Lightweight, dependency-free featured post slider for magazine and editorial sites. No jQuery, no bloat.
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Cycle Responsive Sliderv2.0.0
Responsive image slider using jQuery Cycle2. Multiple sliders, Gutenberg block, drag & drop reordering, and a modern admin panel.
Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Uix Slideshowv1.6.7
This plugin is a simple way to build, organize and display slideshow into any existing WordPress theme.
Create a responsive image slider to display photos, picture galleries, and play video slides on your WordPress website.
Create sliders and reusable slides in WordPress and display them with a shortcode. Uses the Swiper.js library.
General Sliderv2.3.13
Create reusable carousel sliders in minutes — no jQuery, block-ready, accessible, and no coding required. Assets load only where a slider runs.
A lightweight, secure, accessible, zero-dependency, and object-oriented responsive slider plugin for WordPress.
Fast, accessible sliders and carousels: hero banners, post and product carousels, galleries, testimonials and logo tickers.
GIGA Sliderv1.0.0.10
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 …