Best slide show plugins for WordPress
The most popular slide show plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Weaver Show Sliders leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of Slider Ultimate (500+) and Auto AnimateImage (50+). All 12 plugins tagged “slide show” 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.
Research this niche or see all plugins.
Top 10 slide show plugins
- 1.
Weaver Show SlidersThe most installed slide show plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 2.
Slider Ultimate500+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Auto AnimateImage50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
Excellent transition gallery20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 5.
JTC Slides10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 6.
Stereo 3D Player10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
3 in One Slider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
fslider10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 9.
Page Presentation Shortcode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.
GVSoft PhotoboxFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 12 plugins tagged “slide show”
Weaver Show Sliders
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,091by wpweaver6 months ago
Show Sliders partner to Show Posts plugin. Requires Show Post Plugin to work.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slider Ultimate
Down in the last 7 days:45#9,074by Rustaurius2 months ago
Add a responsive slider to any page with a block shortcode. Multiple slide effects. WooCommerce slider integration.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.9(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Auto AnimateImage
Up in the last 7 days:129#20,799by attosoft14 years ago
Automatically applies AnimateImage script that displays multiple images like animated GIF. All you have to do is write img elements.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Excellent transition gallery
Up in the last 7 days:63#25,266by gopiplus3 years ago
Dont just display images, showcase them in style using this Excellent transition gallery plugin. Random Transitional effects on IE browsers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JTC Slides
#32,314by jtc-art11 years ago
A simple responsive slideshow with left navigation boxes. It is light weight and highly customizable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stereo 3D Player
Up in the last 7 days:6,598#36,459by Xi15 years ago
Add a resizable stereoscopic 3D image slide show window above normal post. Tag pairs of [3dL][/3dL] and [3dR][/3dR] are needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
3 in One Slider
Up in the last 7 days:6,742#37,219by Kishor Kumar12 years ago
A plugins that uses the slider with users choice, you can select your post type to slide with multiple options like cycle slider, marque slider and cl …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
fslider
Down in the last 7 days:7,665#43,655by bnielsen16 years ago
Creates custom dynamic slide show based on uploaded images and html files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Presentation Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:6,090#45,869by alineainteractive10 years ago
Create a rolling presentation using the pages and posts on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GVSoft Photobox
Up in the last 7 days:4,431#57,739by Vladimir Giryavyy7 years ago
This plugin provides frame for viewing photos and pictures.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PG Slideshow-Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:3,155#69,009by Amin Y3 years ago
Setup and include a slideshow/gallery/animated slideshow easily in your wordpress pages. - Install the plugin, change the settings as per your requir …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day