Title: Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery Author: Themepoints Published: March 14, 2015 Last modified: September 30, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/carousel/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3721122) ![](https://ps.w.org/carousel/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3721122) # Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery By [Themepoints](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themepoints/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/carousel.zip) * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/#description) * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/#reviews) * [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/#installation) * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/) ## Description **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. Re-engineered from the ground up in version 2.0.0, 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. ## Screenshots [⌊Carousel Manager: Clean interface to build image carousels, video carousels, product carousels, and post sliders.⌉⌊Carousel Manager: Clean interface to build image carousels, video carousels, product carousels, and post sliders.⌉[ **Carousel Manager:** Clean interface to build image carousels, video carousels, product carousels, and post sliders. [⌊Settings Panel: Full control over responsiveness, autoplay, loops, and navigation.⌉⌊ Settings Panel: Full control over responsiveness, autoplay, loops, and navigation .⌉[ **Settings Panel:** Full control over responsiveness, autoplay, loops, and navigation. [⌊Frontend Image Slider: Responsive image carousel with touch-swipe enabled.⌉⌊Frontend Image Slider: Responsive image carousel with touch-swipe enabled.⌉[ **Frontend Image Slider:** Responsive image carousel with touch-swipe enabled. [⌊Post Slider Layout: Dynamic post query settings with title, category, and date toggles.⌉⌊Post Slider Layout: Dynamic post query settings with title, category, and date toggles.⌉[ **Post Slider Layout:** Dynamic post query settings with title, category, and date toggles. [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ ## Installation 1. Log into your WordPress Dashboard. 2. Go to **Plugins > Add New**. 3. Search for **Carousel**. 4. Click **Install Now** and activate the plugin. 5. Navigate to **Carousel > Add New** in your sidebar to create your first slider! 6. Copy the generated shortcode and paste it into any post, page, widget, or page builder element. ## FAQ ### Is Carousel responsive? Yes! You can specify exact column counts and spacing for Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile devices individually. ### Can I use Carousel with Elementor or Gutenberg? Absolutely. Carousel provides shortcode compatibility across all major page builders, as well as native integration components. ### Does the free version limit how many images I can upload? No. The free version allows unlimited images, slides, and post sliders. ### How do I upgrade to Pro? You can upgrade directly from your WordPress admin dashboard under **Carousel > Account** or via our official website. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5dde254f837ae30fdba24a08c097d7e47b690f5ff9d4a21279f15a2a0d662a09? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[We are not hurry to get five star feedback !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/we-are-not-hurry-to-get-five-star-feedback/)󠁿 [Themepoints](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themepoints/) February 9, 2018 Hi, If you have any questions about our plugins or you don't understand how to use it, please contact us via our website before leaving a review. we are happy to solve our plugin issues. Need Support: https://themepoints.com Regards ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/171c3ac7dc314ed2378ef837e72b98c8fb05dea1aaee8c9baea4726461912890? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Don’t waste your time!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-waste-your-time-68/)󠁿 [jenrock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jenrock/) February 9, 2018 1 reply I have no idea how you use this! Can't see any options for creating slides or indeed the carousel itself. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0970f7559597bcece907b5db4b5973b9e2d6a36f76218ecdee51a40accb31f11? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fake Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fake-plugin-9/)󠁿 [costa78](https://profiles.wordpress.org/costa78/) December 29, 2017 1 reply It's an empty box. Nice try… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/706215d297ba66bbfd0a5549ccd1146c6051a1ee012b33157065dc8c824f1c24? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very prompt after sales support but interface is not user friendly at all.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-prompt-after-sales-support-but-interface-is-not-user-friendly-at-all/)󠁿 [Anonymous User 15592795](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-15592795/) August 14, 2017 Without really trying the free version, I bought the pro version after I saw the live demo on their website as the style of the carousel was exactly what I wanted after searching around for quite a bit. This plugin's interface is NOT user friendly at all for a non-techie and there is no video tutorial from the developer, so I had to search for video tutorials on other similar carousel plugins. However to make up for this, my queries were very promptly responded to and I could understand the English (not exactly the case with another Wordpress plugin that I bought). P.S. To All Plugins Developers, please try to understand that we who buy your plugins are most likely not web development techies, so please write your plugin in normal English and not web language. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/80247184a16a164a813fc788d5c88a6a3ca9e1691080de7a120ed3186267dbb9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-good-66/)󠁿 [electrolinks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrolinks/) February 7, 2017 1 reply Not enough information to set up a carousel. Needs documentation. Avoid. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b1a7519705871b42b933d9ba14b4432f49adf5987be2836d2ecc7f9f012457b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I subscribed just to rate this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-subscribed-just-to-rate-this-plugin/)󠁿 [machetekills](https://profiles.wordpress.org/machetekills/) September 3, 2016 And to say it shouldn't exist. No documentation, very bad interface and a constant appeal to "buy pro version". [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Themepoints ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themepoints/) [Translate “Carousel – Image Carousel, Post Slider, Product & Video Gallery” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/carousel) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/carousel/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/carousel/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/carousel/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/carousel/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.0 – September 30, 2026 * **Major Release:** Complete codebase rewrite using modern PHP OOP architecture. * **Performance:** Introduced conditional frontend asset loading (scripts load only when shortcode/block is present). * **UX Fix:** Added CSS aspect-ratio placeholders to eliminate Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS). * **Feature:** Refactored metabox settings UI with visual option selectors. * **Feature:** Added Video, WooCommerce Products, Grid, and Overlay layouts. * **Fix:** Resolved jQuery dependency conflicts and improved script initialization on dynamic page loads. * **Security:** Hardened shortcode output sanitization and metabox nonce validation. #### 1.8 _Release Date – 03 Jan, 2018_ * Fix Color Picker Issues. * Update Css File. #### 1.7 _Release Date – 24 Sep, 2017_ * Update Option Page. * Update Css File. * Added New Options. * Added New Options Page. * Remove Old Options page. * Change Admin Interface. #### 1.6 * Update Option Page. #### 1.5 _Release Date – 23 May, 2017_ * Fix loading unnecessary fonts Issues #### 1.4 _Release Date – 14 Feb, 2017_ * Added Shortcode generation option. * Added new themes. * Auto play Enable/Disable option. * Auto play Stop On Hover option. * Enable/Disable Pagination option. * Enable/Disable Navigation option. * Align Pagination ( left, center, right). * Multiple post query. * Display Carousel/post By Multiple Category. * Carousel Post Excerpt Length. * Carousel from post with Read More. * Enable/Disable Read More Option. * Show/Hide Carousel or Post title option. * Carousel / Post Title Font Size option. * Carousel / Post Title Text Align option. * Carousel / Post Title Color option. * And many more option. #### 1.3 _Release Date – 03 Jan, 2017_ * Update Post Columns Filter #### 1.2 * Added New Post type called “Carousel Free” * Fix Multiple Carousel in same page/post or widget. * Added Post into carousel option. * Added Internal or External Link Option. * Added Slider option. * Added Category Option for display Multiple carousel by ID. * Fix Some Css Issues. * Update Visual Tinymce Editor. * Added New Option In Tinymce Editor. * Change Tinymce Icons. #### 1.1 * Check latest version compatibility #### 1.1 * Fix shortcode issues * Update Option Page * Fix css issues #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.0.0** * Last updated **2 weeks ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/) * Tags * [carousel](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carousel/)[Image carousel](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-carousel/) [post slider](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-slider/)[product carousel](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-carousel/) [slider](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slider/) * [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/carousel/advanced/) ## Ratings 1.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 8 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/carousel/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Themepoints ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themepoints/) ## Support Got something to say? 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