by MetaSlider 4.6 (743 reviews)

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider

Name: Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider
Rating: 4.6 (743 reviews)
Author: MetaSlider

Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider ranks #121 among WordPress.org plugins with 500,000+ active installations, is #10 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.6/5 rating from 743 reviews, and was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.114.0 Current Version v3.114.0

Updated 4 days ago Last Update on 27 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#10 of 6,651 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads +451.8% this week Actively maintained

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#121

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500K+

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KW Avg Position

1.6

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Downloads

36M

+1,151 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (743 reviews)

Next Milestone 600K

Total Progress 41.2%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

742 reviews

Overall 92%

634 (85%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

21 known vulnerabilities on record · 8 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 20, 2026

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.107.0

CVE-2026-39467 · Fixed in v3.107.0
Apr 20, 2026

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.111.1

CVE-2026-18400 · Fixed in v3.111.1
Apr 20, 2026

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.107.0

CVE-2026-39465 · Fixed in v3.107.0
Jun 13, 2025

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.99.0

CVE-2025-5337 · Fixed in v3.99.0
Mar 2, 2025

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.95.0

CVE-2025-1062 · Fixed in v3.95.0
Mar 2, 2025

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.95.0

CVE-2025-1203 · Fixed in v3.95.0
Feb 14, 2025

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.95.0

CVE-2025-26763 · Fixed in v3.95.0
Nov 9, 2024

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.92.1

CVE-2025-24533 · Fixed in v3.92.1
Apr 10, 2024

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.70.1

CVE-2024-3285 · Fixed in v3.70.1
Apr 12, 2023

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider [ml-slider] < 3.29.1

CVE-2023-1473 · Fixed in v3.29.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.114.0
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: MetaSlider

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 743
Support Threads: 14
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and web developers who want to add image, video, or content sliders, carousels, and galleries to their site. It solves the problem of building responsive, SEO-friendly slideshows from media library content without custom coding, with advanced slide types and theming available via the Pro upgrade.

Image slides with captions
YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok video slides
Local video slides
Post Feed slides
Animated Layer slides
External URL and video slides
Thumbnail and Filmstrip navigation
Gutenberg block editor support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider

MetaSlider has been tested with many most popular free WordPress themes and the most common plugins. We have hundreds of thousands of users who run MetaSlider without any problems. If you’re one of the unlucky ones, 9 times out of 10 it will be down to a conflict with either your chosen theme or plugins. To help troubleshoot MetaSlider, we have a series of Yes / No questions that can help you quickly resolve most issues. Click here for steps to troubleshoot sliders An image slide is not appearing in my slider If a slide is not showing in your MetaSlider slideshow, this guide has some suggestions for common troubleshooting steps: Click here for steps to troubleshoot image sliders

The guide linked below will show you how to create a “full width” layout for your MetaSlider slider. The aim is to create a slider that will stretch from one side of the browser window to another. How you create a “full width” layout will depend on your theme, so please read this guide to understand the best approach for your site. Read the guide for full-width sliders

The guide linked below will show how to build a full-screen slideshow for your site. The slideshow works as normal with Previous and Next arrows, navigation, and more. However, the slideshow is the only thing visible on the screen. Read the guide for full-screen sliders

To change the style of MetaSlider you should override the default MetaSlider styles with your own styles. If you’re not comfortable with editing the CSS yourself, you’ll be glad to know that MetaSlider Slideshow Pro includes a live theme editor that lets you completely customize the style of your slideshow with no coding experience needed! Here is a quick to updating the MetaSlider styling. Some experience with HTML and CSS is assumed. Read the guide to changing slider CSS

You can add video captions to Local Video slides, and to External Video slides created with MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. This feature uses VTT files to add captions. There are four different types of VTT file supported in MetaSlider: Captions, Chapters, Descriptions, and Subtitles. Read the guide to video captions

Yes, image sliders are the most popular way to use MetaSlider. Image slideshows are included in MetaSlider Free and MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. An image carousel will display an image. You can also add other features such as a caption, or a URL link. Read more about image sliders It's also possible to build on your image slider and create a carousel slideshow with several images to be visible in the display at the same time. See more about carousel image sliders

Yes, Vimeo Slideshows are included in MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. A Vimeo Slide will display a video in your slideshow directly from Vimeo.com. You can control the appearance of the videos and also add extra features to the videos such as auto play, mute, and loop. Read more about Vimeo sliders

Yes, YouTube Slideshows are included in MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. A YouTube Slide will display a video in your slideshow directly from YouTube.com. You can control the appearance of the videos and also add extra features to the videos such as auto play, mute, and loop. Read more about YouTube sliders

Yes, you can use MetaSlider with many of the most popular plugins. We have particularly deep integrations with WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, and Advanced Custom Fields. You can make WooCommerce slider to showcase your products. You can build a WooCommerce slideshow with just a few clicks, thanks to MetaSlider. In this guide linked below, we’ll show you how to create a slideshow of WooCommerce products using MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. This slideshow will update automatically showing the products in the WooCommerce categories you choose. Read the guide to WooCommerce sliders In this guide linked below, we'll show how MetaSlider can automatically create slides based on events in The Events Calendar plugin, displaying the featured image as the slide. Read the guide to The Events Calendar sliders Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) is a very popular WordPress plugin, with over 2 million active installs. If you use ACF to add fields to your content, it’s possible to use MetaSlider Slideshow Pro to show those fields in a slideshow. In this guide, I’ll show you how to connect ACF and MetaSlider. Read the guide to Advanced Custom Fields slider Join the slider revolution and use MetaSlider to build beautiful slideshows with data from other plugins.

Yes, it is possible to specify that your MetaSlider slideshow only appears on specific posts, pages, or your homepage. Read the guide to sliders on specific posts