Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.
4.6(731 reviews)
·500K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider is a WordPress slider plugin with 500K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 731 reviews. It has been downloaded 33M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 81% this week. Support resolution rate: 85%. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.
4.6/5731 reviews
500K+active installs
85%resolved
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
With MetaSlider, you can create a powerful, SEO-optimized slider, slideshow, carousel, or gallery in minutes. MetaSlider is world’s #1 responsive WordPress slider plugin. MetaSlider is the best choice for image and photo sliders. MetaSlider Pro add support for video (YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, local, and external), layer, WooCommerce products, custom HTML, single post, post feed sliders and more!
Introducing MetaSlider
With MetaSlider and MetaSlider Pro, WordPress’s most popular slider plugin, enhancing your blog or website couldn’t be easier! Simply select images, photos, videos and more from your WordPress Media Library, and drag-and-drop them into place. You can then set the slide captions, links, and SEO fields, and more.
MetaSlider slideshows, carousels, sliders and galleries are compa…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.6731 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works great!
by splurch84·1 week ago·1 reply
Works great!
Great plugin and service
by komper·3 weeks ago·1 reply
As a novice the plugin is easy to use and make it all look very good. Also Steve at Metaslider did an excellent job with an issue I had. Highly recommendable!
Excellent Slider Plugin
by Frank Gomez·1 month ago·1 reply
I really appreciate the Effort that MetaSlider has put into making the slideshow accessible.
Impressed
by nigeriapackaging·2 months ago·1 reply
Good plugin. I have used it for over 6 years. I am impressed with the technical support.
Why I Like Metaslider
by briannie·2 months ago·1 reply
I like metaslider and am happy to give a five star review. It’s very easy to use and on the odd occasion I’ve needed assistancce it’s offered very quickly indeed. I’d like to see more in the free version, of course I would but then I understand they want to sell the Pro version where they can. Overall, well done Metaslider and thanks for the free version which I used in conjunction with Divi and it works faultlessly.
Download Trends
Today: 5KYesterday: 6KThis week: 36KPeriod total: 3.5M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
Other
59.0%
v3.107
27.8%
v3.106
7.5%
v3.105
5.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
The format is based on Keep a Changelog recommendations
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
[3.107.0] – Mar 23, 2026
- ADDED: Vertical slideshow quickstart demo, #2051;
- ADDED: Hide captions based on screen sizes controls per slideshow, #2054;
- ADDED: Loading bar to creating slideshow screen for quick start, #2057;
- ADDED: More labels to quick start grid, #2058;
- ADDED: Layer slides demos to quick start, #2060;
…and 15 more changes
Contributors
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