WordPress plugin comparison

Merging Image Boxes vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Merging Image Boxes

by GraphicEdit

10+ 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 10+ for Merging Image Boxes.
On a typical day, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is downloaded about 5,050 times, Merging Image Boxes about 1.
Merging Image Boxes has no reviews yet.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Mar 24, 2018 for Merging Image Boxes.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.9.35 for Merging Image Boxes.
Merging Image Boxes has been around longer: since 2011, against 2013 for Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider.

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

Metric	Merging Image Boxes	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Popular rank	#36,145	#123
Active installs	10+	500K+
Downloads, last 30 days	30	300.3K
Rating	No ratings	4.6(743)
Support threads resolved	–	93%
Tested up to	4.9.35	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×3.57
Last release	8 years ago	13 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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