As of April 2026, JJ NextGen JQuery Carousel is a WordPress image plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 63K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
4.5/52 reviews
400active installs
63K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
The ‘JJ NextGen JQuery Carousel’ allows you to create a ‘JCarousel’ (http://sorgalla.com/projects/jcarousel/) as a widget or as a shortcode.
This plugin uses the ‘NextGen Gallery’ plugin for its images.
Requirements:
- NextGen Gallery Plugin (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)
NextGen Gallery Integration:
- This plugin uses the original width and height of the image uploaded so make sure the images are the correct dimensions when uploaded.
- If a width and height are defined under the configuration all images will be resized to those dimensions (Highly recommended).
- Alt & Title Text Field: Provide a full url here and the image will link to this. Only works if alt field starts with either of these; /, http, or ftp.
- Description Field:…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
- 1.1.8: rtl fix.
- 1.1.7: FAQ.
- 1.1.6: Donate to Christchurch Quake.
- 1.1.5: Gap fixes.
- 1.1.4: Readme.
- 1.1.3: Readme.
- 1.1.2: New shuffle field. If order is random and this is true will shuffle images with javascript. Useful if you are caching your pages. This use to be always on in previous verions but some people want images to load in order so if not caching the page no need to be turned on.
- 1.1.1: Fix.
- 1.1.0: Optimisa…
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