10 Best Custom Post Carousels with Owl Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Post Carousels with Owl has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Custom Post Carousels with Owl
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Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider
4.7 (31) 10,000+ active installsPost Slider and Post Carousel display WordPress post in slider and carousel layouts with shortcode and Latest/Recent vertical post scrolling widget.
Shares the post carousel, post slider tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.5 (50) 3,000+ active installsPost Carousel Slider for Elementor, Elementor Post Slider, Elementor Post Carousel help to add post carousel with Elementor
Shares the post carousel, post slider tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated May 17, 2026.
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BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazine, Blog & Business Websites
4.8 (33) 10,000+ active installsBuild professional news, magazine, blog, editorial and business websites with powerful Gutenberg blocks, starter templates, advanced post layouts, sli …
Shares the post carousel, post slider tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.9 (84) 20,000+ active installsEasily create awesome post grids and post carousel sliders. Different widget types, powerful filters, "load more" button and many customizab …
Shares the post carousel, post slider tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since January 9, 2025.
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Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder
4.6 (234) 80,000+ active installsBuild Stunning Slider and Popup. Exit intent Popup, Image slider carousel, video slider carousel, post slider carousel, product slider, promote popup
Shares the post slider tag on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Blog Designer Pack
Paid version availableBlog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News
4.7 (79) 30,000+ active installsNews & Blog plugin for post grid, post slider, post carousel, post filter, masonry, ticker & list category posts using shortcode, Elementor & Divi.
Shares the post carousel, post slider tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.3 (86) 9,000+ active installsFully responsive and mobile ready Carousel Slider for your woo-commerce product. unlimited slider anywhere via short-codes and easy admin setting.
Shares the product slider tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated July 14, 2026.
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4.5 (26) 2,000+ active installsAllows you to set single or multiple banners on the WooCommerce category and page.
Shares the product slider tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 1, 2026.
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4.7 (25) 5,000+ active installsLets you add custom links in Elementor Image Carousel widget
Shares the Image carousel tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since November 9, 2022.
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Smart Post
Paid version availableSmart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News
4.7 (209) 20,000+ active installsDisplay posts in Grid, Carousel, Slider, Timeline, List & Live Filter layouts with Gutenberg Blocks & Ready Patterns - Elementor, Divi, & Shortcodes.
Shares the post carousel tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Custom Post Carousels with Owl: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Post Carousels with Owl?
A Responsive Post Slider is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Post Carousels with Owl alternative has the most users?
Depicter, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Post Carousels with Owl alternative is rated highest?
AnWP Post Grid and Post Carousel Slider for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 84 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Post Carousels with Owl alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Custom Post Carousels with Owl score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Custom Post Carousels with Owl on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
A Responsive Post Slider is the closest match to Custom Post Carousels with Owl by the data we track, and Depicter has the widest reach with 80,000+ active installs. Smart Post shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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