Best flex slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular flex slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Responsive Slider leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Pootle Slider (100+) and Dessky Responsive Slider (70+). All 5 plugins tagged “flex slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 flex slider plugins
- 1.
Responsive SliderThe most installed flex slider plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 33 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 2.
Pootle Slider100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.0.
- 3.
Dessky Responsive Slider70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.Easy Flexslider
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 5.
Tx Responsive SliderFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 5 plugins tagged “flex slider”

Responsive Slider
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,212by Griden9 years ago
A responsive slider for integrating into themes via a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(33)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Pootle Slider
Up in the last 7 days:169#14,444by pootlepress7 years ago
Pootle Slider
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dessky Responsive Slider
Down in the last 7 days:89#18,610by dessky12 days ago
The "Dessky Responsive Slider" is a simple and light-weight plugin for creating only one slideshow with a shortcode.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Easy Flexslider
#34,269by Andrew Gunn10 years ago
Add FontAwesome css icons to your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tx Responsive Slider
Up in the last 7 days:16,955#52,026by themexpo5 years ago
A tx responsive slider integrate into theme using simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day