As of April 2026, Snap Carousel is a WordPress a11y plugin with 0 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 84 times in total. Requires WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2026. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability.
5/52 reviews
0active installs
84total downloads
1 monthsince 2026
Overview
Most WordPress carousel plugins load heavy libraries (Slick, Swiper, jQuery) and fail basic accessibility checks. Screen readers can’t navigate them, keyboard users are stuck, and WCAG audits flag them every time.
Snap Carousel takes a different approach: CSS scroll-snap does the scrolling, proper ARIA attributes do the rest. No JavaScript library, no configuration panel, no learning curve — just a block style to apply in one click.
Built by WeAre[WP], a WordPress agency specializing in accessible websites and RGAA audits. This plugin exists because we needed a carousel that actually passes our own audits.
Supported blocks
Apply any of the 4 carousel styles to:
- Group block (
core/group) — any child blocks become slides - Query Loop block (
core/query) — posts scroll as carousel slides - …
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Top Alternatives to Snap Carousel — Block Style
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.4
- New: Query Loop block support — apply carousel styles to core/query blocks, posts scroll as slides
- New: Gallery block support — apply carousel styles to core/gallery blocks, images scroll as slides
- Enhancement: extracted shared PHP helpers (wearewp_snapcarousel_nav_html, wearewp_snapcarousel_wrap) for DRY rendering
- Enhancement: gallery figcaption excluded from carousel slides (CSS + JS)
- Enhancement: responsive rules for Query Loop and Gallery variants (tablet + mobile)
…and 1 more changes
Contributors
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