by ShapedPlugin LLC 4.7 (434 reviews)

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel

Name: Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
Rating: 4.7 (434 reviews)
Author: ShapedPlugin LLC

Carousel, Slider, and Photo Gallery with Lightbox plugin. Create Image Carousel, Video Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Product Carousel, and more.

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider… ranks #617 among WordPress.org plugins with 70,000+ active installations, is #58 of 13,026 in the E-commerce category, a 4.7/5 rating from 434 reviews, and was last updated Sep 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.2

v3.0.1 Current Version v3.0.1

Updated 6 days ago Last Update on 29 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#58 of 13,026 in E-commerce Top 1% by installs Downloads -43.4% this week Actively maintained

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#617

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Active Installs

70K+

-0.7%

KW Avg Position

29.4

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Downloads

2.2M

+217 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (434 reviews)

Next Milestone 80K

Total Progress 0%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

434 reviews

Overall 94%

383 (88%)

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19 (4%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 4 in the last 24 months · checked 1 day ago

May 4, 2026

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.7.11

CVE-2026-4665 · Fixed in v2.7.11
Jan 31, 2025

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.7.4

CVE-2024-13314 · Fixed in v2.7.4
Dec 3, 2024

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.6.9

CVE-2024-5020 · Fixed in v2.6.9
Oct 30, 2024

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.6.9

CVE-2024-4002 · Fixed in v2.6.9
Apr 9, 2024

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.6.4

CVE-2024-3020 · Fixed in v2.6.4
Apr 5, 2024

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.6.4

CVE-2024-2949 · Fixed in v2.6.4
Dec 22, 2022

Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel [wp-carousel-free] < 2.5.3

CVE-2022-4482 · Fixed in v2.5.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.0.1
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.2
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: ShapedPlugin LLC

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 434
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

carousel gallery slider slideshow video slider

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add carousels, sliders, and photo galleries to their site. It solves the need to display images, posts, WooCommerce products, and YouTube videos in a responsive, customizable slider or grid format without needing custom code.

Image carousel and slider
Photo gallery with lightbox
Post carousel and post grid
WooCommerce product carousel
Video slider with YouTube
Drag and drop builder
Multisite support
Page builder compatibility (Elementor, WPBakery, Gutenberg)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Carousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel

WP Carousel is perfect for photographers, designers, bloggers, different organizations, and small to large businesses. Basically, if you want to create beautiful carousels like, Image Carousel, Post Carousel, and Product Carousel, then you need to use WP Carousel.

No. You don’t need any coding skill. No more pain writing any shortcode attributes to display carousel in your site. With just a few clicks, you can amazingly create unlimited Image, Post, and Product Carousels.

Yes, WP Carousel is fully responsive, mobile and touch-friendly.

Yes, you can add WP Carousel inside your blog posts, pages, widgets, and anywhere else on your WordPress website with a shortcode or PHP function.

Yes. You can have an unlimited carousel with each separate setting in the page, post, template, widget or anywhere you like.

WP Carousel works with any WordPress theme if themes are developed according to WordPress standard.

If you face any problem with our plugin or something is not working as it should, first follow the preliminary steps: Test the plugin with a WordPress default theme, to be sure that the error is not caused by the theme you are currently using. Deactivate all plugins you are using and check if the problem is still occurring. If none of the previously listed actions helps you solve the problem, then, submit a ticket in the forum and describe your problem accurately, specify WordPress and plugin versions you are using and any other information that might help us solve your problem as quickly as possible. Pro version users Support and Free or Lite Version Support.

If you find a bug, please report it in our active support. You will be replied once the issue is resolved.

You can get access to more features when you purchase a license of the plugin. Purchasing a license of WP Carousel Pro gets you to access the full version of WP Carousel, automatic lifetime updates, and support.

Yes, WP Carousel is 100% translation ready and tested with WPML, Polylang, qTranslate-x, GTranslate, Google Language Translator, WPGlobus etc.