Best widget slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular widget slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image Slider by Ays- Responsive Slider and Carousel leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of Post Type Slider Widget (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “Widget Slider” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 widget slider plugins
- 1.
Image Slider by Ays- Responsive Slider and CarouselThe most installed widget slider plugin, with 50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago.
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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.
All 2 plugins tagged “Widget Slider”
Image Slider by Ays- Responsive Slider and Carousel
Up in the last 7 days:18#20,234by Ays Pro6 months ago
Ays image slider is a progressive slider plugin, which is a great way to grab your audience's attention with amazing and entertaining slideshows.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Type Slider Widget
Down in the last 7 days:8,097#45,540by 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