WordPress plugin comparison

Accessible Carousel & Slider vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Accessible Carousel & Slider

by Shivaji Mitra

500+ installs5.0

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

by MetaSlider

500K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider has more active installs: 500K+, against 500+ for Accessible Carousel & Slider.
On a typical day, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is downloaded about 5,050 times, Accessible Carousel & Slider about 31.
Accessible Carousel & Slider is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.6 from 743 reviews.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Oct 19, 2026 for Accessible Carousel & Slider.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider resolves more of its support threads: 94% in the last two months, against 0% for Accessible Carousel & Slider.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider has been around longer: since 2013, against 2026 for Accessible Carousel & Slider.

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Accessible Carousel & Slider	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Popular rank	#9,076	#123
Active installs	500+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	922	300.3K
Rating	5.0(3)	4.6(743)
Support threads resolved	0%	94%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.56	×3.66
Last release	22 days ago	14 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.0

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