Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons
Active installs100,000+ rounded
Current authorbdthemes
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 days ago 03 Sep 2026
Support1 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record159
Rating4.5 /5 · 82
Added to directory07 Oct 2019
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by bdthemes throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| bdthemes | 35 | 13 Sep 2020 | 04 Dec 2023 |
| mohammaadfarid | 122 | 29 Nov 2023 | 16 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 100,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
19,552 downloads a day averaged over 3 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 02 Aug | 03 Aug | 04 Aug | 05 Aug | 06 Aug | 07 Aug | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,032 | 27,475 | 25,150 |
| Ratings total | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 82 |
| Version | 4.4.4 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5 | 4.4.5 | 4.5.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.3 |
| Support threads | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (100,000+)
9 days of observation.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory6.5 years ago 07 Oct 2019
Requires WP6.8
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 03 Sep 2026, 2 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 1 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 14 other plugins, 6 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 03 Sep 20262 days agoVersion 4.5.3 released
- 03 Sep 20262 days agoReturned to the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin resumed returning data from the plugin API after a recorded closure. WordPress.org does not publish reasons for closures or reinstatements; none is asserted here.
- 31 Aug 20265 days agoVersion 4.5.2 released
- 16 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 4.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 11 Aug 202625 days agoVersion 4.4.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 10 Aug 202626 days agoVersion 4.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 08 Aug 202628 days agoVersion 4.4.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 08 Aug 202628 days agoRemoved from the WordPress.org directoryThe plugin stopped returning data from the plugin API for three consecutive daily passes. WordPress.org does not publish a reason when a plugin is closed; none is asserted here.
- 05 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 4.4.5 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 26 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 4.4.4 released
- 14 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 4.4.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 29 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 4.4.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 15 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 4.4.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 03 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 4.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 24 May 20263 months agoVersion 4.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 14 May 20264 months agoVersion 4.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 10 May 20264 months agoVersion 4.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 28 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 4.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by mohammaadfarid.
- 13 Sep 20205.5 years ago143 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 13 Sep 2020 and 27 Apr 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 07 Oct 20196.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by bdthemes for all 9 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 days ago (03 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs.
- It carries 82 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 1 of 3 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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