WordPress plugin comparison
Serious Slider vs jQuery Slider
At a glance
- Serious Slider has more active installs: 20K+, against 90+ for jQuery Slider.
- On a typical day, Serious Slider is downloaded about 111 times, jQuery Slider about 3.
- jQuery Slider is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 3.4 from 8 reviews.
- Serious Slider was updated more recently: Oct 5, 2026, against Sep 24, 2012 for jQuery Slider.
- Serious Slider is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.4.2 for jQuery Slider.
- jQuery Slider has been around longer: since 2011, against 2016 for Serious Slider.
Line by line
Serious Slider leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Serious Slider |  jQuery Slider |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,377 | #17,381 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 90+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 4.2K | 55 |
| Rating | 3.4(8) | 5.0(3) |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 3.4.2 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.79 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 14 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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