Best carousel slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular carousel slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Slider 3 leads with 800K+ active installs, ahead of Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider (500K+) and Depicter (70K+). All 27 plugins tagged “carousel slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 carousel slider plugins
- 1.
Smart Slider 3The most installed carousel slider plugin, with 800K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,125 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider500K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 743 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Depicter70K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 236 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Carousel Slider30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 160 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Product Slider, Product Grid, Product Masonry9K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 86 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Content Slider Block3K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Banner Management For WooCommerce2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 26 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Yoo Slider500+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 33 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 9.
Multi Image Slider Widget100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 10.
IG Posts Carousel90+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 27 plugins tagged “carousel slider”
Smart Slider 3
Down in the last 7 days:1#79by Nextendweb11 days ago
Responsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more.
- Installs
- 800K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 7.9K/day
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Down in the last 7 days:1#123by MetaSlider12 days ago
Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.6(743)
- Downloads
- 5.1K/day
Depicter
Down in the last 7 days:2#554by averta14 days ago
Build Stunning Slider and Popup. Exit intent Popup, Image slider carousel, video slider carousel, post slider carousel, product slider, promote popup
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.6(236)
- Downloads
- 806/day
Carousel Slider
#962by Sayful Islam2 months ago
Create SEO friendly Image, Logo, Video, Post, WooCommerce Product Carousel, and Slider.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.3(160)
- Downloads
- 175/day
Product Slider, Product Grid, Product Masonry
Up in the last 7 days:16#2,245by PickPlugins3 months ago
Fully responsive and mobile ready Carousel Slider for your woo-commerce product. unlimited slider anywhere via short-codes and easy admin setting.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.3(86)
- Downloads
- 55/day
Content Slider Block
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,787by bPlugins13 days ago
Power up your website with the Content Slider Block plugin. Easily create professional sliders using our new block editor integration!
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.2(5)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Banner Management For WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,664by Dotstore10 days ago
Allows you to set single or multiple banners on the WooCommerce category and page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Yoo Slider
Up in the last 7 days:39#8,608by YOO SLIDER TEAM2 years ago
Craft a slider effortlessly with our WordPress plugin! Design image slider, video slider, carousel or even coverflow slider in seconds.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.3(33)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Multi Image Slider Widget
Up in the last 7 days:86#14,304by Kor11 years ago
Display Multi Images from your Media Library in a Modern Responsive Slider. This widget includes option to customize the Responsive Slider.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
IG Posts Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:41#17,184by iografica9 years ago
Easily add a responsive carousel of recent posts and products to WordPress.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Content Slider
#17,249by patelamit8 years ago
Easy Content Slider plugin is a responsive content slider with thumbnail navigation wordpress plugin. also you can create Horizontal Logo Slider.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Luzuk
Down in the last 7 days:82#19,621by luzuk Themes1 year ago
Luzuk - Multi Slider is a simple and user-friendly slider plugin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
appiapp Carousel Block
Up in the last 7 days:1,195#19,922by wpnote3 months ago
appiapp Carousel allows you to create highly customizable carousels directly in Gutenberg. Build unique sliders for posts, images, and any block.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HORIZONTAL SLIDER
Down in the last 7 days:74#20,134by extendyourweb12 years ago
Plugin/Widget for create slider menus or slider galleries with a fantastic css5 effect
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SliderX
Down in the last 7 days:515#26,075by Innovify2 years ago
Easily Create Attractive slider / Carousel On Your WordPress website & label up you site showcase experience.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shader Carousel
#29,187by FWD5 months ago
A responsive 3D Shader/3D carousel carousel for images and video. Built with Three.js & WebGL. Lightweight, fast, and customizable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Carousel Post Slider
Down in the last 7 days:98#30,148by Mohiuddin Abdul Kader7 years ago
Advanced Carousel Post Slider is a WordPress plugin will help you create nice-looking, responsive and mobile friendly post slider from multiple catego …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filmstrip Carousel
#33,978by FWD5 months ago
A responsive 3D filmstrip/coverflow carousel for images and video. Built with Three.js & WebGL. Lightweight, fast, and customizable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
jQuery Roundabout for Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1,370#38,908by hobbsh14 years ago
This plugin utilizes the jQuery Roundabout plugin by Fred LeBlanc to output your WordPress posts or post attachments in a revolving style slider.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPBatch simple Slider
Up in the last 7 days:3,108#39,104by Md. Toriqul Mowla12 years ago
Sometimes, we find a very simple but gorgeous slider plugin.. but we fail to find one.. Hopefully this plugin will solve your problem.. cheers!!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
E-carousel
#45,308by Web11 years ago
E-carousel by http://www.webegenius.es/
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
eCommerce Product Slider Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:5,619#63,437by webdzier4 years ago
Create beautiful slider easy Shortcode Generator Customizable and No coding required!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Peekaboo Video Reveal
#63,697by FWD5 months ago
Click-and-hold to reveal a video from an image with a premium “peekaboo” shader effect (Three.js + GLSL).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NX Portfolio Slider
#67,716by newexsoft264 years ago
Showcase your client project with Portfolio Slider!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FWD Filmstrip Slider
Down in the last 7 days:13,299#69,838by FWD5 months ago
A responsive 3D filmstrip/coverflow slider for images and video. Built with Three.js & WebGL. Lightweight, fast, and customizable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebKih Hero Slider
Down in the last 7 days:9,499#71,415by Jubayer Hossain6 months ago
Build fast, SEO-friendly hero sliders in WordPress with responsive layouts, clean animation effects, and easy shortcode output.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day