Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
Active installs500,000+ rounded
Current authorMetaSlider
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 days ago 31 Aug 2026
Support10 / 12 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record172
Rating4.6 /5 · 738
Added to directory15 Feb 2013
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by MetaSlider 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| matchalabs | 31 | 15 Feb 2013 | 13 Mar 2017 |
| DavidAnderson | 36 | 09 Nov 2017 | 17 Aug 2020 |
| metaslider | 61 | 28 Aug 2020 | 10 Apr 2024 |
| andergmartins | 20 | 14 Jul 2022 | 05 Aug 2026 |
| stevejburge | 22 | 26 Jan 2023 | 21 May 2026 |
| htmgarcia | 1 | 16 Apr 2025 | 16 Apr 2025 |
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: 500,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
25,213 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 713% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 154,857/day02 Sep 2026
3 ratings left in the last 31 days, averaging 3.7 out of 5 (1 of them one or two stars). Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
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 | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 4,989 | 3,639 | 2,566 | 0 | 3,043 | 3,929 | 4,187 | 6,356 | 3,115 | 2,217 | 1,941 | 3,815 | 154,857 |
| Ratings total | 737 | 737 | 737 | 737 | 737 | 737 | 737 | 738 | 738 | 738 | 738 | 738 | 738 | 738 |
| Version | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.111.2 | 3.112.0 | 3.112.0 |
| Support threads | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Threads resolved | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (500,000+)
31 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory13 years ago 15 Feb 2013
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHP7.0
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 31 Aug 2026, 3 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 10 of 12 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin, 1 of which was 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.
- 31 Aug 20263 days agoVersion 3.112.0 released
- 19 Aug 202615 days agoVersion 3.111.2 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 3.111.1 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.
- 29 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 3.111.0 released
- 11 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 3.110.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 21 May 20263 months agoVersion 3.109.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stevejburge.
- 16 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.108.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 10 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.107.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stevejburge.
- 02 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 3.106.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 27 Jan 20267 months agoVersion 3.105.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 16 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 3.104.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 12 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 3.103.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stevejburge.
- 16 Oct 202511 months agoVersion 3.102.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 11 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 3.101.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 08 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 3.100.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by stevejburge.
- 21 Jul 202513 months agoVersion 3.100.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by andergmartins.
- 15 Feb 201313 years ago156 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 15 Feb 2013 and 11 Jun 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 15 Feb 201313 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 MetaSlider for all 31 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 days ago (31 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 500,000+ active installs.
- It carries 738 ratings, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- 10 of 12 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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