Best layers plugins for WordPress
The most popular layers plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Crelly Slider leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Composite Products (200+) and Layers (80+). All 6 plugins tagged “layers” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 layers plugins
- 1.
Crelly SliderThe most installed layers plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 112 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Composite Products200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Layers80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Cinematic 3D Parallax Touch Slider40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
AllTerrain Photo Editor10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
JYP Images EffectsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “layers”

Crelly Slider
#2,139by Fabio Rinaldi1 year ago
A free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions and animations.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(112)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Composite Products
Up in the last 7 days:53#12,634by WooCommerce4 months ago
Free mini-extension for WooCommerce Composite Products that allows you to create dynamic, multi-layer Composite Product images that respond to option …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Layers
Up in the last 7 days:101#17,837by StripesWP1 year ago
Add layered content sections.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cinematic 3D Parallax Touch Slider
Up in the last 7 days:110#21,793by Bukza1 year ago
Responsive 3D Parallax Touch Slider. The most realistic mobile 3D layer photo animation in the market.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AllTerrain Photo Editor
Up in the last 7 days:2,537#43,096by Daniel López Sánchez13 days ago
A small painting studio inside WordPress. Brushes, layers and filters, straight in the Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

JYP Images Effects
#51,032by jypdevelopment29 days ago
Create layered image and text compositions with a configurable 3D parallax effect in Elementor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day