Best banner slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular banner slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation (3K+) and Full Width Banner Slider Wp (2K+). All 9 plugins tagged “Banner slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 banner slider plugins
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Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner SliderThe most installed banner slider plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 34 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Full Width Banner Slider Wp2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Responsive Slick Slider WordPress500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Advanced Bootstrap Carousel200+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
Productive Style10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 7.
Best Images slider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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WP Ad-Monetizer Lite10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Wave Slider10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 9 plugins tagged “Banner slider”
Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,576by spicethemes11 months ago
Display your blog posts with a responsive, customizable slider that works smoothly on all devices.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation
Down in the last 7 days:34#4,116by QuantumCloud3 days ago
Hero Slider with Youtube Video Background & Animation Effects. Adverts, Text Carousels, Animated Header - Elementor Slider Widget & Gutenberg
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(34)
- Downloads
- 67/day
Full Width Banner Slider Wp
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,022by Nks5 months ago
This is a beautiful responsive full-width slider plugin for WordPress blogs and sites. Admin can manage any number of images into the slider.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Responsive Slick Slider WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:90#8,920by Vsourz Digital1 year ago
Responsive Slick Slider is built on the top of slick js with support to unlimited banner images, text layers and videos(YouTube, Mp4, HTML5 and Vimeo) …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Advanced Bootstrap Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:53#11,137by Animesh Kumar6 years ago
Advanced Bootstrap Carousel is a light weighted responsive slider plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Productive Style
#35,825by Productive Minds5 days ago
Publish stunning content such as breadcrumbs, sliders, latest posts, team members, testimonials, and FAQs using Elementor and Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Best Images slider
Up in the last 7 days:4,376#41,104by smit jon10 years ago
A quick, easy way to add an Responsive header best image slider OR Responsive Best Images slider inside wordpress page OR Template.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Ad-Monetizer Lite
Down in the last 7 days:2,331#43,761by mindlogixtechs11 years ago
WP Ad-Monetizer for Ad Management in different Blocks
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wave Slider
Down in the last 7 days:8,293#48,344by IPSR TEAM12 years ago
Simple Creative responsive Slider, Get in motion !!!!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day