ZZ Image Slider
by zudikas-zveris · Media
Responsive image slider compatible with smart devices and perfectly suitable for homepages, posts or simple pages.
46 health vs 68 average across 730 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 2223 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
82
now · peak 162
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-27 70+ → 60+ down after 54 days in band
- 2026-04-03 80+ → 70+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-03-20 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-19 80+ → 70+ down after 127 days in band
- 2025-11-12 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-10 80+ → 90+ up after 21 days in band
- 2025-10-20 90+ → 80+ down after 27 days in band
- 2025-09-23 80+ → 90+ up after 11 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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Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 80K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Serious Slider 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B - M Multiple Post Thumbnails 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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