Yes, FA Lite is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use FA Lite?

FA Lite has 600 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best FA Lite alternatives?

Popular alternatives to FA Lite include Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider, Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image…, Serious Slider. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does FA Lite work with the latest WordPress?

FA Lite has been tested up to WordPress 6.5.8. It requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.4+.

FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin — Reviews, Rating & Alternatives (2026)

Name: FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin
Rating: 3.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Constantin Boiangiu

As of April 2026, FA Lite is a WordPress wordpress slider plugin with 600 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 174K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider.

3.7/513 reviews

600active installs

174K+total downloads

16 yearssince 2010

Overview

Featured Articles is a WordPress slider plugin that allows you to create sliders in your blog pages directly from your already written content, be it posts or pages.
For a quick tutorial see How to create a WordPress slider with Featured Articles.

Coming with multiple, configurable WordPress slider themes and the possibility to extend it with new themes and slider scripts, Featured Articles is the best WordPress slider plugin available.

Lite version features:

Responsive and mobile ready;
Allows you to create sliders based on Nivo slider by implementing a slider theme compatible with Nivo slider;
Post and page sliders;
Navigation arrows and pagination;
Multiple slider themes;
Third party slider scripts implementation;
Preloading functionality on page load;
Lots of actions and filters for…

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