Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Slideshows

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Responsive WordPress Slideshows

The best slider, gallery, and carousel plugin for WordPress. Responsive and easy-to-use sliders with images, videos, posts, products, and layers.
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4.6
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Active Installations:
600000+
Last Updated:
Jun 11, 2025
WordPress Version:
5.0 or higher
Tested up to:
6.8.1

Powerful, SEO-optimized Slider

Create a powerful, SEO-optimized slider, slideshow, carousel, or gallery in minutes with MetaSlider.

Responsive WordPress Slider

MetaSlider is the world's #1 responsive WordPress slider plugin.

Customizable Video Slides

Easily include YouTube, Vimeo, and TikTok videos in your slideshows with MetaSlider Pro.

Dynamic Post Feed Slides

Automatically show your latest blog posts, events, or WooCommerce products in your slide show with MetaSlider Pro.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog recommendations
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[3.99.0] – Jun 11, 2025

  • ADDED: Make it easier to add buttons for users, #1658;
  • FIXED: FlexSlider (Nexus): Cropped slide caption, #1581;
  • FIXED: CSS conclicts when there are more than one slideshow on same page, #1635;
  • FIXED: Number of slides is zero in trash listing, #1494;
  • FIXED: Text change, #1669;
  • FIXED: Clarity arrows are buggy in Theme editor, #1683;
  • FIXED: Update Link on Export Page, #1682;
  • FIXED: Remove “The” to “The Architekt” theme, #1681;
  • FIXED: Button label in quickstart page, #1639;
  • FIXED: Bubble Theme Arrow Misalignment, #1678;
  • FIXED: Databold theme: Add focus indicator on Play / Pause button, #1643;
  • FIXED: Architekt recommended transition: fade, #1671;
  • FIXED: Sanitize aria-label through JS, #1696;
  • FIXED: On Thanks for using MetaSlider popup, the email text box accepts NULL value, #1650;
  • FIXED: Promote the Ken Burns etc effects in Free version, #1706;
  • FIXED: ReferenceError: __ is not defined, #1710;
  • FIXED: Is carousel tooltip correct?, #1708;
  • FIXED: Unable to close the “Thanks for using MetaSlider” and “Add a Slide” popups using the ESC key, #1651;
  • FIXED: Accessibility improvements, #1630, #1640, #1665;
  • FIXED: UI elements displays Incorrectly with multiple FlexSlider slideshows (navigation arrows as white boxes), #1579;
  • FIXED: When importing a carousel slideshow with captions, the default General>Caption should be Media Caption instead of Manual Entry, #1717;
  • FIXED: Disable “Insert” button when no text or link is added, #1715;
  • FIXED: Disable border-color in slideshow edit page when default border-width is 0, #1721;
  • FIXED: Fails to Process/Store Very Long URLs (Buffer/Parsing Limit Exceeded) in URL field, #1728;
  • FIXED: Sanitize ‘Add Button’ Inputs, #1725;
  • CHANGED: Add a tooltip on Theme > Caption > Color to explain color override, #1594;
  • CHANGED: Group carousel settings in a separate section, #1508;
  • CHANGED: Should we lead with the manual caption?, #1076;

[3.98.0] – May 01, 2025

  • ADDED: Allow to change slideshow settings through a theme, #1597;
  • ADDED: Message for Legacy users, #1575;
  • ADDED: Add responsive support to arrows, #1582;
  • ADDED: Add status messages in Quick Start > Drop files to upload or Select Files, #1621;
  • FIXED: Accessibility issues with the Base theme, #1525;
  • FIXED: Accessibility issues with the Clarity theme, #1526;
  • FIXED: Play/pause button has a different design depending the theme, #1536;
  • FIXED: Fix spacing for some caption options #1537;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1484;
  • FIXED: Theme color customization headers sometimes have extra spacing, #1552;
  • FIXED: Should the “Hover” option work for the whole slides, #1573;
  • FIXED: Ask for email popup is closed unintentionally after creating a quickstart slideshow, #1559;
  • FIXED: Drag-and-drop slides reorder triggers an error when TinyMCE is disabled, #1560;
  • FIXED: Delay navigation on hover, #1563;
  • FIXED: wp_cache_delete problems, #1565;
  • FIXED: 2 accessibility bugs reported, #1566;
  • FIXED: Typo in Carousel items, #1567;
  • FIXED: Developer options are disabled for legacy libraries, #1574;
  • FIXED: FlexSlider (Simply Dark): Slide caption overlaps with Play/Pause Text, #1580;
  • FIXED: FlexSlider (Base): Arrows (Visible On Hover) – Arrows are not displayed even when hovered on, #1586;
  • FIXED: The slide crop position does not update correctly unless the slideshow’s width or height is changed., #1595;
  • FIXED: Adjust play/pause button in each theme, #1607;
  • FIXED: Captions are missing when choosing “Carousel Slideshow with Captions”, #1611;
  • CHANGED: Axios to 1.8.2, #1376;
  • CHANGED: Revelio thumbnail doesn’t need “Revelio Theme” in big text, #1623;
  • CHANGED: Add “Default” to extra default settings, #1543;
  • CHANGED: Update “Not in use”, #1547;
  • CHANGED: Update 100% Width text, #1553;
  • CHANGED: Add back the Classic Editor button, #1554;
  • CHANGED: Device settings, #1555;
  • CHANGED: Hide Legacy options if not used, #1576;
  • REMOVED: slider-settings-legacy.php, #1504;

[3.97.0] – 21 Mar 2025

  • ADDED: Way to hide elements on screen sizes, #1010;
  • ADDED: Hide / Show / Hover for Navigation, #1498;
  • ADDED: Allow users to customize the number of slides at once for Carousel mode, #1462;
  • ADDED: Allow users to show different slideshows for different screen sizes, #1194;
  • ADDED: Can we show users if their slideshows are being used, #1330;
  • FIXED: PHP 8.3 depreciations, #1480;
  • FIXED: Hover pause conflicts with Play/pause button, #1469;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1484;
  • FIXED: Do we need getRecentSlideshows call?, #1493;
  • FIXED: Conflict with Plugins using body:after{content}, #1491;
  • FIXED: $options[‘start’] is not declared, #1486;
  • FIXED: Empty “Slide” box in Theme area, #1538;
  • FIXED: Make Shortcode Syntax Consistent, #1533;
  • CHANGED: Check on the state of transitions, #1485;
  • CHANGED: Replace “Mobile” with “Device”, #1515;
  • CHANGED: Update thumbnail image for Hero theme, #1527;
  • CHANGED: Add Custom HTML sldies to sales table, #1487;
  • CHANGED: Update “Not in use” and “View Pages” text, #1530;
  • CHANGED: “Transition Options” under the “Theme”, #1541;
  • REMOVED: $slideshow_id param in metaslider_extra_themes, #1349;

[3.96.0] – 13 Feb 2025

  • ADDED: Allow users to sort slides in a slideshow by different criteria, #995;
  • ADDED: Allow users to customize the Play / Pause button with text, #1420;
  • ADDED: Hide Progress Bar Option when Autoplay Is Disabled #1408;
  • ADDED: Add labels to two vertical sliders, #1459;
  • ADDED: Active color on most themes not filled in, #1426;
  • ADDED: Custom HTML Slide Type Ad, #1470;
  • FIXED: Execution delay when slideshow is inside a tab content, #1355;
  • FIXED: Sanitize slideshow data on save, #1434;
  • FIXED: Undefined array key “crop_position”, #1387;
  • FIXED: Warning: Undefined array key “start” #1463;
  • FIXED: Precognition navigation sync issue, #1461;
  • FIXED: loop is missing from default settings, #1285;
  • CHANGED: Order of tabs free vs pro, #1222;
  • CHANGED: Allow users to choose Auto Play and Play button options, #1389;
  • CHANGED: Update Precognition instruction, #1412;
  • CHANGED: Updated import text, #1436;
  • CHANGED: Update import subheader style, #1437;
  • CHANGED: Update text for “Transition Effect”, #1443;
  • CHANGED: “Endlessly” not “Continuously”, #1448;
  • REMOVED: Remove the old button for Classic Editor / Elementor, #1290;

[3.95.0] – 27 Jan, 2025

  • FIXED: Interrupt slideshow import if data is invalid, #1421;
  • FIXED: Sanitize CSS output from theme customize, #1433;
  • FIXED: Sanitize theme customize settings on slideshow save, #1439;
  • FIXED: Can’t have more than one slideshow based on the same theme on the same page, #1427;

[3.94.0] – 18 Dec, 2024

  • ADDED: Allow users to sort slides in a slideshow by different criteria, #995;
  • ADDED: Add new pro themes screenshots to promote Pro, #1393;
  • ADDED: Progress bar, #1045;
  • ADDED: Allow users to choose the background color for their slideshow, #1332;
  • FIXED: Improve the thumbnails for Highway, Bubble and Outline, #1388;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1379;
  • FIXED: Update AppSero, #1392;
  • FIXED: Simply Dark preview shows “Previous” and “Next”, #1397;
  • FIXED: Improve the Nexus and other thumbnails, #1238;
  • FIXED: rgba missing in color customization in slideshow edit, #1394;
  • FIXED: Arrow should be hidden when first or last slide is active, #1345;
  • FIXED: Documentation link is wrong, #1380;
  • FIXED: Trash, restore and delete translations not working, #1336;
  • FIXED: Precognition theme double navigation, #1413;

[3.93.0] – 14 Nov, 2024

  • ADDED: Execute crop feature when changing crop position, #997;
  • ADDED: Add back the “Theme” column to “Home”, #1329;
  • ADDED: Allow theme customizations for pro and external themes, #1351, #1369;
  • ADDED: Image crop size from 1x to 4x, #1048, #1364, #1365;
  • ADDED: Add the color pickers to all free FlexSlider themes, #1220;
  • CHANGED: Create “Base Theme” and set by default for new slideshows, #944, #1247, #1360;
  • CHANGED: Convert theme’s arrow icons into SVG, #1322;
  • CHANGED: Make theme customize settings shorter, #1308;
  • CHANGED: Optimize dynamic CSS from theme customize, #1301;
  • FIXED: Issue with Post Feed and no images, #1356;
  • FIXED: Validate JS for logged out users, #1315;
  • FIXED: Theme settings: navigation, active vs inactive, #1249;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1335;
  • FIXED: JS translations are not being outputted, #1326;
  • FIXED: Wrong message when trash section is empty, #1321;
  • FIXED: Sometimes color picker is cropped, #1325;
  • FIXED: Theme customize navigation should be visible only when Navigation uses ‘Dots’, #1323;
  • FIXED: Play button theme customize settings are showing even though Play / Pause button is disabled, #1362;

[3.92.1] – 23 Oct, 2024

  • FIXED: Verify nonce on slideshow trash, restore and delete, #1316;
  • FIXED: Main admin page loads slowly or generates error 500, #1327;

[3.92.0] – 09 Oct, 2024

  • ADDED: Customize colors for the new themes, #1258, #1298, #1306;
  • ADDED: New sorting / filtering options for /admin.php?page=metaslider, #1178;
  • ADDED: Make the the table headers clickable in main admin page, #1297;
  • CHANGED: Improve theme texts, #1241, #1242, #1243, #1246, #1239, #1244, #1245, #1300;
  • CHANGED: Update “Create a slideshow with sample images”, #1251;
  • CHANGED: Move general theme customization settings to the bottom, #1296;
  • FIXED: Retain saved theme color customizations from older plugin versions, #1305;
  • FIXED: __ is not defined (admin.js), #1291;
  • FIXED: Odd text display when you hover over the “Upgrade” area when choosing a theme, #1240;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1266;
  • FIXED: Toggle settings can’t be disabled, #1286;
  • FIXED: Add number of slides and Type of Slides, #1151;
  • FIXED: Disable copying settings from previous slide, #1262;
  • FIXED: Quickstart options skips the arrows and navigation, #1281;
  • FIXED: Hide “Carousel margin” when “Carousel mode” is disabled, #1171;

[3.91.0] – 09 Sep, 2024

  • ADDED: Customize colors for the new themes, #1055;
  • ADDED: Nexus Theme, #1176;
  • ADDED: Allow some way to hide arrows when not hovering, #1158;
  • ADDED: Navigation Setting on Slideshow Defaults, #1197;
  • ADDED: Autoplay Setting on Slideshow Defaults, #1174;
  • ADDED: Allow users to disable the TinyMCE caption, #1183;
  • ADDED: Tiktok langding page, #1173;
  • CHANGED: Change “Easing” to “Image Animation”, #1211;
  • CHANGED: Outline Theme: links can be hard to see, #1207;
  • CHANGED: Update AppSero, #1209;
  • CHANGED: Review theme_customize_base() on MetaSlider_Theme_Base and child theme classes, #1200;
  • CHANGED: Text change for “Stop on first slide”, #1233;
  • FIXED: Some image slides are not showing on Carousel Mode in Safari, #1191;
  • FIXED: Databold, Bitono and Draxler themes: Slide Link doesn’t work when manual caption is enabled, #1181;
  • FIXED: Fix text for new themes, #1196;
  • FIXED: Incomplete text in notice, #1106;
  • FIXED: Border for Clarity theme, #1163;
  • FIXED: Small typos, #1136;
  • FIXED: Fix capitalization in labels, #1128;
  • FIXED: custom_delay_per_slide() executed multiple times, #1186;
  • FIXED: Mobile icon is not visible for new added slides, #1184;
  • FIXED: Bitono Theme: Caption background not working when slide has a link, #1219;

[3.90.1] – 09 July, 2024

  • FIXED: Filtering notices can cause fatal errors bug, #1152;
  • FIXED: Open in new window doesn’t work in TinyMCE, #1159;
  • CHANGED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1154;
  • REMOVED: Duplicate Instances, #1157;

[3.90.0] – 13 June, 2024

  • ADDED: Play / Pause buttons, #1004, #1132, #1140;
  • ADDED: Use role=”button”, #1058;
  • ADDED: ARIA Current option, #1063, #1126;
  • ADDED: Clarity Theme, #1064;
  • ADDED: Duplicate Instances, #782;
  • ADDED: Promote Pro themes in the Free version, #1070, #1116;
  • FIXED: Broken link when website is under a folder, #1029;
  • FIXED: Translation issues, #1112;
  • FIXED: Preview is broken when missing width and height, #1053;
  • FIXED: Stop admin messages appearing on our MetaSlider screen, #1047;
  • FIXED: Lightbox appears in Accessibility tab, #1077;
  • FIXED: Precognition issues, #1072, #1139;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #1069;
  • FIXED: Clean up the tooltips, #1050;
  • FIXED: Loop needs to be enabled always if Carousel mode is disabled, #1095;
  • FIXED: Duplicated blocks in Widgets screen, #1046;
  • FIXED: Auto play is hidden, #1085;
  • FIXED: Slideshows created through quickstart are not saved automatically, #1078;
  • FIXED: Dots navigation issue for Outline theme, #1144;
  • CHANGED: Remove “Beta” from Continuous Loop”, #1042;
  • CHANGED: Update Bitono thumbnail theme, #1119;
  • CHANGED: Improve theme thumbnails, #1071;
  • CHANGED: Update the navigation text, #1049;
  • CHANGED: Join “Themes” and “My Custom Themes” tabs, #1100, #1124;
  • CHANGED: Replace the default MetaSlider arrows, #1061;
  • CHANGED: Arrows tooltip, #1129;
  • REMOVED: :not(:last-of-type) pseudo selector in paragraphs for Themes, #1105;
  • REMOVED: Remove fit_one_thumb(), #1087;

[3.80.0] – 09 May, 2024

  • ADDED: Accessibility label for links, #621;
  • ADDED: Opt-in accessilibity improvements, #950;
  • ADDED: New Themes, #1032;
  • ADDED: Add nl2br() support to image caption, #1017;
  • ADDED: Add a Link tab, #1057;
  • FIXED: Consistency when saving breakpoints, #957;
  • FIXED: Tab Index issues, #977;
  • FIXED: Stop two loading texts appearing together, #1035;
  • FIXED: Slideshow links appears for each duplicate slideshow, #1036;
  • FIXED: Caption links being modified, #1034;
  • FIXED: Stop on First Slide is broken, #994;
  • FIXED: Arkitekt theme and Post Feed, #1018;
  • FIXED: Single quotes are converted to ' and inverted slash added to all single and double quotes, #1014;
  • CHANGED: Show arrows by default on all devices for all themes, #999;
  • CHANGED: Autoplay when “loop continuously” is enabled, #1023;
  • CHANGED: Make ‘slide’ option default for new slideshows, #978;
  • REMOVED: babel-preset-es2015 and babel-preset-stage-2 packages, #988;

[3.70.2] – 10 Apr, 2024

  • FIXED: Bug introduced in 3.70.1, #1006;

[3.70.1] – 09 Apr, 2024

  • FIXED: Cast shortcode id attribute to number, #992;
  • FIXED: Redirect to Quick Start Page after plugin activation not working, #996;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #991;

[3.70.0] – 03 Apr, 2024

  • ADDED: Loading screen when creating slideshows, #976;
  • ADDED: Tooltips for main area of editing screen, #813;
  • ADDED: Mobile settings for arrows and navigation, #896;
  • ADDED: Allow id and class attributes in TinyMCE, #949;
  • ADDED: Allow to add custom themes through files, #824;
  • ADDED: Infinite Loop option for Carousel mode, #593;
  • FIXED: Simply Dark theme deprecation notice, #971;
  • FIXED: Hidden slides still counting in navigation, #920;
  • FIXED: Thumb slides are not listed in order, #578;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #935;
  • CHANGED: Optimize image size, #952;
  • CHANGED: Easing description, #922;
  • CHANGED: Tooltip for mobile icon, #946;
  • CHANGED: Remove TinyMCE text preview, #940;
  • CHANGED: Tooltips for Center align, Fade in, Transition speed, #819, #886, #884;
  • CHANGED: Put “Easing” under the “Effect” option, #883;
  • CHANGED: “Effect” to “Transition Effect” option, #884;
  • CHANGED: “Animation speed” to “Transition speed” option, #884;

[3.62.0] – 04 Mar, 2024

  • ADDED: Duplicate Slide function, #385;
  • ADDED: WYSIWYG editor support to custom image captions, #908;
  • ADDED: Better error reporting, #541
  • FIXED: Precognition Theme CSS, #917;
  • FIXED: Odd output in our Gutenberg block, #861;
  • FIXED: Undefined Array Key error on mobile setting, #890;
  • CHANGED: Updated Architekt Theme description, #917;
  • CHANGED: Moved Previous and Next fields to legacy settings, #902;
  • CHANGED: Updated tooltip text for Carousel, Effect and Vertical Direction fields, #802, #864;
  • CHANGED: Remove Beta Labels, #872;
  • CHANGED: Update Theme Box, #916;
  • CHANGED: Enable keyboard controls for new slideshows, #875;

[3.61.0] – 05 Feb, 2024

  • ADDED: Provide touch-swipe setting, #769;
  • FIXED: Preview is broken when Mobile settings is enabled, #805;
  • FIXED: Mobile Settings Not Working on “Slide” Effect, #822;
  • FIXED: Error logs caused by get_intermediate_image_src(), #845;
  • FIXED: The ask-for-email popup keeps loading unless user dimiss it, #734;
  • FIXED: Can’t Save Keyboard Field, #837;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #816;
  • CHANGED: Update editor on classic editor, #799;
  • CHANGED: Update schedule promo, #812;
  • CHANGED: Standardize our sample slideshows, #737;
  • CHANGED: UI improvement when selecting a video, #846;
  • CHANGED: Remove the Gallery feature core, #505;
  • CHANGED: Improve “No items found.” text for empty slideshow list, #829;
  • CHANGED: Improve error message when adding a video to MetaSlider Free, #830;
  • CHANGED: Improve Add CSS upsell, #797;
  • CHANGED: Improve description of Animation Speed setting, #800;
  • CHANGED: Improve the toolbar on small screens, #796;
  • CHANGED: Move Width Setting to Main Options, #679;
  • CHANGED: Enable the mobile features for all sites, #848;

[3.60.1] – 13 Dec, 2023

  • FIXED: Mixed content error for slide thumbnails in admin, #814;

[3.60.0] – 13 Dec, 2023

  • ADDED: UI Updates, #498, #506, #551, #620, #680, #702, #738, #748, #751, #754, #755, #756, #762, #764, #767, #772;
  • ADDED: Improve UI for trashed slides, #506;
  • ADDED: Mobile settings for slide and captions (Beta), #587, #776, #788, #793;
  • ADDED: Message after trashing a slideshow through slideshow edit screen, #447;
  • ADDED: Allow users to change how slides are sorted, #589;
  • FIXED: When deleting slideshows in bulk a deprecation notice is displayed, #690;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #785;
  • FIXED: Fatal error in PHP 8+ when slideshow height or width is missing, #736;
  • FIXED: Hide settings that rely on other fields, #677, #768;
  • FIXED: MetaSlider block in widgets screen, #752;
  • FIXED: Switching between Media caption/description to Manual entry causes spacing jump on textarea and “Link URL” label, #766;
  • FIXED: Deprecated PHP code in 8.1, #724;
  • FIXED: When adding a new slide, the thumbnail is hidden, #770;
  • FIXED: Logo is distorted in small screens, #746;
  • FIXED: Scroll to bottom after adding new slide/s, #750, #707;
  • FIXED: CORS error with Unsplash, #717;
  • FIXED: “1 slideshow” not “1 slideshows”, #761;
  • CHANGED: Automatically restore slides when slideshow is restored, #804;
  • CHANGED: Update the Comparison Chart, #701;
  • CHANGED: Enable the Legacy feature by default for new sites, #744;
  • CHANGED: Disable the “Edit Slideshow” link by default, #682;

[3.50.0] – 01 Nov, 2023

  • ADDED: Click to copy shortcode on slideshow list, #684;
  • FIXED: When deleting slideshows in bulk a deprecation notice is displayed, #690;
  • FIXED: Error when hovering on Preview icon, #674;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #667, #715;
  • FIXED: Fatal error in PHP 8+ when slideshow height or width is missing, #736;
  • CHANGED: Move Nivo, Coin and RSlides to a “Legacy” setting, #604;
  • CHANGED: Move Loop Setting to Free and added Pro label on Navigation Setting, #676;
  • CHANGED: Update Settings title to Option on Edit Slideshow Page, #678;
  • CHANGED: Put back shortcode section on Edit Slideshow Page, #669;
  • CHANGED: Disable the “Edit Slideshow” link by default, #682;
  • CHANGED: Improve export guidelines, #665;

[3.40.0] – 27 Sep, 2023

  • ADDED: MetaSlider menu on Admin Bar, #586;
  • ADDED: Scroll to bottom after adding a new slide, #535;
  • FIXED: Better location for trashed slides link, #660;
  • FIXED: Orange HEX in CSS, #523;
  • FIXED: Make the slideshow title required, #569;
  • FIXED: Wrong icon ‘Exit Full Screen’ of slide images in Preview page, #156;
  • FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #636;
  • FIXED: Deprecated code in PHP 8.2, #494, #651;
  • CHANGED: Update axios to 1.5.0, #527;
  • CHANGED: Adjust MetaSlider logo spacing in admin, #657;
  • CHANGED: Set PHP 7 as minimum version, #614;
  • CHANGED: Improved design for settings sidebar in slideshow edit screen, #630, #639;
  • REMOVED: extract function, #111;
  • REMOVED: Seasonal discounts notices in admin, #629;

[3.37.0] – 31 Aug, 2023

  • ADDED: Smooth Height Setting for FlexSlider, #204;
  • FIXED: Odd message when nonce expires, #594;
  • FIXED: Search query gets removed on pagination, #534;
  • FIXED: Arrow button changes to white square after clicking on it, #491;
  • FIXED: 505 Error when choosing Precognition Theme on Preview Window, #189;
  • FIXED: Theme Preview always shows the default theme even when other themes are selected, #623, #195;
  • FIXED: [aria-hidden=”true”] hides slideshow, #619;
  • CHANGED: Improve the message under “Custom Themes”, #611;
  • CHANGED: Enqueue upgrade.css if MetaSlider Pro is deactivated, #511;
  • CHANGED: Update the plugin description and “Add-ons” text, #469;

[3.36.0] – 14 Aug, 2023

  • FIXED: Accessibility issue for slideshow navigation, #565;
  • FIXED: Delay the review banner #556;
  • FIXED: Theme class added to slideshows with no theme, #477;
  • CHANGED: Change button style for opt-in pop-up box, #585;
  • CHANGED: Update color for listed custom themes, #591;

[3.35.0] – 10 Aug, 2023

  • FIXED: Revert all changes from 3.34.0 returning the state to 3.33.0 for fixing a few errors;

[3.34.0] – 10 Aug, 2023

  • FIXED: Accessibility issue for slideshow navigation, #565;
  • FIXED: Delay the review banner #556;
  • FIXED: Theme class added to slideshows with no theme, #477;
  • CHANGED: Change button style for opt-in pop-up box, #585;
  • CHANGED: Update color for listed custom themes, #591;

[3.33.0] – 05 Jul, 2023

  • ADDED: Translation updates, #547;
  • FIXED: Quick Start Page translation issues #562;
  • FIXED: Drag and drop container width, #579;
  • FIXED: Missing preview for Local Videos, #568;
  • FIXED: Undefined array key “title”, #566;

[3.32.0] – 28 Jun, 2023

  • ADDED: Accessibility Improvements, #379, #427;
  • ADDED: Redirect to Quick Start Page on plugin activation, #524;
  • ADDED: Upsell screen for Local Videos, #547;
  • CHANGED: Button style on Help Center #330;
  • CHANGED: Use MetaSlider repository for FlexSlider, #504;
  • FIXED: Uploading images using drag and drop and Media Library on Quick Start Page, #65, #149;

[3.31.0] – 24 May, 2023

  • ADDED: Delete permanently slides and slideshows, #512, #496;
  • ADDED: New design for upsell screens, and promote External URL slide type, #259, #517, #518, #519, #520, #521, #522;
  • ADDED: Slideshow bulk delete, #493;
  • ADDED: Default CSS class to slider when no theme is selected, #226;
  • ADDED: Setting to enable/disable Gallery, #140;
  • CHANGED: Update FlexSlider plugin to 2.7.2, #492;
  • FIXED: Campaign link for External URL upsell screen, #514;
  • FIXED: Offset for FlexSlider, #487;
  • FIXED: “Update slide image” button disappears, #448;
  • FIXED: Caption from Unsplash images includes HTML, #486;
  • FIXED: Error “Conflict (409)” while editing an image, #459;
  • FIXED: Center arrow dots in Bubble theme, #479;
  • FIXED: Caption alignment in Bubble theme with NivoSlider, #449;
  • FIXED: Campaign link for External URL upsell screen, #514;

[3.30.1] – 03 May, 2023

  • FIXED: Downgrade Sweetalert2 for removing ua-anthem from certain sites, #488;

[3.30.0] – 20 Apr, 2023

  • ADDED: Display Slide ID, #375;
  • ADDED: Add a button to the top of the upgrade table, #411;
  • CHANGED: Remove all traces of Extendify, #264;
  • CHANGED: Remove bulk option for slideshows, #374.
  • CHANGED: Change “Add-on” Pack to just “Pro” in terminology, #118′;
  • FIXED: Fix export function, #452;
  • FIXED: Fix the logo position on the editing screen, #440;
  • FIXED: Fix fatal error on the slideshow editing screen, #463;
  • FIXED: Fix broken email sign-up / acknowledgement, #464;
  • FIXED: Undefined Variable, #438;
  • FIXED: Creation of dynamic property for a few classes on PHP 8.2, #444;
  • FIXED: “Load” button in Settings & Help/Export is not functioning, #458;
  • FIXED: Missing CSS Button, #454;
  • FIXED: Slideshows screen isn’t fully responsive, #410;
  • FIXED: HTML in caption is stripped out, #242;
  • FIXED: Quick Start screen isn’t responsive, #412;
  • FIXED: Conflict with “Disable Admin Notices Individually” plugin, #420;
  • FIXED: Should other table headings be clickable?, #415;
  • FIXED: Why does navigation always bounce on the default Flexslider display, #335;
  • FIXED: Word ‘false’ appears on the right and left sides on the slides when fields ‘Previous text’ and ‘Next text’ are empty, #315;
  • FIXED: A slideshow is not displaying in a header (inserting through Gutenberg), #206;
  • FIXED: Remove out-of-date coupon in Schedule tab, #222;
  • FIXED: Fix data sanitization on Caption Field;

[3.29.1] – 20 Mar, 2023

  • SECURITY: Fix security issue related to data sanitization, output escaping and nonce verification, #430;

[3.29.0] – 07 Mar, 2023

  • ADDED: Add help text for the Easing effect, #344;
  • ADDED: Add new Dashboard menu link, #260;
  • CHANGED: Improve UI for the quick start screen, #125, #370, #371;
  • CHANGED: Remove bulk edit support on slideshows, #386;
  • CHANGED: Show the logo as thumbnail when slideshow is not an image sideshow, #388;
  • CHANGED: Improved some texts in the plugin, #395;
  • FIXED: Fix typo in MetaSlider documentation, #325;
  • FIXED: Fix UI issue for long text in dropdowns, #345;
  • FIXED: Updated Italian translation, #339;
  • FIXED: Fix the “Blank Slideshow” option in the quick start screen, #373;
  • FIXED: Fix background colors for being consistente, #393;
  • FIXED: Fix consistency for logo aligment, #392;

[3.28.3] – 12 Jan, 2023

  • FIXED: Update default effect for FlexSlider to ‘Fade’, #331;
  • FIXED: Fixed easing settings on FlexSlider, #329;
  • FIXED: Updated Italian translation, #332;
  • FIXED: Updated French translation, #340;

[3.28.2] – 20 Dec, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix conditional loading for lib Appsero, #326;

[3.28.1] – 20 Dec, 2022

  • FIXED: Update Appsero Client library fixing a CSRF issue, #319, #317;
  • FIXED: Fix effects that were not working, #310;
  • FIXED: Fix compatibility with plugin qTranslate-XT, #294;
  • FIXED: Fix thumbnails that were not working in the slideshows list, #98;
  • CHANGED: Change modal box making clear we are asking to collecting the email, #153;

[3.28.0] – 01 Dec, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix console errors (Vue.js Errors) when language is switched to “Deutsch (Schweiz, DU), #212”;
  • FIXED: Embed external Google fonts in the plugin to not make remote calls, #225;
  • FIXED: Fix CSS for preview in Gutenberg, #289;
  • FIXED: Fix export slideshows feature when having more than 20 slideshows, #271;
  • FIXED: Fix links in the readme file, #288;
  • FIXED: Fix style and image on Gutenberg block, #255;
  • FIXED: Smart pad feature breaks on PHP 8, #272;
  • FIXED: Small error with hover text in toolbar, #276;
  • CHANGED: Update the Add a slide button, #127;
  • CHANGED: Change min PHP version to 5.6;

[3.27.14] – 17 Nov, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix banner that will not dismiss, #285;

[3.27.13] – 26 Sep, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix Unsplash library, #248;
  • FIXED: Fix PHP warnings about undefined array keys: “post_excerpt”, “new_window”, #246;
  • FIXED: Fix error on PHP 8: Fatal error: uncaught TypeError: floor(): Argument 1 must be of type int|float, #247;
  • FIXED: Advanced settings processing, fixing the field Open in lightbox added by the lightbox plugin, #251;
  • CHANGED: Updated IT and FR translations (Thanks to @wocmultimedia), #245;

[3.27.12] – 08 Sep, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix the option “Open in a new window” on the slide editor page, #238;
  • FIXED: Fix the “Caption” field accepting HTML code, #242;
  • FIXED: Fix slide saving that was stripping settings when Pro was activated, #239, #240;

[3.27.11] – 07 Sep, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix the Caption field when editing a slideshow, #234;
  • FIXED: Fix the SEO fields when editing a slideshow, #235;

[3.27.10] – 07 Sep, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix select fields in the slideshow metabox, #231;

[3.27.9] – 06 Sep, 2022

  • CHANGED: Updated Axios JS library to v0.21.2;
  • SECURITY: Fix image alt attribute sanitization and escaping on the gallery, #207;
  • SECURITY: Fix gallery settings input sanitization, #207;
  • SECURITY: Added additional permissions check before saving data in the admin;
  • FIXED: Removed not used demo folders and index.html files from JS libraries, #213;
  • FIXED: Fixed the redirection URL after deleting a gallery, #221;

[3.27.8] – 18 Jul, 2022

  • CHANGED: Set Extendify SDK as disabled by default to fix support to WP 4.9, #197;
  • FIXED: Fix WP 4.9 support checking if function ‘wp_set_script_translations’ exists before calling it, #196;

[3.27.7] – 14 Jul, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix Italian language translation, #137;
  • FIXED: Fix issue with Docket Cache, #182;
  • FIXED: Fix translation of pages based on JS, #186;
  • FIXED: Fix language translation for the MetaGallery module, #138;
  • FIXED: Remove not needed use statement for the class ExtendifyLibraryApp, #136;

[3.27.6] – 27 Jun, 2022

  • CHANGED: Improved the promo banner, #141, #168, #166;
  • FIXED: Error “Cannot read properties of undefined” and “t.value is undefined” in the Export area, #142, #163;
  • FIXED: Thumbnails are not showing in the slideshow list, #98;
  • FIXED: Stop showing generic JS errors using toast messages, #162;
  • FIXED: Error PHP Warning: Illegal string offset ‘dismiss_time’ in on line 204, #174;
  • FIXED: Stop showing promo banners if Pro is installed, #170;

[3.27.5] – 12 May, 2022

  • FIXED: Fix conflict with MetaSlider Lightbox after the latest update, Class ‘ExtendifyLibraryApp’ not found, #132.

[3.27.4] – 11 May, 2022

  • ADDED: Complete logo in toolbar.
  • ADDED: Add setting field to disable Extendify internal integration, #106.
  • ADDED: Add Italian translation files to the languages folder, #112.
  • CHANGED: Updated the Spanish translation files on the languages folder, #112.
  • CHANGED: Add a delay of a few days before displaying the Extendify banner, #105.
  • CHANGED: Updated the Extendify SDK to version 0.8.1, #120.
  • REMOVED: Plugin version below logo from toolbar, #115.
  • REMOVED: Short logo from toolbar, #115.
  • REMOVED: Gutenberg box from welcome screen, #116.
  • FIXED: Banners discount, #107.
  • FIXED: Fix the privacy policy link in the settings page, #121.

[3.27.3] – 21 Mar, 2022

  • CHANGED: Update Extendify library.

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Best slider plugin

By strongcomet (eitanshavit) on July 8, 2025

Simple, yet poweful pro slider plugin. You can add almost anything to the slider, from images to videos, feeds and even tiktok videos. Excellent support, and very nice people. Recommended.

So far, so good!

By doctordune on July 7, 2025

MetaSlider is the easiest to slider plugin I've used so far.

Good Plugin, Even Better Support Team

By CalvT on June 13, 2025

Good Plugin, Even Better Support Team

Great plugin, excellent support

By leahasana on June 10, 2025

This plugin is excellent. The support is even better.

This plugin is absolutely amazing!

By Arsenii Yesaulov (rivizzz) on April 17, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fantastic support and a solid plugin

I had a pretty niche use case and wasn’t sure if MetaSlider would cover it out of the box. Turns out it didn’t—but the support team absolutely came through. They dug into the issue, wrote custom code, and helped me get everything working smoothly.

Can’t thank Steve and Valentin enough. The plugin itself is lightweight and flexible and does exactly what I need now. Even though I ended up using a custom tweak, I’m really impressed by the level of care and technical depth from the team.

Highly recommend it—not just for the tool itself, but for the support behind it.

Great tool

By apprilia on March 17, 2025

Worked for us but didn't met the instructions

great support on a great slider

By lewis (lewiswolk) on February 19, 2025

By far this is the best slider program that I have found. It's so easy to setup and all the options are amazing.

Even better is I had a plugin conflict that stopped the slider from working and the support went above and beyond to supply a patched version of their plugin so it would work with the plugin that was causing conflicts.

Now talk about support !

Lewis-Owner
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Good gallery plugin

By ivan146 on December 19, 2024

A wide selection of galleries. Fast and communicative support if you have any problems.

If you expand the ability to more flexibly influence the appearance of the gallery from the site's admin panel, without resorting to the CSS file, it will be even better!

great plugin - great support.

By jlgroff on November 25, 2024

I'm editing my review to reflect the quick response about the problem I had from the developer. Metaslider has been my favorite slider plugin for a number of years and are many things to like about the simplicity and functionality of this plugin. It particually works well with mobile devices unlike some other slider plugins. I have had a problem is with managing larger slideshows (over 10-15 images) When you go to add new images to a slideshow they go to the bottom of the stack and you can only (very slowly) drag one image at a time to the top - but the developer states they have implemented a change so this will no longer be a problem in their upcoming version. It's a fabulous plugin and I love how well it integrates with FooBox. And the developer support seems excellent.

Great for integration with Events Calendar

By finetunedltd on October 31, 2024

We don't use sliders for much these days but one thing clients often want is an Event and/or Product slider. I've used Metaslider Pro for years to deliver exactly that in all sorts of projects using baked-in support for The Events Calendar & WooCommerce making it simple to build sliders that clients can add or update themselves.

MetaSlider does a lot more than that but this has been the main use case for us.

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