9 mejores plugins de carrusel para WordPress (gratuitos y de pago)

Imagine landing on a website, and instead of being overwhelmed by too much content at once, you’re smoothly guided through it, one captivating slide at a time. That’s the power of carousels. These sliders have become a design favorite and elegantly display key content like products or blog posts without overwhelming visitors.

Los carruseles tienen muchas formas: algunos destacan las características de los productos en un entorno de comercio electrónico, otros muestran galerías de imágenes o seleccionan entradas dinámicamente. Los carruseles son una solución limpia y eficaz para organizar el contenido, tanto si eres el propietario de una pequeña empresa que quiere destacar sus artículos más vendidos como si eres un bloguero que quiere organizar sus últimas publicaciones.

Whether you’re looking to increase engagement, drive sales, or improve your site’s design, choosing the right carousel plugin can make all the difference. Here’s a quick comparison to help you choose.

Plugins	Características estándar	Precio
Sliderberg	Block-based plugin. Slide anything.	Free, Pro $49 once
Galleryberg	Gutenberg gallery block. Carousel layout for images.	Free, Pro from $29/year
Soliloquio	Drag-and-drop builder. Instagram and PDF imports.	Free, carousel needs Developer plan
MetaSlider	Supports image and video carousels. SEO optimization.	Free, Pro from $79/year
Carrusel WP	Watermarking and image protection. Touch-friendly.	Free, Pro from $39/year
Deslizador inteligente 3	Layer-based editor. Custom breakpoints.	Free, Pro from $49 once
Revolución deslizante	Complementos para efectos 3D, partículas y mucho más.	Free, Premium from $45/year
Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter	AI-powered builder. Parallax effects and scheduling.	Free, Pro from $49/year
Carrusel deslizante	Image, video, and product carousels. Lazy loading.	Gratis

Pasemos a sus detalles.

Sliderberg

Comenzamos nuestra lista con Sliderberg, a modern block-based carousel plugin designed specifically for the WordPress Block Editor. Its strength lies in its versatility. Sliderberg lets you turn virtually any content into an engaging carousel or slider, making it perfect for showcasing products, posts, images, and even mixed content blocks seamlessly.

Con Sliderberg, no hay necesidad de configuraciones complicadas o codificación extensa. Sólo tiene que añadir sus bloques directamente en el control deslizante, personalizar las transiciones y ver cómo su contenido se desliza elegantemente a través de las pantallas. El diseño intuitivo asegura que sus carruseles son totalmente sensibles, proporcionando una experiencia de visualización óptima en todos los dispositivos. Tanto si es un principiante como un diseñador experimentado, Sliderberg hace que la creación de elegantes carruseles sea sencilla y agradable.

Interfaz del editor

Características principales

Constructor de carrusel basado en bloques compatible con Gutenberg.
Admite diversos tipos de contenido: imágenes, texto, vídeos y todos los bloques principales.
Three transitions (slide, fade, zoom) with five easing curves.
Twelve arrow positions, six dot positions, plus a free-position mode.
Totalmente adaptable y optimizado para móviles.
Carga rápida y ligereza, que garantizan un excelente rendimiento.

Precio

Sliderberg is free from the WordPress repository, and the free version covers everything most sites need. Sliderberg PRO costs $49 as a one-time payment for unlimited sites, and it adds Coverflow 3D transitions, vertical sliders, and fraction pagination.

Galleryberg

A continuación Galleryberg, a gallery block plugin for the WordPress Block Editor that recently added a Carousel layout. If your carousel is mostly about photos rather than full page sections, this is the simplest route on the list.

The way it works is refreshingly plain. You add a Galleryberg Gallery block, drop in your images the same way you would with the default gallery, then switch the layout dropdown from grid to Carousel. That’s the entire setup. There is no separate slider builder to learn, no shortcode to paste, and no admin screen to visit. Everything happens inside the post or page you are already editing.

Under the hood the carousel is built on Swiper, one of the most widely used slider libraries on the web, so touch swiping, keyboard arrows, and mobile behavior all work the way visitors already expect. Captions still show, and clicking an image still opens the lightbox, so nothing you already set up stops working when you switch layouts.

There’s also a Randomize image order option, which reshuffles your images on every page load. It runs in the visitor’s browser rather than on the server, so it keeps shuffling even with a caching plugin turned on. That one is available in the free version.

Características principales

Carousel layout built directly into the Gutenberg gallery block.
Separate control over how many images show on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Adjustable gap between images, navigation arrows, and pagination dots.
Autoplay with adjustable timing per slide.
Built-in responsive lightbox with captions and touch support.
Randomize image order that keeps working with caching enabled.
Mosaic layout and lightbox thumbnails for non-carousel galleries.

Precio

Galleryberg is free on WordPress.org. The Carousel layout is a Pro feature, and Pro starts at $29 per year for a single site or $49 per year for unlimited sites. Lifetime licenses are $89 for a single site and $149 for unlimited sites, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Soliloquio

Soliloquio is an all-in-one solution for creating responsive sliders and carousels that will catch the eyes of your visitors within seconds. Its intuitive drag-and-drop builder allows you to quickly adapt to creating both simple and dynamic carousels to suit your needs. The free Lite version is used on more than 30,000 sites.

The plugin’s primary goal is to offer a straightforward solution for creating responsive and visually attractive sliders and carousels on WordPress websites. It simplifies the process of building image, video, and product sliders through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, and it keeps the results optimized for speed, SEO, and mobile devices. It supports a variety of use cases, from simple image sliders to more complex carousels, including WooCommerce product displays, fullscreen lightbox slideshows, and dynamic content like blog posts and Instagram feeds.

If we move to the exact carousel feature in Soliloquy, we’ll see its focus on providing flexibility with a fully responsive design. With the plugin, you can quickly reorder images to fix their position and adjust item widths, margins, and the number of items to move per animation. On top of these features, you’ll be able to add captions, link images, and even insert videos in your slider to improve the overall presentation.

Características principales

Creador de sliders de arrastrar y soltar.
Totalmente adaptable.
Supports WooCommerce product sliders.
Instagram e importación de PDF.
Anchura, márgenes y animaciones de los elementos personalizables.
Admite subtítulos, enlace de imágenes e integración de vídeo.
Controles de apuntar y hacer clic para una configuración sencilla.

Precio:

Soliloquy has a free version, but the carousel comes as a paid add-on. You’ll need the Developer plan, which lists at $199 per year and is frequently discounted to around $99.50. The cheaper Personal and Multi plans do not include the Carousel add-on, so check the plan comparison before buying.

MetaSlider

A continuación, pasamos a MetaSlider, another well-known plugin for creating responsive sliders, carousels, and galleries with ease. With more than 500,000 active installs, its drag-and-drop interface makes it a go-to choice for anyone who wants to build professional-looking sliders and carousels for their website.

MetaSlider provides a flexible and easy-to-use solution for creating responsive sliders, carousels, galleries, and slideshows. It supports a wide range of content types, including images, videos, posts, and WooCommerce products. The plugin integrates with WordPress’s media library and lets you customize slides with captions, links, and SEO fields. You may seek help from the custom theme option to tweak navigation, captions, and layout so that the carousel fits perfectly with your site’s design. MetaSlider is also optimized for speed and performance by integrating with the WordPress Block Editor and various page builders.

Carousel mode itself works in the free version with image slides. The extra slide types, including YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, local videos, layers, WooCommerce products, and post feeds, come with MetaSlider Slideshow Pro. The best use of this carousel is for showcasing your latest posts or creating a “Featured Product” display for your homepage.

Características principales

Interfaz de arrastrar y soltar para facilitar la configuración.
Totalmente adaptable.
Admite imágenes, vídeos, publicaciones y productos de WooCommerce.
Anchuras de elementos, márgenes y transiciones personalizables para carruseles.
Optimización SEO con campos de título y texto alternativo.
Opciones de tema personalizadas para la navegación, los pies de foto y el diseño.
Funciona con YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok y vídeos locales.

Precio

A free version is available. MetaSlider Slideshow Pro lists at $79 per year for a single site, $99 for five sites, and $199 for unlimited sites, and these are regularly offered at half price.

Carrusel WP

A continuación, tenemos Carrusel WPes un plugin potente y fácil de usar diseñado para crear bonitos carruseles con imágenes, entradas y productos de WooCommerce. Te permite seleccionar imágenes de tu biblioteca multimedia de WordPress, arrastrarlas y soltarlas en su lugar y personalizarlas para crear carruseles profesionales sin ayuda.

WP Carousel soporta diferentes tipos de carrusel, y cada tipo viene con su propio conjunto de características. El carrusel de imágenes te permite crear hermosas galerías con la funcionalidad de arrastrar y soltar, mientras que el carrusel de entradas te permite mostrar entradas con títulos, extractos y más. También puedes crear carruseles de productos para mostrar nombres de productos, imágenes, precios y valoraciones, o incluso puedes crear carruseles de vídeo con soporte para YouTube, Vimeo y vídeos autoalojados. Cada tipo es totalmente adaptable y personalizable para garantizar un rendimiento general sin problemas.

With WP Carousel’s flexibility, you can display images of different heights and set specific carousel behaviors like autoplay, infinite looping, and touch or swipe functionality. The plugin also features watermarking, carousel scheduling, multiple pagination types, and hundreds of visual customization options to create visually appealing and functional carousels.

Características principales

Interfaz de arrastrar y soltar para crear carruseles.
Admite imágenes, entradas, páginas, taxonomía, productos de WooCommerce y vídeos.
Totalmente adaptable y táctil.
Bucle infinito y controles de reproducción automática.
Personalización avanzada de estilos y colores.
Varios carruseles en la misma página.
Opción de carga perezosa.
Integración de Lightbox con miniaturas de vídeo personalizadas.
Opciones de marca de agua y protección de imágenes.
Programación y protección por contraseña.
Filtrar y ordenar contenidos específicos.

Precio

Available in both free and pro versions. WP Carousel Pro starts at $39 per year for a single site, with a lifetime option at $139 once for a single site.

Deslizador inteligente 3

Deslizador inteligente 3 is a powerful, flexible plugin that lets you create responsive sliders, carousels, and full-width slideshows with ease. It’s one of the most widely used sliders on WordPress, with around 800,000 active installs, and it features a fully responsive, drag-and-drop slider builder.

Smart Slider 3 cuenta con un editor de diapositivas en vivo para que pueda construir fácilmente diseños utilizando capas como texto, imágenes, botones y vídeos. El plugin viene con plantillas prediseñadas slider y soporta características avanzadas como animaciones de capa, una línea de tiempo de animación en vivo, integración lightbox, generadores de diapositivas dinámicas y opciones de personalización detalladas para un control total sobre cada elemento de su deslizador.

The carousel slider in Smart Slider 3 supports multiple slides side by side with customizable widths, slide distances, dynamic animations, and responsive resizing for mobile devices. It’s ideal for showcasing posts or products, with flexible design options that include text, images, buttons, and video layers.

Características principales

Constructor de arrastrar y soltar.
Avance en directo.
Plantillas prediseñadas y opciones de personalización avanzadas.
Editor basado en capas con soporte para texto, imágenes, botones y vídeos.
Generadores dinámicos de diapositivas para entradas y contenido personalizado.
Integración de lightbox y animaciones por capas.
Deslizador de carrusel personalizable con anchuras y animaciones ajustables.
Integración con WooCommerce.
Custom breakpoints to fine-tune responsiveness.

Precio

This plugin has both free and pro versions. The Carousel slider type is only available in Pro. Pricing is a one-time payment rather than a subscription: $49 for the Standard plan covering one site, or $99 for the Premium plan covering three, five, or ten sites. Both include lifetime updates and support.

Revolución deslizante

Ahora pasamos a Revolución deslizante, a powerful plugin that makes building responsive and dynamic carousels effortless. Using its no-code visual editor, you can create image and post carousels that adapt to any screen size, with pre-made templates that simplify the process.

Slider Revolution’s carousel feature offers full control over visible slides, rotation, and animations. You can place layers freely, customize each slide, and even animate elements with keyframe support. Navigation options like arrows, bullets, and thumbnails enhance user interaction, while the drag-and-drop editor ensures intuitive design control.

With add-ons for advanced effects such as 3D spins, particles, and morphs, Slider Revolution lets you push the boundaries of what’s possible in carousel design. It seamlessly integrates with any WordPress theme, making it ideal for building high-impact carousels anywhere on your site.

Características principales

Editor visual sin código para carruseles.
Control total sobre el diseño, la rotación y las animaciones.
Admite animaciones de fotogramas clave e interacciones avanzadas.
Complementos para efectos 3D, partículas y mucho más.
Over 200 premium templates and a large elements library.
Integración perfecta con cualquier tema de WordPress.

Precio

There’s a free version with the visual editor and core features. Premium is now sold as a yearly subscription rather than a one-time license, starting at $45 per year for a single site, $89 per year for three sites, and $209 per year for the agency-focused Scale plan. Templates, add-ons, and the elements library are all Premium features.

Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter

Slider & Popup Builder by Depicter es un plugin versátil que combina sliders, carruseles y popups en una potente herramienta para los usuarios de WordPress. Con un constructor visual profesional, puede crear fácilmente deslizadores, barras de notificación, carruseles e incluso secciones de héroe.

The plugin’s carousel feature offers fully responsive layouts, touch-enabled navigation, and animations. You can create dynamic carousels using posts, WooCommerce products, or custom content, with options for video backgrounds, parallax effects, and scheduling.

Depicter’s asset optimization ensures fast loading, with built-in lazy loading, WebP images, and dynamic content generation. You can also schedule sliders or carousels for specific times, ensuring they appear when they’re most relevant.

Características principales

AI-assisted builder for sliders, carousels, and popups.
Totalmente responsivo, SEO-friendly y ligero.
Admite efectos de paralaje y fondos de vídeo.
Opciones avanzadas de navegación (flechas, viñetas, gestos táctiles).
Carruseles dinámicos de entradas y productos.
Programación de deslizadores y carruseles.

Precio

The free version includes a basic slider builder and 146 templates, but the carousel builder is a paid feature. The Starter plan lists at $49 per year for one site and is often discounted to $39, with the Freelancer plan at $99 per year for three sites and Agency plans above that.

Carrusel deslizante

The last on our list, Carousel Slider is a touch-enabled WordPress plugin designed to create responsive and customizable carousels. Whether you’re looking to showcase images, posts, WooCommerce products, or videos, this plugin provides all the tools needed to build engaging carousels without compromising on style or performance.

Con múltiples tipos de carrusel, Carousel Slider es compatible con todo, desde galerías multimedia y deslizadores de vídeo hasta carruseles de productos de WooCommerce. Su flexibilidad le permite ajustar los elementos de visualización para diferentes dispositivos, personalizar la navegación y aplicar lazy loading para un rendimiento rápido.

Con un control total sobre la navegación, la paginación y el diseño, puede crear varios carruseles en la misma página con facilidad. Carousel Slider también permite la integración de vídeos de YouTube y Vimeo y admite entradas personalizadas, por lo que es una solución todo en uno para carruseles creativos e interactivos.

Características principales

Admite carruseles de imágenes, vídeos, entradas y productos de WooCommerce.
Hero slider with background image, title, description, and call-to-action buttons.
Totalmente adaptable con navegación táctil.
Se integra con Elementor, Divi y Gutenberg.
Opciones de carga lenta, aceleración 3D CSS3 y múltiples carruseles por página.
Navegación y opciones de color personalizables para un control total del diseño.

Precio

Completely free. It’s used on roughly 30,000 sites and holds a 4.3-star rating on WordPress.org.

Características esenciales de un buen plugin de carrusel para WordPress

Si quieres saber cómo decidirte por un plugin de carrusel perfecto, estos aspectos deberían serte de ayuda.

Integración de contenidos dinámicos: Un gran plugin te permite extraer contenido dinámico como posts, productos de WooCommerce o testimonios automáticamente, manteniendo tus sliders frescos sin actualizaciones manuales.
Animaciones por capas: Los plugins que ofrecen controles de animación por capas permiten crear sofisticados efectos visuales de varias capas para sentir una mayor libertad creativa.
Carga lenta y optimización: Un plugin de slider potente debe ofrecer funciones de carga lenta y optimización de medios para garantizar que las imágenes se cargan rápidamente sin afectar a la velocidad del sitio.
Soporte táctil y gestual: Dado que el tráfico móvil es tan crucial, un plugin de slider que ofrezca una compatibilidad perfecta con gestos y toques en dispositivos móviles mejorará significativamente la experiencia del usuario.
Soporte multimedia: Not just images. High-quality slider plugins should support videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted sources.
Active Maintenance: Check when the plugin was last updated. Sliders sit on your most visible pages, and an abandoned or closed plugin becomes a security risk rather than a design feature.

Preguntas frecuentes

What is the difference between a slider and a carousel?

A slider shows one item at a time and replaces it with the next. A carousel shows several items side by side and moves them along as a row. Most plugins on this list can do both, and the setting is usually called something like “slides to show” or “items per view.”

Which carousel plugin is best for the block editor?

If you want to slide full page sections such as headings, buttons, and columns, Sliderberg is the natural fit because each slide is just a container for regular blocks. If your carousel is a set of photos, Galleryberg is simpler, since you switch an existing gallery to the Carousel layout instead of building a slider from scratch.

Do carousel plugins slow down a website?

They can, depending on how they’re built. Heavier plugins load large scripts and template libraries on every page. Lighter, block-based plugins tend to load their assets only on pages where the carousel actually appears. Lazy loading matters too, since it stops off-screen images from loading until a visitor scrolls to them.

Can I get a carousel for free?

Yes. Carousel Slider is entirely free, and MetaSlider, Sliderberg, and WP Carousel all include working carousels in their free versions. Some plugins reserve carousel mode for their paid version, including Smart Slider 3, Galleryberg, Depicter, and Soliloquy.

How many images should a carousel hold?

Fewer than you might expect. Most visitors only see the first slide or two, so put your best content first and keep the set short enough that someone would plausibly reach the end. Long carousels are usually better served by a grid or a masonry gallery.

Are carousels bad for SEO?

Not on their own. Problems come from carousels that load slowly, hide important text behind slides that auto-advance too fast, or ship images without alt text. Choose a lightweight plugin, keep autoplay timing generous, and fill in your alt text, and a carousel won’t hurt your rankings.

Conclusión

Carousels offer more than just a visual display. They provide a way to keep visitors engaged and guide them through your content smoothly. With the right plugin, you can present your posts, products, or images in a sleek, organized format that improves the browsing experience. Now that you’ve seen the top plugins, it’s time to pick the one that best suits your website’s goals and start creating dynamic, interactive content.