WordPress plugin comparison

Featured Image Gallery Widget vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Featured Image Gallery Widget

by Nick Halsey

20+ installs

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 Featured Image Gallery Widget.
On a typical day, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is downloaded about 5,050 times, Featured Image Gallery Widget about 2.
Featured Image Gallery Widget has no reviews yet.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Jul 18, 2026 for Featured Image Gallery Widget.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Featured Image Gallery Widget.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider has been around longer: since 2013, against 2018 for Featured Image Gallery Widget.

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

Metric	Featured Image Gallery Widget	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Popular rank	#26,883	#123
Active installs	20+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	44	300.3K
Rating	No ratings	4.6(743)
Support threads resolved	–	93%
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.17	×3.57
Last release	3 months ago	13 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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