Best content carousel plugins for WordPress
The most popular content carousel plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Content Slider Block leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Owl Carousel (400+) and Text Carousel Block (200+). All 3 plugins tagged “content carousel” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 content carousel plugins
- 1.
Content Slider BlockThe most installed content carousel plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Simple Owl Carousel400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 3.
Text Carousel Block200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “content carousel”
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
Simple Owl Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:25#9,352by PressTigers3 years ago
Based on the Owl Carousel, an extremely powerful, robust & responsive customizable plugin.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Text Carousel Block
Down in the last 7 days:35#12,587by tishonator5 months ago
Text Carousel Block is a simple plugin that adds a Gutenberg block for inserting Text Content Carousel to your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day