Best hero slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular hero slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Prime Slider leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Touch Slider for Elementor (100+) and Slidebootor (fewer than 10). All 7 plugins tagged “hero slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 hero slider plugins
- 1.
Prime SliderThe most installed hero slider plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Touch Slider for Elementor100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
SlidebootorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
TMXKIT Addons for ElementorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
WebKih Hero SliderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Image Slider ProFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
CatCraft for WooCommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “hero slider”
Prime Slider
Down in the last 7 days:2#399by bdthemes8 days ago
Create responsive Elementor sliders for hero sections, posts, products and more with powerful Elementor addons and ready-to-use Elementor templates.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 2K/day
Touch Slider for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:79#16,677by Vynatics2 months ago
A flexible, touch-friendly Elementor slider with multiple premium templates, responsive controls, and a single unified widget. Requires Elementor 3.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slidebootor
Up in the last 7 days:13,788#58,536by samiur66882 months ago
Create responsive image sliders in Elementor with multiple slides, overlays, navigation, buttons, and customization options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TMXKIT Addons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:3,121#70,424by thememx2 months ago
tmxkit-addons-for-elementor adds 20 custom Elementor widgets for faster page building.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
WebKih Hero Slider
Down in the last 7 days:9,499#71,415by Jubayer Hossain6 months ago
Build fast, SEO-friendly hero sliders in WordPress with responsive layouts, clean animation effects, and easy shortcode output.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Slider Pro
#71,784by Bokhtyer Abid11 days ago
Responsive image slider, hero slider & carousel with a drag & drop builder. Animated text, video, thumbnails, lightbox, Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CatCraft for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,796#71,989by Jenish Dholakiya1 month ago
Display WooCommerce categories in grid, slider, banner, and hero layouts using native Gutenberg blocks with live editor preview.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day