Best posts carousel plugins for WordPress
The most popular posts carousel plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Grid leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider (2K+) and JWD PostSlider Widget (80+). All 3 plugins tagged “posts carousel” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 posts carousel plugins
- 1.
Post GridThe most installed posts carousel plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 163 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider2K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 76 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
JWD PostSlider Widget80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 3 plugins tagged “posts carousel”
Post Grid
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,078by PickPlugins3 months ago
Post Grid is a powerful WordPress plugin for creating customizable post grid layouts with advanced query options, allowing users to display posts dyna …
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.3(163)
- Downloads
- 185/day
Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,787by subhansanjaya1 year ago
A simple posts content slider, product, images, videos, related posts, custom post type carousel plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(76)
- Downloads
- 22/day
JWD PostSlider Widget
Down in the last 7 days:60#17,680by JordacheWD [JWD]6 years ago
Display your posts through a full responsive and highly customisable carousel widget.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day