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Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery

Build responsive image carousels, post sliders, video galleries, and product carousels with zero layout shift and blazing fast speed.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations700Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating1.7 / 5 from 10 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery version 2.0.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Carousel is a lightweight, responsive, and developer-friendly WordPress carousel plugin built to create high-converting image sliders, blog post carousels, video showcases, and WooCommerce product galleries.

0, Carousel utilizes modern PHP architecture to deliver maximum performance, optimized CSS/JS enqueuing, and zero Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS). Whether you are building a simple brand logo carousel, a portfolio showcase, or a dynamic blog post slider, Carousel gives you full control over layout, responsiveness, and autoplay settings without slowing down your website.

🚀 Key Free Features

  • Unlimited Images & Slides: Add as many slides, images, and captions as you need—no artificial limits on the free version.
  • Custom Image Carousel: Easily create image sliders with drag-and-drop ordering, custom links, and lightbox previews.
  • Dynamic Post Slider: Display recent posts, filter by categories, and toggle post titles, dates, authors, excerpts, and “Read More” buttons.
  • Video Carousel: Embed responsive YouTube, Vimeo, and self-hosted MP4 videos inside your sliders.
  • WooCommerce Product Carousel: Display featured, top-rated, on-sale, or category-specific products with live “Add to Cart” buttons.
  • Zero Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): Pre-calculated aspect ratios keep your site layout stable during page loads.
  • Smart Asset Loading: Enqueues scripts and stylesheets only when a carousel or shortcode is actively present on the page.
  • Full Responsive Breakpoints: Custom controls for columns and spacing across Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile devices.
  • Page Builder Ready: Seamlessly works with Gutenberg blocks, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and classic shortcodes.
  • Touch & Drag Enabled: Smooth touch-swipe navigation optimized for mobile devices and tablets.
  • Customizable Controls: Toggle autoplay, autoplay speed, hover pause, infinite loop, navigation arrows, pagination dots, and slide transition effects.

💎 Pro Features

Upgrade to Carousel Pro to unlock advanced layouts, multimedia support, and dynamic ecommerce integrations:

* Standard Grid & Masonry Layouts: Switch seamlessly between smooth sliders, structured grids, and fluid masonry layouts.

* Content Overlay Design Style: Display title, meta, and button content as modern hover overlays on top of images.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • image carousel
  • post slider
  • product carousel
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity30 Sept 20261mo ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.82.0.0
WordPress compatibility4.9.337.1.2
WordPress requirement3.85.8
PHP requirementNot listed7.4
WordPress compatibility4.9.314.9.33
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