81
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
Smooth image slides that hide the video magic behind a paywall
HealthyGrowing
81/100
Users appreciate the ease of use but feel misled by features mentioned in the title that require a Pro upgrade.
Active installs
~550,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
4.6★
732 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+54%
Growing fast
2,782 → 4,271 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreview volume down 50% vs prior 6mo
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
Growing fast · +54% in the last year
2,782/day a year ago→4,271/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMetaSlider is a well-regarded, long-standing slider plugin known for its ease of use and responsive support team, though users repeatedly flag that key features advertised in the free plugin's title and description are locked behind the Pro version.
What people like
- +Easy to use, especially for beginners×4
- +Responsive and helpful support team×7
- +Reliable long-term tool used across multiple sites over many years×2
- +Works well alongside popular page builders like Divi
Common complaints
- −Key features advertised in the free plugin's title and description (e.g., video slider, post slider) are only available in the Pro version, which users found misleading×3
- −Slides spontaneously reorder when minor edits are made, requiring manual correction
- −Saving and updating slides is very slow
- −Free version is limited; users want more functionality without upgrading×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.46★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 732 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Simple y efectivojramez1-shot
- 2026-03-26★★★★★Works great!splurch84
- 2026-03-10★★★★★Great plugin and servicekomper
- 2026-02-03★★★★★Excellent Slider PluginFrank Gomez
- 2026-01-08★★★★★Impressednigeriapackaging
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Why I Like Metasliderbriannie
- 2025-12-04★★★★★Post slider only in pro??mufrid
- 2025-12-04★★★★★Potential but it needs workMelody123
- 2025-12-01★★★★★(Issue Fixed) MisleadingTobias Winter
- 2025-10-05★★★★★Valoraciónsanty45
Releases
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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.
2,985
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
3,367
Prior 7-day baseline
2,371
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
54,749
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,783
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.3%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.51 → 4.46★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered