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Testimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin
Pretty sliders that occasionally stumble on technical details.
HealthyDeclining
73/100
The plugin provides easy customization and clean layouts but recent updates caused some technical regressions.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.6★
67 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-40%
Declining fast
128 → 77 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 40% 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 · -40% in the last year
128/day a year ago→77/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayTestimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin is well-regarded as an easy-to-use, visually clean testimonial solution with responsive support, though a specific update introduced a compatibility-breaking issue with Polylang and a frontend formatting regression that frustrates some users.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, with a user-friendly interface and text editor×7
- +Produces clean, visually appealing testimonial displays with customizable layouts×4
- +Support team is fast, friendly, and helpful when issues arise×3
- +Works reliably and delivers on its core purpose×3
Common complaints
- −Compatibility broken with the Polylang plugin after a specific update, causing testimonials to display in the wrong order (since 2.3.8)
- −Line breaks are stripped on the frontend, making the plugin impractical for sites that need formatted testimonial text
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.59★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 7%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 · 67 total
Latest reviews · 68 analyzed
- 2025-12-10★★★★★Testimonial Slider and Showcase Pluginkhering
- 2025-08-04★★★★★Very customisableMihail Bila
- 2025-05-08★★★★★Seems fine, butswinggraphics
- 2025-02-28★★★★★Easily customiable, awesome testimonial toolDave Karras
- 2025-01-29★★★★★No se muy biendpc3601-shot
- 2024-08-05★★★★★Efficacejustinerodriguez
- 2024-04-09★★★★★greatankur24
- 2024-04-05★★★★★Simple to use and reliablehelliec
- 2024-03-05★★★★★Trouble with Polylangwpberlino
- 2024-01-18★★★★★Very Beautiful Testimonial Pluginjayeshwp
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Testimonial
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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.
72
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
74
Prior 7-day baseline
60
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
62
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.7%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.62 → 4.59★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered