Best WordPress slider plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress slider plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Responsive Full Width Background Slider leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of FA Lite (500+) and Image Slider by Ays- Responsive Slider and Carousel (50+). All 6 plugins tagged “wordpress slider plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 WordPress slider plugins
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Responsive Full Width Background SliderThe most installed WordPress slider plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 25 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 2.
FA Lite500+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
Image Slider by Ays- Responsive Slider and Carousel50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago.
- 4.
CB Full Responsive Slider10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “wordpress slider plugin”
Responsive Full Width Background Slider
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,711by WPTreasure9 years ago
Awesome Responsive Full Width Background Slider Plugin for full screen slide show in background of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(25)
- Downloads
- 12/day
FA Lite
Up in the last 7 days:5#8,846by Constantin Boiangiu2 years ago
WordPress slider plugin for Featured Content that can create responsive, video enabled sliders from your existing WordPress content.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.7(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
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
CB Full Responsive Slider
Up in the last 7 days:1,026#35,238by Md Abul Bashar8 years ago
Easy Full Responsive Slider, just go to sliders post, and add new slider. and use this shortcode [cb_sliders] in any pages or posts. then enjoy it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day