Category · recomputed daily
slideshow plugins
234 plugins in the directory carry the slideshow tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
234
plugins
1,443,230+
combined reach
41
released in 90 days
73%
quiet 18 months+
4
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Cinza Slider | 100+ | changed hands |
| 16 Oct 2026 | SlideCraft – Responsive Slider & Carousel | 80+ | released after a long silence |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Slidr | 60+ | released after a long silence |
| 06 Oct 2026 | Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image Slider | 10,000+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Slider 3 Responsive slider plugin to create sliders in visual editor easily. Build beautiful image slider, layer slider, video slider, post slider, and more. | 800,000+ | 4.9★ | 9 days ago |
| Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery The most popular gallery plugin that lets you create galleries and albums in seconds. | 300,000+ | 4.3★ | 7 days ago |
| Simple Lightbox The highly customizable lightbox for WordPress | 100,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 months ago |
| Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder Build Stunning Slider and Popup. Exit intent Popup, Image slider carousel, video slider carousel, post slider carousel, product slider, promote popup | 70,000+ | 4.6★ | 12 days ago |
| AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel Image carousel, slider, and slideshow blocks with AI and ready patterns. Photo gallery, video slider, post and WooCommerce product carousels. | 60,000+ | 4.7★ | 9 days ago |
| Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress The best WordPress slider plugin. Drag & Drop responsive slider builder that helps you create a beautiful image slideshows with just a few clicks. | 30,000+ | 4.7★ | 13 days ago |
| Serious Slider Serious Slider is a free highly efficient SEO friendly fully translatable accessibility ready image slider for WordPress. Seriously! | 20,000+ | 3.4★ | 1 month ago |
| Ovation Elements Transform your site with captivating sliders. Perfect for beginners and advanced users. Create and customize with our ultimate slider plugin. | 10,000+ | 3.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image Slider Slider by 10Web plugin is the perfect slider solution for Wordpress. Create a great responsive slideshow, image slider, layer slider, video slider and … | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 1 month ago |
| Slideshow Gallery LITE Feature content in a JavaScript powered slideshow gallery showcase on your WordPress website. | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 5 months ago |
| Image Slider Image Slider - The best and very easy slider plugin for your post, page or sidebar. 100% Responsive. | 4,000+ | 3.4★ | 2 months ago |
| Testimonial Slider Display your happy customers' Testimonials in a neat Responsive Slider | 3,000+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| WP-Cycle This plugin creates an image slideshow in your theme, using the jQuery Cycle plugin. You can upload/delete images via the administration panel, and di … | 3,000+ | 3.6★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Image Slider Slideshow Plugin useful for add slider in Post/Page. Responsive Image Slider plugin is an easy way to create responsive image slider. | 2,000+ | 4.0★ | 6 months ago |
| Media Slider for Photos Images Videos Create a responsive image slider to display photos, picture galleries, and play video slides on your WordPress website. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Responsive Slider Gallery – Responsive Image Photo Slider Build an image slider with easy drag-and-drop. A simple responsive photo slider for your WordPress website posts and pages. | 2,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 months ago |
| Slick Slider Turn your native WordPress galleries into beautiful fully responsive sliders. Adjust the slider to your needs on a per gallery base. | 2,000+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory – Responsive Slideshow, Video Slider Responsive WordPress slider plugin. Create responsive image sliders, carousel sliders, video sliders, and slideshows with 12 free layouts. | 2,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 months ago |
| Responsive Slideshow – Photo Carousel Build responsive carousels with beautiful layout designs, swipe controls, and transitions for your website with Photo Carousel & Slider Plugin. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Slideshow SE Completely free, open source plugin to easily add slideshows to your WordPress site. | 2,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Foyer – Digital Signage for WordPress A free Digital Signage plugin for WordPress. Create and show off slideshows on your networked displays. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 8 months ago |
| GSlider Blocks Logo Carousel, Image Slider & Testimonial blocks for Gutenberg. 7+ effects, responsive design & full customization! | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 20 days ago |
| Slideshow A shortcode for displaying a slideshow of image attachments for a post. | 1,000+ | — | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Cincopa video and media plug-in Post your videos, photo galleries, slideshows, music and playlists easily and in seconds. | 1,000+ | 2.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery Free WordPress photo gallery, slideshow and masonry gallery plugin with lightbox and video support (YouTube, Vimeo). Upgrade to Pro for more. | 1,000+ | 3.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Advanced Image Gallery for Elementor – Grid, Carousel & Slideshow Create stunning, responsive image galleries and media carousels for Elementor with advanced customization and video support. | 500+ | — | 23 days ago |
| bxSlider integration for WordPress bxSlider for WordPress integrates the great responsive content slider "bxSlider jQuery plugin" in your very own WordPress site. | 500+ | 4.4★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| jAlbum Bridge Add spectacular mobile-friendly projectors of jAlbum albums on your WordPress site. | 500+ | 4.0★ | 6 months ago |
| Responsive Slick Slider WordPress Responsive Slick Slider is built on the top of slick js with support to unlimited banner images, text layers and videos(YouTube, Mp4, HTML5 and Vimeo) … | 500+ | 4.0★ | 20 months ago · quiet |
| Creative Clans Slide Show A free widget to use the Creative Clans Slide Show in your Wordpress website. | 200+ | — | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Creative Image Slider – Responsive Slider Plugin Creative Image Slider is a responsive jQuery image slider with amazing visual effects. | 200+ | 3.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Post Slider Custom Post Slider Plugin Display Post with Owl Slider order by date, title, random... Developer can override HTML or create new layout in their theme … | 200+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Easy Backstretch A simple and easy way to use Backstretch jQuery plugin in basic, slideshow and block level mode. | 200+ | 4.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Easy Nivo Slider Adds Nivo Slider to a post/page with no coding. Builds sliders from a post images, featured images in posts, or from NextGen galleries. | 200+ | 2.3★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Flash Gallery Flash Gallery is the only practical way to publish VAST amount of pictures in a post. Features full screen viewing, slideshows, albums and more. | 200+ | 2.5★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| GPP Slideshow A minimalist slideshow plugin that creates a new gallery post type. Add slideshows to widgets, posts, pages and gallery posts. | 200+ | 2.5★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Responsive Flickr Slideshow Embeds a responsive slideshow of Flickr images from any album or photoset | 200+ | 4.8★ | 20 months ago · quiet |
| Responsive NextGEN Flex Slider Template Adds "sliderview" template for the NextGen gallery. Use the shortcode [nggallery id=x template="sliderview"] | 200+ | 4.1★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| peLightbox Gallery Slider – Responsive Lightbox, Slideshow, Carousel, Image & Video Gallery peLightbox Gallery is a beautiful, responsive WordPress lightbox gallery and slider plugin | 200+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| SlideShare Embeds for WordPress Enables you to embed a SlideShare presentation just by putting its link in your WordPress post. | 200+ | — | 12 years ago · quiet |
| WP Owl Carousel Owl Carousel integration for Wordpress | 200+ | 4.3★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| All-In-One Slideshow All-In-One Slideshow plugin implements jCycle, Easing and Cufon scripts into the highly customizable slideshow gallery. | 100+ | — | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Cinza Slider A minimal slider plugin built with Flickity. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 6 days ago |
| Easy Fullscreen Slider An easy-to-use WordPress fullscreen slider plugin for Supersized. | 100+ | 4.4★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| GIGA Slider GIGA slider is an awesome WordPress slider plug-in with a lot of nice features. It is very simple to create slider for your WordPress site, you can ad … | 100+ | 4.3★ | 6 months ago |
| Home Page Slideshow Create a simple, lightweight, responsive slideshow for your site's home page. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| HTML5 Slideshow Presentations Create HTML5 slideshow presentations using our favorite cms, WordPress. Host your own presentations and share/present them anytime. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| Jellyfish backdrop Fullscreen background images and background slideshows on any WordPress post or page. Easily upload and select images using the media library. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Responsive slider / slideshow Simple & lightweight responsive slider plugin. | 100+ | 1.7★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| SliceShow Simple, beautiful, responsive slideshows for WordPress. Upload images, add links & titles, & rearrange slides. Embed with a shortcode. | 100+ | 4.1★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
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