WordPress plugin comparison
Serious Slider vs essential
At a glance
- Serious Slider has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for essential.
- On a typical day, Serious Slider is downloaded about 111 times, essential about 3.
- essential is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 3.4 from 8 reviews.
- Serious Slider was updated more recently: Oct 5, 2026, against Nov 21, 2014 for essential.
- Serious Slider is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.0.38 for essential.
- essential has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Serious Slider.
Line by line
Serious Slider leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Serious Slider |  essential |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,377 | #44,827 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 4.4K | 41 |
| Rating | 3.4(8) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 4.0.38 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.79 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 12 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | – |
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