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Slick Slider · Version history

Slick Slider changelog and version history

Latest version
0.5.3
Jul 25, 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases
10
since 2016
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 4.8.34
PHP 5.6 or later

Releases each year

  • 20163 releases
  • 20174 releases
  • 20191 release
  • 20231 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Slick Slider 0.5.3Latest

    • Fix: Escape output to fix potential security issue. Props testoun.

20231 release

  1. Slick Slider 0.5.2

    • Fix: PHP 8.0 compatibility

20191 release

  1. Slick Slider 0.5.1

    • Fix: Bug (introduced in 0.5) that caused non Slick galleries following a Slick gallery to not show images

20174 releases

  1. Slick Slider 0.5

    • Feature: Updated Slick to v1.8.0
    • Feature: Added new options “appendDots”, “dotsClass”, “focusOnChange”, “pauseOnFocus”, “waitForAnimate” and “zIndex”
    • Feature: Added new option “Show caption”, deprecating the slick_slider_show_caption filter
    • Feature: Always lazy load images to improve page load time
    • Fix: Bug that hid the Slick Slider settings in the Gallery Media Modal under certain circumstances
    • Misc: Added new actions slick_slider_before_slider, slick_slider_after_slider, slick_slider_before_slide and slick_slider_after_slide
    • Misc: Extended filters slick_slider_caption_html, slick_slider_slide_html and slick_slider_html
    • Misc: Changed default value of “focusOnSelect” to false
    • Misc: Minor PHP, JavaScript and CSS improvements

  2. Slick Slider 0.4.2

    • Fix: Bug (introduced in 0.4) that prevented numeric option values in gallery modal to update

  3. Slick Slider 0.4.1

    • Fix: Bug (introduced in 0.4) that appeared when activating the plugin or resetting the options
    • Misc: Several code formatting changes according to the WordPress Coding Standards

  4. Slick Slider 0.4

    • Feature: Added support for custom links (see FAQ section)
    • Feature: Added lightbox support (see FAQ section)
    • Feature: Added support for SCRIPT_DEBUG constant

20163 releases

  1. Slick Slider 0.3

    • Feature: Extended FAQ section in readme.txt
    • Fix: Bug that prevented new options to be added (finally)
    • Fix: Minor tweaks in readme.txt

  2. Slick Slider 0.2

    • Feature: Added option to toggle Slick Slider options on gallery modal
    • Fix: Minor tweaks in readme.txt
    • Fix: Minor bug causing some default values to be rendered in data-slick attribute
    • Fix: Minor bug that prevented new options to be added
    • Fix: Minor bug that caused wrapper div to be included in caption filter
    • Fix: Normalized gallery modal CSS

  3. Slick Slider 0.1

    • Initial release

Questions about Slick Slider’s releases

What is the latest version of Slick Slider?

0.5.3, released on Jul 25, 2026 (3 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 4.8.34 and needs PHP 5.6 or later.

How often is Slick Slider updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Slick Slider’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.