10 Best Owl Carousel WP Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Owl Carousel WP has 1,000+ 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 Owl Carousel WP
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Carousel Slider
Closest match4.3 (160) 30,000+ active installsCreate SEO friendly Image, Logo, Video, Post, WooCommerce Product Carousel, and Slider.
Shares the carousel, Image carousel tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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Divi Carousel – Image, Logo & Video Carousel for Divi Theme
4.8 (146) 30,000+ active installsFree carousel modules for the Divi Theme and Divi Builder. Build a Divi image carousel, logo carousel, video carousel or slider in minutes.
Shares the carousel, Image carousel tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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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 5 times the installs, no update since November 9, 2022.
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Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
4.7 (1,026) 30,000+ active installsThe best WordPress slider plugin. Drag & Drop responsive slider builder that helps you create a beautiful image slideshows with just a few clicks.
Shares the carousel tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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WP Carousel
Paid version availableCarousel, Slider, Photo Gallery with Lightbox, Video Slider, by WP Carousel
4.7 (433) 70,000+ active installsCarousel, Slider, and Photo Gallery with Lightbox plugin. Create Image Carousel, Video Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Product Carousel, and more.
Shares the carousel tag on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.5 (248) 30,000+ active installsCreate stunning responsive sliders in minutes. Drag-and-drop builder, unlimited sliders, mobile-friendly & SEO optimized!
Shares the carousel tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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4.9 (112) 10,000+ active installsA free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions and animations.
About 10 times the installs, no update since January 2, 2025.
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Slider by 10Web – Responsive Image Slider
4.5 (289) 10,000+ active installsSlider by 10Web plugin is the perfect slider solution for Wordpress.
About 10 times the installs, no update since December 26, 2024.
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4.7 (106) 10,000+ active installsGallery - Display your Wordpress galleries in a lightbox easily
About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.6 (97) 10,000+ active installsProduct Video Gallery for Woocommerce – Embed videos to product gallery along with images on product single page of WooCommerce.
About 10 times the installs, last updated June 30, 2026.
Switching from Owl Carousel WP: common questions
What is the best alternative to Owl Carousel WP?
Carousel Slider is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Owl Carousel WP alternative has the most users?
WP Carousel, with 70,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Owl Carousel WP alternative is rated highest?
Crelly Slider, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 112 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Owl Carousel WP 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 Owl Carousel WP 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 Owl Carousel WP 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
Carousel Slider is the closest match to Owl Carousel WP by the data we track, and WP Carousel has the widest reach with 70,000+ active installs. Gallery Lightbox 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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