The Carousel plugin is a component for cycling through elements, like a carousel (slideshow).
As of April 2026, SX Bootstrap Carousel is a WordPress image plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
A custom post type for choosing images and content which outputs a carousel from Twitter Bootstrap using the shortcode [sx-carousel].
The plugin assumes that you’re already using Bootstrap, so you need to load the Bootstrap javascript and CSS separately.
If you’d like to contribute to this plugin, you can find it hosted on GitHub.
If you’d like different settings for different carousels, you can override these by using shortcode options…
interval (default 5000)
showcaption (default true)
true or false.| WordPress | 3.3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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