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Smart Slider 3 is a WordPress plugin that lets you build sliders, blocks, and pages for your website using a visual drag-and-drop editor. It has over 900 reviews that give it an average rating of 4.9 stars on WordPress.org.
This plugin has a generous free version that lets you build fully functional sliders. If you need more customizability to create your dream slider, there are all-inclusive pro versions that only require a one-time payment.
Smart Slider 3 aims to balance functionality and features with ease of use, and its slide library and many templates will let you build sliders efficiently.
MetaSlider is the most popular slider plugin in the WordPress directory, with over 800,000 active installations, more than 600 reviews and an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars.
It offers four slider types (Flex, Responsive, Nivo, and Coin), each with unique transition effects. However, it has relatively limited features that may not make it the best option for building sliders on a professional site.
Pro licenses are available for yearly payments ranging from $39 to $149. These pro models are all-inclusive, providing you with features such as animations, layers, video slides, and WordPress post slides.
Soliloquy is a WordPress slider plugin that focuses on providing a user-friendly interface. It also utilizes asynchronous loading to ensure that your sliders don’t slow down your website.
This plugin is popular — its description in the WordPress directory boasts over 1.5 million downloads. Its free version also has nearly 1,000 reviews that give it an average rating of 4.67 out of 5 stars.
However, Soliloquy’s various pricing models are not all-inclusive, and certain staple features do not become available unless you purchase a license for multiple sites. These licenses are available for yearly purchases ranging from $17 to $89 or a one-time payment of $269 for unlimited sites.
Slider Revolution is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create and design animated sliders, carousels, hero sections, and other visual content for your website without using any code. It focuses on advanced features that give you in-depth control over your sliders.
It is a popular plugin; as of 2019, over 2.5 million websites worldwide used Slider Revolution.
Slider Revolution does not have a free or trial version, but it is all-inclusive - all features are included no matter which version you buy, the only difference is the number of sites the plugin can be used on.
RoyalSlider is a WordPress slider plugin that you can use to create customized slideshows for your website using CSS.
It is well-rated on CodeCanyon — out of over 2,200 reviews, this plugin holds an average of 4.64 out of 5 stars. It does not offer a free version, and there is only one payment option. It is all-inclusive and costs $24 per site. This plugin emphasizes performance and user experience by giving you access to edit the modular source code to suit your needs.
Developers who have CSS and JavaScript experience can use RoyalSlider to build attractive and fast-loading sliders.
LayerSlider is a WordPress slider plugin that you can use to build sliders, popups, hero sections, and pages for your website.
LayerSlider focuses on providing you with a wide range of options that let you design complex sliders using a visual drag-and-drop editor. It stands out from other slider plugins by dedicating several features specifically to popup creation.
This plugin is available to purchase starting at $25 for a single site, and it does not have a free version.