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MaxSlider

MaxSlider is a free WordPress slider plugin that lets you create responsive sliders for your website. Shortcode and Visual Composer support included.

By The CSSIgniter Team·Slider·Free
4.7(12 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months ago
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As of April 2026, MaxSlider is a WordPress slider plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 92K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are up 23% this week. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.

4.7/512 reviews
7.0K+active installs
92K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

MaxSlider is probably the easiest way to add a custom responsive slider to any page of your website. Create unlimited sliders with unlimited slides and custom settings per slider/slide!

Check out the demo now!

Features:

  • Unlimited Sliders
  • Unlimited slides per slider
  • Responsive layouts
  • Flexible settings per slide/slider
  • Auto-slide option
  • Slide effects
  • Set the pause between slides
  • Set a custom height per slider
  • Show/Hide Previous/Next Arrows
  • Set Background/Foreground arrow colors
  • Set title text, title size and title color per slide
  • Set subtitle text, subtitle size and subtitle color per slide
  • Set button text, button background color, button text color, and button URL per slide
  • Set horizontal and vertical content alignment per slide
  • Grab the shortcode and show your sliders anywhere on your…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.712 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Great Slider Plugin
by iacx·3 years ago

This plugin is simple and complete! Great!

Best slider plugin
by skylabb·4 years ago

This is a great slider what works with Gutenberg editor. Although the settings are not done within the editor, I like the fact that they are managed under a separate space under the admin left column tab. When there are many settings to deal with, Gutenberg editor does not provide adequate space to work. There’s good amount of settings allowing you to customize the slider design with flexibility. And the best part is that this is all free. The author is not attempting to up sale you with blatant banners, buttons, and popups in the admin screen like many others do.

Thank you for the great work.

Great and clean plugin
by omega.gr·5 years ago

I’m very happy with this easy going and clear coding lightweight plugin.
Making slides with information in a short time and without any previous knowledge makes this plugin one of my favorites.
Thanks guys ! Keep on 🙂

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by arbian1985·6 years ago

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Just what I Need and No More
by UncleMorty·6 years ago

I’ve wanted a simple slider that works in a post and this is it! No frills, no tutorials to study, just pick your images, get your short-code and bam! You have a slider that you can post anywhere.

I have The Revolution Slider Plugin 6.0, and that’s an amazing piece of software, but I write time-sensitive content, and I have to get it out quick, and MaxSlider lets me do that. I’ve also tried other basic sliders, but they had conflicts with other scripts, MaxSlider just works.

Download Trends

Today: 17Yesterday: 25This week: 113Period total: 6K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.2
93.8%
v1.1
6.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.4

  • Sanitize shortcode parameter to avoid potential Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerabilities.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Gerasimos TsiamalosGerasimos TsiamalosAnastis SourgoutsidisAnastis SourgoutsidisVassilis MastorostergiosVassilis MastorostergiosThe CSSIgniter TeamThe CSSIgniter Team
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.4
Last Updated
Apr 25, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
7.0K+
Downloads
92K+
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

sliderimage sliderphoto sliderwordpress sliderresponsive slider

Developer

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The CSSIgniter Team
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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