Awesome WordPress Slider
Awesome WordPress Slider is the most powerful and intuitive WordPress plugin to create sliders which was never possible before. Fully responsive, SEO optimized and works with any WordPress theme. Create beautiful…
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Awesome WordPress Slider shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Awesome WordPress Slider stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| owl carousel | #98 |
| owl-carousel slider | #70 |
| slider | >100 |
| slider carousel | >100 |
| wordpress slider | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Awesome WordPress Slider
From the official readme · v1.0.0Description
Awesome WordPress Slider is the most powerful and intuitive WordPress plugin to create sliders which was never possible before. Fully responsive, SEO optimized and works with any WordPress theme. Create beautiful sliders and tell stories without any code.
Most powerful features
- Content slide builder – Edit your slides as you used to in shortcoder builders.
- Totally responsive and touch friendly – Sliders can be enjoyed on any device, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop.
- Overlay Color – This choise is for overlay, that appear as background for titles an descriptions on the slides.
- Slideshow Speed – This speed of each slide will remain in the slieder.
- Customizable controls – Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows
- Navigation arrows – You can enable / disable the button of navigation (Previous/next) for the slider for the option. You have the option to specify the color and size.
- Dynamic Slides
- Full-width responsive mode
- SEO optimized
- Totally integrated with WordPress
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
First things first, thank you for choosing our Awesome WordPress Slider plugin!
You can install the plugin one of two ways:
Install using FTP
- Unzip the awesome-wordpress-slider.zip file locally to your machine
- Connect to your FTP area using your preferred FTP package
- Upload the Awesome WordPress Slider folder that you extracted from the zip file to the plugin folder of your WordPress installation (wp-content -> plugin)
- Go to plugin and activate Awesome WordPress Slider.
Install by WordPress (recommended)
- Login to your WordPress admin area.
- Navigate to plugin and click the Add New button at the top
- Click the Upload plugin button at the top
- Click the Choose File button and locate the awesome-wordpress-slider.zip
- File on your machine and click the Install Now button
- On the basis the plugin installs correctly, click the Activate link.
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FAQ
Awesome WordPress Slider: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Awesome WordPress Slider free?
Yes. Awesome WordPress Slider is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Awesome WordPress Slider safe to use in 2026?
Awesome WordPress Slider shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Awesome WordPress Slider?
Awesome WordPress Slider is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,833 times since it launched in September 2018. It was downloaded 81 times in the last 30 days.
Does Awesome WordPress Slider work with WordPress 7.1?
Awesome WordPress Slider is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Awesome WordPress Slider last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on September 9, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes Awesome WordPress Slider?
Awesome WordPress Slider is developed and maintained by jewel1994.
What are the best alternatives to Awesome WordPress Slider?
The most popular alternatives to Awesome WordPress Slider are Responsive Owl Carousel for… (7K+ installs), WP Owl Carousel (200+ installs) and As woocomerce with owl caro… (20+ installs).
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