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Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg
A refreshing free slider that lets you use any block as a slide.
HealthyGrowing
94/100
This plugin offers a versatile and free slider experience despite occasional theme styling conflicts.
Active installs
~72,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.8★
52 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+53%
Growing fast
329 → 505 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +53% in the last year
329/day a year ago→505/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCarousel Slider Block for Gutenberg is well-regarded as a simple, flexible, and genuinely free Gutenberg-native slider, though users occasionally encounter theme/plugin style conflicts and a limited set of advanced slider configuration options.
What people like
- +Easy to use and straightforward to set up out of the box×8
- +Accepts any Gutenberg block as slide content, making it highly versatile×4
- +Genuinely free with no upsells or required paid products×2
- +Responsive and helpful support when issues were raised×2
- +Works reliably as a display-side carousel even when the editor view looks off
Common complaints
- −Style conflicts with certain themes and plugins (notably Kadence Blocks and _s-based themes), requiring manual CSS fixes×3
- −Missing several standard Slick slider settings such as fade, centerMode, adaptiveHeight, and variableWidth×2
- −Limited responsive breakpoints — at least one reviewer wants more
- −A specific update broke slider layouts, causing slides to stack vertically (later patched) (since 1.0.15)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.80★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 52 total
Latest reviews · 52 analyzed
- 2026-05-23★★★★★Perfect for Gutenberg and easy to configurebrammoreinis1-shot
- 2026-05-23★★★★★Great plugin with the right amount of customizationivanbachev
- 2026-05-05★★★★★Does what it says, easy to use, some responsive issueszergling81
- 2025-09-06★★★★★Lovely little pluginAurovrata Venet
- 2025-07-16★★★★★Simple, yet very flexible slider that is easy to usepharrisonw
- 2025-06-06★★★★★Love this blockannaise
- 2025-05-03★★★★★Yeah for simple, free, and open source slider block!efficiondave
- 2025-03-24★★★★★Does what it says. AwesomeBobRebus
- 2025-03-14★★★★★Great flexibility perfectly coherent with base Gutenbergsamuele99
- 2025-02-10★★★★★Very simple and easy to usefreelancesgroup
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
466
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
557
Prior 7-day baseline
441
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,735
Mean release-day peak (30d)
773
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-16.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
15%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.19
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.81 → 4.80★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered