on how to use it and no documentation ! It seems nobody is able to use this slider … a shame Sequence Slider is a good one !
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★★★★★ jeremy2805
12.4y ago

I’m not even sure if this is a slider. Absolutely no documentation. Does nothing. Pants.
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★★★★★ randaclay
12.4y ago

This plugin has no instructions, and when used on my site, added a big chunk of extra space below the slider. Needs more work.
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★★★★★ televizor
12.6y ago

Nice, thank you.
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✕ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

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

1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026

Can 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 1,124 characters of description.
! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("best", "nivo", "slideshow" missing).

Growth timeline

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

2026-04-09 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-04-08 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-04-06 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
2026-04-04 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
2026-04-03 30+ → 20+ down after 491 days in tier
2024-11-28 40+ → 30+ down after 12 days in tier
2024-11-16 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
2024-11-14 40+ → 30+ down after 232 days in tier

Competes with

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WP Sequence Slider: 20+ active installs, 3.1★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-sequence-slider

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