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Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
Simple slides with a shaky security foundation.
Review burst
59/100
The plugin offers simple sliders but fails to provide critical security updates for Pro users.
Active installs
~83,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.7★
1,026 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-2%
Holding steady
84 → 83 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR41% of reviews in one month (2024-02-15)
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
Holding steady · -2% in the last year
84/day a year ago→83/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySoliloquy is well-regarded as a simple, reliable slider plugin with responsive support, but a serious unresolved security vulnerability in the Pro version — with no working update path and no communication from the developer — is a significant red flag for paying customers.
What people like
- +Consistently described as easy to use and intuitive to set up×5
- +Reliable performance with captions and transitions working as expected×3
- +Praised for simplicity without unnecessary bloat×2
- +Support team described as fast and responsive×2
- +Used reliably across multiple sites over long periods×2
Common complaints
- −A known security vulnerability in the Lite version raises serious concern for the Pro version, which shares similar code
- −Pro version update link is missing from the backend despite an update notification appearing, making it impossible to patch the vulnerability
- −Outdated version is the only one available in the Pro customer dashboard, with no changelog entry for the new version
- −No communication from the developer to paying Pro customers about the security issue or the broken update process
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.46★Verified rating — drops from 4.70★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 22%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 41% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,026 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-22★★★★★Poor security communication and non-functional updates!bepx
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Fabulousclcsvlcom1-shot
- 2025-12-31★★★★★Simple sliders easy; complicated possibledumbledore42
- 2025-12-05★★★★★Awsome applicationnaucalaa29
- 2025-09-23★★★★★Great plugindavidjax
- 2025-03-13★★★★★Easy-peasy where other sliders are clunky junkJimmyt53
- 2024-10-24★★★★★Excellent plug injuttley
- 2024-08-01★★★★★Great slideridayras
- 2024-07-08★★★★★Great Slider!jolizzie589
- 2024-07-08★★★★★I love this pluginSteven Cooper
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Slider by Soliloquy
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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.
77
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
82
Prior 7-day baseline
337
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,025
Mean release-day peak (30d)
306
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-6.1%
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.
41%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.31
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
22%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.56 → 4.46★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered