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Best news slider plugins for WordPress

The most popular news slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. News Ticker for Elementor leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of WP Post Ticker (10+) and Moortak Lof Slider News (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “news slider” 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 4 news slider plugins

  1. 1.
    News Ticker for Elementor

    The most installed news slider plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 40 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  2. 2.
    WP Post Ticker

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  3. 3.
    Moortak Lof Slider News

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.

  4. 4.
    Responsive Slider

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

All 4 plugins tagged “news slider”