Best full width background slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular full width background slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Unlimited Background Slider leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Background Slider Master (300+). All 2 plugins tagged “full width background slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 full width background slider plugins
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Unlimited Background SliderThe most installed full width background slider plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Background Slider Master300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “full width background slider”

Unlimited Background Slider
Up in the last 7 days:14#8,634by aThemeArt Translations7 years ago
You can create unlimited numbers of slider and assign them to specific posts and pages.full Screen Responsive background slide show.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Background Slider Master
Down in the last 7 days:16#11,084by WebSPI8 years ago
Creates easy to use fully responsive background sliders that can be applied globally, or to individual pages and posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day