Best horizontal plugins for WordPress
The most popular horizontal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Timeline History leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of rss scroller (100+) and Horizontal motion gallery (50+). All 10 plugins tagged “horizontal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 horizontal plugins
- 1.
Timeline HistoryThe most installed horizontal plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 2.
rss scroller100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 3.
Horizontal motion gallery50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
ScrollTick40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 5.
JS-SWITCH10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 6.
Horizontal Admin Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 7.
RP News Ticker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 8.
Horizontal Tabs Plugin10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 9.
Mhr Post Ticker10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Horizon ScrollFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 10 plugins tagged “horizontal”
Timeline History
Down in the last 7 days:20#9,262by sehgal.sunny8 years ago
This plugin used for show History as a timeline in horizontally form by date and text both on your wordpress page, post etc.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
rss scroller
Up in the last 7 days:52#13,026by gopiplus3 years ago
This plugin will display RSS feed with simple scroller or ticker. It gradually reveals each item into view from left to right.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Horizontal motion gallery
Down in the last 7 days:338#20,318by gopiplus3 years ago
This is a flexible gallery, User can direct both the image scrolling direction, speed just by placing the mouse on either side of the image gallery.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ScrollTick
Down in the last 7 days:17#22,866by uisumo8 years ago
This is the simple way to create scrolling text in your website.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JS-SWITCH
Down in the last 7 days:782#34,418by Abhayjain12 years ago
Js-Scrollbox that scroll images of gray-scale and showing original image on hover.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Horizontal Admin Menu
Up in the last 7 days:12,470#35,384by Eddie Krebs15 years ago
Move your admin menu to the top of the screen!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RP News Ticker
#37,230by Alec15 years ago
A versatile horizontal news ticker using liScroll.js
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Horizontal Tabs Plugin
#43,783by pvs198412 years ago
Horizontal tabs plugin enable to show unlimited posts in 3 tabs
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mhr Post Ticker
Down in the last 7 days:8,375#46,458by MhrTheme2 months ago
It is a post ticker plugin and will be scrolling in the headline.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Horizon Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:7,063#66,136by Ashikur Rahman1 year ago
Horizon Scroll is a lightweight WordPress plugin that enhances user engagement by displaying a sleek progress indicator at the top of your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day