WordPress plugin comparison

Serious Slider vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Serious Slider

by CryoutCreations

20K+ installs3.4

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 20K+ for Serious Slider.
On a typical day, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is downloaded about 4,613 times, Serious Slider about 111.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 743 reviews, against 3.4 from 8 reviews.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Oct 5, 2026 for Serious Slider.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider resolves more of its support threads: 94% in the last two months, against 0% for Serious Slider.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider has been around longer: since 2013, against 2016 for Serious Slider.

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

Metric	Serious Slider	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Popular rank	#1,377	#123
Active installs	20K+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	4.3K	300.4K
Rating	3.4(8)	4.6(743)
Support threads resolved	0%	94%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.79	×3.66
Last release	1 month ago	14 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.0

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