Best slider widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular slider widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Widget Post Slider leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Stax Addons for Elementor (500+) and Recent Post Thumbnail Slider Widget (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “slider widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 slider widget plugins
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Widget Post SliderThe most installed slider widget plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Stax Addons for Elementor500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Recent Post Thumbnail Slider Widget100+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 9 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 4.
Multi Image Widget100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Post Type Slider Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Testimonials Slider PluginFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 7 plugins tagged “slider widget”
Widget Post Slider
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,432by ShapedPlugin LLC5 months ago
Widget Post Slider to display posts image in a slider from category.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Stax Addons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,781by StaxWP3 days ago
20+ lightweight widgets and enhancements for Elementor. Modular, fast, and zero bloat — assets load only when used.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Post Thumbnail Slider Widget
Down in the last 7 days:121#14,306by Kundan Yevale13 years ago
Recent post thumbnail slider widget plug-in provides you post/page thumbnail slider that allows you to display featured image of any posts and pages i …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multi Image Widget
#16,755by Shankaranand Maurya11 years ago
Multi image widget is used to upload the multiple image.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Type Slider Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2,064#42,879by kaumudi9 years ago
Post Type Slider Widget provides widget for post and custom post type featured images slider. Post Type Title and Featured Image is display in your si …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Testimonials Slider Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:3,050#52,141by Navin Kumar8 years ago
Testimonial slider plugin used to add custom post type field where you can add custom post type title, content, feature image and Testimonial author.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day