Best cycle plugins for WordPress
The most popular cycle plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Show Fit File leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Scrollarama (10+) and Maxi BG (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “cycle” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 cycle plugins
- 1.
Show Fit FileThe most installed cycle plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Scrollarama10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 3.
Maxi BG10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
SMTP Cycle Email10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 4 plugins tagged “cycle”
Show Fit File
Up in the last 7 days:63#14,340by Stuart Tevendale5 months ago
A plugin to display fit, gpx and tcx files.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Scrollarama
Down in the last 7 days:85#30,144by maltpress15 years ago
Creates a loop of recent posts (up to 10) with images, within selected category, and scrolls through with jQuery effects
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Maxi BG
#40,649by jelontok12 years ago
Add fullscreen slideshow backgrounds to any post or page using MaxImage 2.0.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SMTP Cycle Email
#47,688by CyberNetikz10 years ago
Using this plugin, you can send email to different users using various SMTP servers with spinning text feature.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day