Best WordPress carousel plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress carousel plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Embed Google Photos album leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Owl Carousel WP (1K+) and Carousel (20+). All 6 plugins tagged “Wordpress carousel” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 WordPress carousel plugins
- 1.
Embed Google Photos albumThe most installed WordPress carousel plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 15 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Owl Carousel WP1K+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Carousel20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
Mage CarouselFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 6 plugins tagged “Wordpress carousel”

Embed Google Photos album
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,685by pavex3 months ago
Embed Google Photos album using Player widget.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(15)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Owl Carousel WP
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,005by Imran Emu1 year ago
Owl Carousel WP is an easy plugin to add carousel in WordPress sites.This plugin is responsive and works using shortcode .
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.1(14)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Carousel
Up in the last 7 days:51#27,344by wpbrim9 years ago
WB Carousel is an easy plugin to add carousel in WordPress sites.This plugin is responsive and works using shortcode .
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mage Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:2,807#74,064by magepeopleteam9 years ago
Mage Carousel is an awesome Carousel based on OWL Carousel for WordPress with Awesome Effects. You can use it for display you information nicely.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day