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Ocean Posts Slider

by oceanwp · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 18 Aug 2026, 4 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Ocean Posts Slider
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Ocean Posts Slider still maintained?
Yes. Last release 18 Aug 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months. 18 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Ocean Posts Slider, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer apprimit since Apr 2020. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Ocean Posts Slider removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Ocean Posts Slider safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Ocean Posts Slider update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.1.1. No one-star spike after it. 18 Aug 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
oceanwp27 Jan 2017 to 18 Aug 2019, 29 commits
apprimit1 Apr 2020 to 18 Aug 2026, 25 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2017.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Ocean Posts Slider
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 18 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star6
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Ocean Posts Slider
4 May 2026358
11 May 2026498
18 May 20267,162
25 May 20261,320
1 Jun 2026970
8 Jun 2026841
15 Jun 2026700
22 Jun 2026702
29 Jun 2026710
6 Jul 2026667
13 Jul 2026606
20 Jul 2026683
27 Jul 2026704
3 Aug 2026615
10 Aug 2026548
17 Aug 20266,917
24 Aug 20261,165
31 Aug 2026975
7 Sep 2026736
14 Sep 2026740
21 Sep 2026745
28 Sep 2026649
5 Oct 2026588
12 Oct 2026536
19 Oct 2026726
26 Oct 2026612
2 Nov 202697

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 58% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.1.1
Authoroceanwp
Added26 Jan 2017
Last updated18 Aug 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress6.8
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryContent Management > Blog & Article Publishing
Tagsslider, oceanwp, posts slider

Other plugins by this author: Ocean Extra, Ocean Social Sharing, Ocean Product Sharing, Ocean Stick Anything, Ocean Custom Sidebar, Ocean Modal Window

Questions

Is Ocean Posts Slider still maintained?

Yes. Last release 18 Aug 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Ocean Posts Slider, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer apprimit since Apr 2020.

Was Ocean Posts Slider removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Ocean Posts Slider safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Ocean Posts Slider update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.1.1. No one-star spike after it.

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