Best slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Video Slider leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Slider Carousel (3K+) and Slider by BestWebSoft (400+). All 8 plugins tagged “slider plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 slider plugins
- 1.
Video SliderThe most installed slider plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 71 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.
Slider Carousel3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 64 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
Slider by BestWebSoft400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Creative Image Slider200+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 18 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
Category Posts Slider Pro60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.
WP 3D SLICEBOX SLIDER10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.
Thumbnail Slider10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 8.
WP 3D MOTION SLIDER10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 8 plugins tagged “slider plugin”
Video Slider
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,872by richteam3 years ago
SLIDER plugin was created and specially designed for YouTube, Vimeo, Vevo and MP4 video to show in slider.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(71)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Slider Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,097by richteam3 years ago
Slider Image plugin is fully responsive. Your photos with our slider effects will be perfectly. Slider modes Slider Navigation, Content Slider, Fashio …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(64)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Slider by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:55#9,616by bestweblayout1 year ago
The best responsive slider plugin for your WordPress website. Create beautifully animated slides just in a few clicks.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Creative Image Slider
Down in the last 7 days:59#12,097by Creative-Solutions2 years ago
Creative Image Slider is a responsive jQuery image slider with amazing visual effects.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.5(18)
- Downloads
- 5/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
WP 3D SLICEBOX SLIDER
Up in the last 7 days:129#38,347by Dataman Computer Systems Pvt. Ltd.11 years ago
WP 3D Slice Box is a WordPress 3D image slider plugin. Easy to use with slider Post type.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thumbnail Slider
Up in the last 7 days:2,020#44,735by Kuldip Makadiya10 years ago
This Plugin is used to display Custom Thumbnail Banner Image's slider in your page or posts. Display a awesome thumbnail slider in your wordpress …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP 3D MOTION SLIDER
Down in the last 7 days:1,292#46,547by Umakant Sonwani11 years ago
WP 3D Motion is a WordPress 3D image slider Plugin. Please check more about WordPress by this link http://wptutorialspoint.com/ .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day