70
Carousel Slider
A smooth slider that offers zero help when things break.
Declining
70/100
The plugin works well until you actually need help from the developer.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.3★
160 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-33%
Declining fast
169 → 113 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 33% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -33% in the last year
169/day a year ago→113/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCarousel Slider is well-regarded as a lightweight, easy-to-use image and product carousel that works reliably with Elementor and WooCommerce, but unresponsive developer support is a recurring and serious concern.
What people like
- +Lightweight and does not slow down the website×2
- +Simple to configure and easy to use without overwhelming features×4
- +Works reliably where other carousel plugins failed×3
- +Works seamlessly with Elementor
- +Works well with WooCommerce products
- +Free version includes features that are paywalled in competing plugins
Common complaints
- −Developer support is unresponsive — multiple users report receiving no reply after submitting support requests×3
- −No clear comparison between free and pro versions, and pro pricing is hard to find
- −Bug where slides renumber incorrectly after updates, and inability to delete slides
- −Missing minor features: quote marks in titles, HTML tags in text, and pagination displayed inside the slider×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.43★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 160 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-09★★★★★no supportShubham Verma
- 2025-08-09★★★★★Bestdavidkivuyo
- 2025-05-15★★★★★great plugin butbescnav1-shot
- 2025-04-17★★★★★Perfect! Thank youdaisuke
- 2024-12-04★★★★★FINALLY!!!Eliyahna
- 2024-06-15★★★★★Perfect to begin with!abhikaps
- 2024-05-04★★★★★Thank you!marenka
- 2024-04-03★★★★★show the items in carousel for mobile reviewdevilwinnie
- 2024-03-17★★★★★awesome pluginwanfeel
- 2023-12-04★★★★★Excellent – so farwelburnvillagehall
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Carousel Slider
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
108
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
123
Prior 7-day baseline
97
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
141
Mean release-day peak (30d)
124
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-12.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.52
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.42 → 4.43★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered