Best posts slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular posts slider 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 Ocean Posts Slider (10K+) and Carousel Horizontal Posts Content Slider (2K+). All 10 plugins tagged “posts slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 posts slider plugins
- 1.
Post GridThe most installed posts slider plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 163 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Ocean Posts Slider10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
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.
- 4.
Widget Box Lite900+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 5.
Post Sliders200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
JWD PostSlider Widget80+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 7.
Category Posts Slider Pro60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 8.
Posts Slider Shortcode30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 9.
Wp Mock Slider10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
WPCT Drag & Drop Recent PostsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 10 plugins tagged “posts slider”
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
Ocean Posts Slider
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,673by oceanwp2 months ago
Display your latest posts in a beautiful slider with different options.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 94/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
Widget Box Lite
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,210by Romik843 years ago
A toolbox of great widgets for your daily blogging. Display recent posts, social links, and much more. Designed for Theme4Press themes
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Sliders
Down in the last 7 days:7#12,524by Themepoints4 months ago
Post Slider Plugin is a handy and effective solution for anyone seeking a responsive post slider. It offers a variety of slider templates to set up yo …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/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
Category Posts Slider Pro
Down in the last 7 days:45#19,934by neelam.samariya3 years ago
Category Posts Slider Pro is designed to display your selected posts according to the categories in a slider on your website.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Slider Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:288#25,112by Aakif Kadiwala3 years ago
Wordpress Posts Slider is a WordPress plugin Slider of default posts with responsive design.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp Mock Slider
#41,786by Muhammad Umer10 years ago
Wp Mock Slider is an awesome WordPress slider plugin with a lot of nice features. Just install and build sliders in a few minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPCT Drag & Drop Recent Posts
Down in the last 7 days:3,589#71,751by wpcodetips6 years ago
You can display image slides with title, image, author name, date, description, and read more linked to posts from the selected category.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day