WordPress plugin comparison

Elastic Slide vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Elastic Slide

by foo123

20+ installs4.5

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 20+ for Elastic Slide.
On a typical day, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is downloaded about 5,050 times, Elastic Slide about 5.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 743 reviews, against 4.5 from 2 reviews.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Oct 6, 2013 for Elastic Slide.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.5.2 for Elastic Slide.

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

Metric	Elastic Slide	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Popular rank	#26,644	#123
Active installs	20+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	107	300.3K
Rating	4.5(2)	4.6(743)
Support threads resolved	–	93%
Tested up to	3.5.2	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×3.57
Last release	13 years ago	13 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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