Best slide plugins for WordPress

The most popular slide plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gum Addon for Elementor leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg (50K+) and Animations for Blocks (10K+). All 50 plugins tagged “Slide” 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 slide plugins

1.
Gum Addon for Elementor
The most installed slide plugin, with 50K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
2.
Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg
50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 59 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
3.
Animations for Blocks
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
4.
Webyx for Gutenberg
600+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 54 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
5.
Smartslider
600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.
6.
Slider Ultimate
500+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
7.
Webyx for Elementor
500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
8.
Advanced Custom Fields
300+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
9.
SlideOnline
200+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
10.
Animated Headline Elementor
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.