Best category slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular category slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Widget Post Slider leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Product Category Slider for WooCommerce (700+) and WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce (700+). All 10 plugins tagged “category slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 category slider plugins
- 1.
Widget Post SliderThe most installed category slider plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Product Category Slider for WooCommerce700+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce700+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
FancyProduct200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Amitry Product & Category Slider for WooCommerce100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
KS Elementor Shortcode Slider50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 7.
Category Products Slider for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
WP Tabular Post Slider10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 9.
CatCraft for WooCommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “category slider”
Widget Post Slider
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,432by ShapedPlugin LLC6 months ago
Widget Post Slider to display posts image in a slider from category.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Product Category Slider for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:39#7,763by PluginEver2 months ago
Showcase Your WooCommerce store's categories/subcategories in a beautiful slider.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.0(20)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1#7,794by WPBean2 months ago
Display WooCommerce product categories in responsive sliders and grids to boost navigation, engagement, and product discovery.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FancyProduct
Down in the last 7 days:11#12,653by Pluginic2 months ago
Create stunning WooCommerce product carousels, sliders, galleries, and grids. Includes related products, upsell, cross-sell, and category carousels.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Amitry Product & Category Slider for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:367#13,450by amitry1 month ago
WooCommerce product and category sliders with a no-crop mode that shapes each frame to its photo. Gutenberg block, Elementor widget and shortcode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
KS Elementor Shortcode Slider
Up in the last 7 days:6#21,326by coolkul1 year ago
KS Elementor Shortcode Slider is a plugin for creating custom sliders in Elementor using shortcodes or posts, with category selection.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Products Slider for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:39#30,614by Mofizul Islam10 days ago
Showcase your WooCommerce products in a responsive and attractive category-based slider.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Tabular Post Slider
#47,337by Mritunjay Datt Tiwari11 years ago
The wp-tabular-post-slider allows you to show your posts by category which is organized in tabular form.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CatCraft for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,796#71,989by Jenish Dholakiya1 month ago
Display WooCommerce categories in grid, slider, banner, and hero layouts using native Gutenberg blocks with live editor preview.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day