Feslider – Featured Slider
Image slider that act like featured image, its featured slider!
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Feslider – Featured Slider shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (70+ active installs)
- No update in 3 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.1 (latest is 7.1)
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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 Feslider – Featured Slider stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| featured image | >100 |
| featured slider | >100 |
| featured slideshow | >100 |
| responsive slider | >100 |
| single slider | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
About Feslider – Featured Slider
From the official readme · v1.3Description
FESlider is fast and responsive slider that act like featured image. You can just directly add the slides from your post editor page.
Features :
- Fast and responsive slider
- Rich of setting options
- Slide caption
- As easy as featured image
- Ability to replace the featured image
- Enable for all post type
Usage Instruction
- After installation, go to your post editor, you will notice a new FESlider metabox
- Add your image(s) for use as slides. You can add multiple images by hold CTRL while select/click the images
- Add the slide text if you wish by edit the caption field on the wordpress media library editor
- The slideshow will automatically appears on the top of the post. You can also place the slideshow manually by put the shortcode
[feslider]on the current post content - Visit the slideshow settings page by click the settings button on post editor or click the FESlider menu on wordpress admin sidebar
- Slideshow settings values will working on all FESlider slideshow on the site.
Installation
- Grab the plugin from from wordpress plugin directory or Upload the feslider folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin
Changelog
1.3
- Bug fixed: Cannot completely remove all images from the slider
- Bug fixed: The slider is not working on some themes
- Bug fixed: There are some array_map() warning
- Updated the Slider Pro to v1.6.0
1.2
- Bug fixed “jQuery not found” on frontend
- Tested on WordPress 5.2
1.1.5
- Added new ability to replace the featured image
1.1.2
- Bug fixed on post type(s) selection
- Bug fixed on sanitize input
1.1
- Add post type selection in settings
1.0
- Initial launch
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FAQ
Feslider – Featured Slider: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026
Is Feslider – Featured Slider free?
Yes. Feslider – Featured Slider is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Feslider – Featured Slider safe to use in 2026?
Feslider – Featured Slider shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 4 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Feslider – Featured Slider?
Feslider – Featured Slider is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,303 times since it launched in November 2016. It was downloaded 70 times in the last 30 days.
Does Feslider – Featured Slider work with WordPress 7.1?
Feslider – Featured Slider is officially tested up to WordPress 6.1.15, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Feslider – Featured Slider last updated?
The latest version, 1.3, was released on February 15, 2023 (4 years ago).
Who makes Feslider – Featured Slider?
Feslider – Featured Slider is developed and maintained by Haris.
What are the best alternatives to Feslider – Featured Slider?
The most popular alternatives to Feslider – Featured Slider are Recent Posts Widget With Th… (100K+ installs), Quick Featured Images (50K+ installs) and Auto Featured Image (Auto P… (40K+ installs).
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