Serious Slider v1.4.1
Overview Serious Slider is a free highly efficient SEO friendly fully translatable accessibility ready image slider for WordPress. Create beautiful, responsive slideshows within seconds. Use minimum s...
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- Audit coverage Up to date 29 versions audited
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 11, 2026
- Last audited Sep 11, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.0+
- Requires WordPress 5.0+
- Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 40% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 101 Passed
- 22 Warnings
- 2 Failed
32 of 37 checks passed.
48 of 61 checks passed.
9 of 12 checks passed.
6 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
1.1 MB
1.3 MB unzipped
Total files
40
across all file types
Lines of PHP
2,564
in 13 files Small
File types
- PHP
- JS
- PNG
- CSS
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 6 High
- 37 Medium
- 26 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 29 audited versions of Serious Slider, Performance improved the most (+17). The largest regression was in Accessibility (-17). The codebase grew 119% in size.
Audited 0.5 → 1.4.1 · 29 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
629
downloads
Today
99
downloads
Week over week
−24%
vs previous week
Month over month
−55%
vs previous month
Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
60% of installs run an older version
≈ 11.9K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v1.1
- v1.2
- v1.3
- v1.4
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
1 mo ago
Aug 10, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 54 days
average between releases
Total releases
29
since May 2016 · 10 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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