Best hero plugins for WordPress
The most popular hero plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Storefront Add Slider leads with 800+ active installs, ahead of Hero Section for Genesis (20+) and MultiLayer Image and Text Block (20+). All 26 plugins tagged “hero” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 10 hero plugins
- 1.Storefront Add Slider
The most installed hero plugin, with 800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
Hero Section for Genesis20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
MultiLayer Image and Text Block20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Peuwl Hero Block LITE10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Coded Hero Image10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.Flexslider Manager
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 7.
Everyday Hero Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 8.Qaiyo Content Slider
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
ATTN Hero BannerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Front Door HeroFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 26 plugins tagged “hero”
Storefront Add Slider
Down in the last 7 days:34#7,591by Atlantis Themes9 years ago
Lets you add any slider shortcode to your Storefront theme Frontpage.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Hero Section for Genesis
Down in the last 7 days:27#25,600by Oscar Abad Folgueira8 years ago
With this plugin you can add a new hero section in your home page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MultiLayer Image and Text Block
Up in the last 7 days:1,139#27,837by NickDigitalProjects1 month ago
Create layered hero sections with unlimited image, text, and call-to-action button layers. No coding required.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Peuwl Hero Block LITE
Up in the last 7 days:3,284#43,564by peuwl7 years ago
Highly customizable image hero block for WordPress 5+ (Gutenberg).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Coded Hero Image
#46,820by craig73018 years ago
This plugin allows you to add a full width hero image onto your wordpress website and customize it to your liking.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexslider Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3,305#46,833by dan.imbrogno14 years ago
Add a hero slideshow to any sidebar and display it with Tyler Smith's Flexslider. To use this plugin you must first install Space Manager.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Everyday Hero Widget
#47,507by Adrian Ciaschetti11 years ago
A widget to display your Everyday Hero profile with donate button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Qaiyo Content Slider
Up in the last 7 days:318#55,539by qaiyo11 days ago
SEO and AI-friendly content slider: six layouts incl. feature tabs and a logo wall, Ken Burns, video, dynamic and HappyFiles sources.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

ATTN Hero Banner
Up in the last 7 days:13,714#56,405by hellosabrinamok1 month ago
Create responsive image banners and hero sliders with a live editor. Place them anywhere with a shortcode or block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Front Door Hero
Up in the last 7 days:10,957#60,830by Canadian Data Solutions14 days ago
The website hero builder. Pick a hero, add your logo and your words, set your colours, and publish.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gene Scroll Hero
#62,761by onecraftne3 months ago
Turn your homepage into a scene from a film. Add a background video that plays as visitors scroll — with your headline over it. No code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Starry Sky
Down in the last 7 days:14,294#63,078by Paxana Wiedeman2 months ago
A cover-like block with a realistic black starry sky that reacts to mouse movement. Drop any blocks on top.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Crixu Tiltwall
Down in the last 7 days:9,633#65,706by Crixu2 months ago
Full-bleed hero sections with a parallax-style tilted image gallery background that scrolls endlessly, plus a Cover block-style overlay.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ReyBlock Launchpad
#66,299by wpthemestudios10 days ago
ReyBlock Launchpad offers 10 responsive WordPress blocks with customizable layouts, colors, typography, and backgrounds.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

SR Anywhere
#66,776by ThemePunch6 days ago
Motion for your website: heroes, sliders, carousels and whole pages from SR Anywhere, placed full width with one block. Free to start.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 54/day
KaosSlider
#67,585by Dr.Kaos8 days ago
WordPress plugin for creating stunning sliders, carousels, and hero sections. Fully customizable and packed with effects.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tailored Swiper Carousel
Up in the last 7 days:2,216#67,793by Anthony5 years ago
WordPress plugin which adds a Gutenberg image carousel block. Great for creating big hero banners & carousels. This plugin uses Swiper JS, and r …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Stroke by stroke typing effect Block
#70,723by Junglei Kim2 months ago
Animate headlines, notices, and hero copy with a polished typewriter block that works beautifully with multilingual text.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Crixu Tiltframe
Down in the last 7 days:3,341#70,816by Crixu2 months ago
A parallax scrolling image gallery and hero background block for Gutenberg, with scroll-animated narrative steps built in.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WebXtrm Widgets for Elementor
#71,055by Gazi Mohammad Yeasin5 months ago
A collection of 28 modern Elementor widgets for business websites — animated heroes, services, pricing, testimonials, team grids, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ThreeFS Fluid Hero
Down in the last 7 days:17,285#71,363by Rieko Kubo1 month ago
Add an elegant, pointer-reactive fluid Hero to the block editor. The block remains fully usable without WebGL.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AdBrains Hero Slider
Down in the last 7 days:13,084#71,462by adbrainstech2 months ago
Adds Gutenberg blocks for creating hero sliders and individual hero slides with image/video backgrounds, overlays, animations, and full-width layouts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

A360 Panorama Hero
Down in the last 7 days:15,448#71,769by A3601 month ago
Turn the first screen of your website into an immersive 360° experience—while keeping the familiar WordPress editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kybern Breaking News
#71,922by KybernAI2 months ago
Manage homepage news slides with a lightweight hero slider shortcode and REST API. By KybernAI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DijiHero
#72,069by sientocreative4 months ago
A professional, interactive, and animated Hero section for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RSM Content Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:8,627#73,046by rsmspark2 months ago
Production-ready marketing sections — Hero, Tabs, Accordion, Features, Footer, and more via shortcodes, blocks, and widgets.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day