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Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder
A versatile builder that packs a sneaky branding punch after you stop paying.
HealthyDeclining
67/100
Users like the features and support but dislike the watermarks added after subscriptions end.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.6★
231 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-58%
Declining fast
718 → 299 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 58% 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 · -58% in the last year
718/day a year ago→299/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDepicter is well-regarded as a capable, feature-rich slider and popup builder with notably responsive support, though paying customers have raised a serious concern about branding watermarks being added after a paid subscription expires.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently praised as fast, responsive, and helpful×5
- +Versatile tool for building sliders, popups, and notification bars with many features and possibilities×6
- +Considered a strong, lightweight alternative to established slider plugins like Revolution Slider×2
- +Free version is considered useful and generous×2
Common complaints
- −A "Made by Depicter" branding watermark is added to sliders after a paid subscription expires, which users consider unacceptable for a product they purchased
- −Compatibility issues with security plugins (e.g. Wordfence) can cause the editor to crash when adding elements
- −Interface has a learning curve and can feel tricky for new users×3
- −Free version has notable limitations that require a Pro upgrade×2
- −No ability to source images directly from categorized media library folders
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.36★Verified rating — drops from 4.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 32%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 231 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-30★★★★★Very good slider plugin – excellent supportdweaver615
- 2026-05-02★★★★★My favourite WP plugin!!colourberry
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Annoying Bradinggiorgiogermani
- 2026-03-04★★★★★Nice toolchrioll
- 2026-02-25★★★★★Best slider evertinevine
- 2026-02-24★★★★★Super service client !ingkla1-shot
- 2026-01-29★★★★★Popup returns error codeSuze Higgins
- 2026-01-18★★★★★Projectkazim19761-shot
- 2026-01-16★★★★★best sliderjohnwebd
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Like itMiss Falkenberg
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Depicter
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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.
270
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
272
Prior 7-day baseline
223
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
300
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-0.7%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.92
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
32%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-7%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.47 → 4.36★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered