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Best parallax plugins for WordPress

The most popular parallax plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced WordPress Backgrounds leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Illdy Companion (6K+) and Parallax Image (2K+). All 29 plugins tagged “parallax” 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 parallax plugins

  1. 1.
    Advanced WordPress Backgrounds

    The most installed parallax plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Illdy Companion

    6K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Parallax Image

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  4. 4.
    Parallax Scroll by adamrob.co.uk

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 21 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.0.

  5. 5.
    Hot Blocks

    500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Super Simple jQuery Parallax Background

    300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.

  7. 7.
    Parallax Scrolling Enllax.js

    200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.

  8. 8.
    Parallaxer for Elementor

    200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  9. 9.
    Parallax Scroll

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.

  10. 10.
    SmartParallax

    100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 day ago.

All 29 plugins tagged “parallax”