WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Slider vs Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

Lightweight Slider

by Zen777

10+ installs5.0

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

by spicethemes

7K+ installs4.3

At a glance

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider has more active installs: 7K+, against 10+ for Lightweight Slider.
On a typical day, Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider is downloaded about 30 times, Lightweight Slider about 1.
Lightweight Slider is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.3 from 3 reviews.
Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider was updated more recently: Nov 21, 2025, against Feb 6, 2020 for Lightweight Slider.
Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 5.3.27 for Lightweight Slider.
Lightweight Slider has been around longer: since 2020, against 2021 for Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider.

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Slider	Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider
Popular rank	#30,734	#2,583
Active installs	10+	7K+
Downloads, last 30 days	25	520
Rating	5.0(2)	4.3(3)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.3.27	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.43
Last release	6 years ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	7.2	5.2

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