by Philipp Bammes 4.2 (15 reviews)

Slick Slider

Name: Slick Slider
Rating: 4.2 (15 reviews)
Author: Philipp Bammes

Turn your native WordPress galleries into beautiful fully responsive sliders. Adjust the slider to your needs on a per gallery base.

Slick Slider ranks #4,974 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #538 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.2/5 rating from 15 reviews, and was last updated Jul 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8 (Current: 7.1)

v0.5.3 Current Version v0.5.3

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 25 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#538 of 6,305 in Media Top 10% by installs

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#4,974

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Active Installs

2K+

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55.9K

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (15 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 81.6%

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.5.3
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2026
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 4.8
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Philipp Bammes

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 15
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who use native WordPress galleries and want more visual control over how images are displayed. It solves the problem of galleries being static by converting them into customizable, responsive sliders with adjustable options per gallery.

Autoplay toggle
Fade effect toggle
Arrows and dots toggle
Center mode for partial slides
Infinite slider mode
Pause on hover
Lazy loading support
Vertical and RTL support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Slick Slider

Absolutely! On each gallery Media Modal there’s a checkbox called “Use Slick Slider”. If you leave this box unchecked your gallery will be a simple … gallery.

Since Slick Slider uses the default gallery shortcode, you can simply paste it wherever you want it to appear. Note that you may need to enable support for shortcodes in widgets. Additionally if you want to edit the slider options you’ll have to change it using the shortcode attributes directly.

Use the plugin WP Gallery Custom Links. Note: Only support for custom URLs and link targets (including the filter wpgcl_filter_raw_gallery_link_url). No support for additional custom fields or shortcode attributes.

Use the plugin WP Featherlight. Note: The gallery’s setting “Link To” has to be set to “Media File”.

Use the option “Show caption”. Note: The captions aren’t styled. You need to apply some CSS on them (use the class .slide__caption).

Paste the following lines in your functions.php: add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function() { wp_enqueue_script( 'slick-slider-core' ); wp_enqueue_style( 'slick-slider-core-theme' ); }, 11 );

Paste the following lines in your functions.php: add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function() { wp_deregister_script( 'slick-slider-core' ); wp_deregister_style( 'slick-slider-core' ); }, 11 ); Note: This will also remove the initiation script and helper CSS from the page (see below).

Use add_filter( 'slick_slider_init_slider', '__return_false' );.

These three line of CSS are sometimes required if the page has a white background. Otherwise the slider arrows won’t be visible. You can turn it off by using add_filter( 'slick_slider_load_helper_css', '__return_false' );.

Use the WordPress core filter shortcode_atts_gallery.