20 Most Popular WordPress Cycle Plugins

  • Rotating Tweets (Twitter widget and shortcode)

    Twitter widget and shortcode to show your latest tweets one at a time an animated rotation

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 30,000+
    Downloads 285,743
    Ratings 50 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.9 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.2
    Last Updated 2 months ago
    Launched May 29, 2012

  • Portfolio Slideshow

    Add a clean, responsive JavaScript slideshow to your site.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 20,000+
    Downloads 379,124
    Ratings 77 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.1 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 4.1
    Last Updated 7 days ago
    Launched Mar 23, 2010

  • Cyclone Slider

    Create amazing slideshows with ease. Built for both developers and non-developers.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 10,000+
    Downloads 49,825
    Ratings 16 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    4.4 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.6.1
    Requires 3.3.2
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched Aug 9, 2012

  • oik

    Over 80 advanced, powerful shortcodes for displaying the content of your WordPress website.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 9,000+
    Downloads 100,944
    Ratings 3 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.7 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.2.5
    Requires 3.9
    Last Updated 7 months ago
    Launched Feb 5, 2011

  • WP Slider

    A multi-effect Wordpress slider based on jQuery Cycle Plugin.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 2,000+
    Downloads 11,690
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.1.4
    Requires 2.3
    Last Updated 4 years ago
    Launched May 18, 2011

  • SH Slideshow

    Slideshow banner with different effects which is using jQuery Cycle Plugin. Simply for normal users and advanced users.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 1,000+
    Downloads 24,270
    Ratings 4 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.5.2
    Requires 3.0.1
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched Feb 11, 2011

  • Wp cycle text announcement

    Wp cycle text plugin is to show the text news with cycle jQuery. Display one news at a time and cycle the remaining in the mentioned location.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 1,000+
    Downloads 10,455
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.4
    Requires 3.4
    Last Updated 7 days ago
    Launched Apr 10, 2012

  • JSJ Gallery Slideshow

    JSJ Gallery Slideshow immediately improves all your WordPress galleries, with simple, elegant and easy-to-use slideshows.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 1,000+
    Downloads 19,050
    Ratings 20 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.9.9
    Requires 3.3
    Last Updated one year ago
    Launched Jun 25, 2013

  • WP Slick Slider

    Utilising the power of custom post types and Custom meta boxes, adds a powerful and customisable slider to your wordpress site.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 900+
    Downloads 16,154
    Ratings 3 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    2.3 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.8.11
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched Apr 10, 2011

  • RokNewsFlash

    RokNewsFlash is widget to display brief snippets of an post. The plugin is perfect for Headlines as it can cycle through your chosen posts.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 700+
    Downloads 3,952
    Ratings 1 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.4.2
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 3 years ago
    Launched Aug 19, 2011

  • Simple Slideshow

    Easily add a clean jQuery-powered slideshow to your site. Integrates well into any theme, easy to configure.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 600+
    Downloads 15,994
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.2.1
    Requires 3.0
    Last Updated 4 years ago
    Launched Jul 25, 2011

  • Scrollarama

    Creates a loop of recent posts (up to 10) with images, within selected category, and scrolls through with jQuery effects

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 500+
    Downloads 5,800
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.1.4
    Requires 3.0.1
    Last Updated 5 years ago
    Launched Mar 31, 2011

  • jQuery Cycle Slideshow for Simplest Gallery

    Display your Wordpress galleries as a jQuery Slideshow. Requires the "Simplest Gallery" plugin (adds a new gallery style to it).

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 300+
    Downloads 4,094
    Ratings 2 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.3.1
    Requires 3.5.0
    Last Updated 4 months ago
    Launched Apr 30, 2013

  • WP-jTweets

    A widget that uses jQuery and Twitter to display a user's tweets (or can just list the updates). Works with the Twitter API 1.1

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 300+
    Downloads 2,850
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.0.8
    Requires 3.2
    Last Updated one year ago
    Launched Oct 23, 2011

  • Responsive Sticky Slider

    Simple, responsive post slider with pagination (previous/next and page numbers).

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 200+
    Downloads 9,668
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 4.1.8
    Requires 4.0
    Last Updated 8 months ago
    Launched Jan 14, 2011

  • yCyclista

    yCyclista overwrites WP's [gallery] with jQuery cycle effects. Without editing, turn your posts into beautiful slideshows or gallery transitions.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 100+
    Downloads 5,812
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.0.5
    Requires 2.9
    Last Updated 5 years ago
    Launched Jul 23, 2010

  • DynamicWP Featured Post

    A jQuery plugin that will list your featured post based the post tag and displayed as a widget

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 100+
    Downloads 4,147
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.0.5
    Requires 2.8
    Last Updated 5 years ago
    Launched Aug 1, 2010

  • ColorCycle

    ColorCycle is a gallery replacement plugin for WordPress. It adds Colorbox for image enlargements, and slideshows using the Cycle plugin for jQuery.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 100+
    Downloads 1,012
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.5.2
    Requires 3.5
    Last Updated 3 years ago
    Launched May 9, 2012

  • Ultimate Rotator

    Ultimate Rotator helps you to create rotating images and sliding contents by using shortcodes & widgets.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 90+
    Downloads 762
    Ratings 2 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.8.11
    Requires 3.3
    Last Updated 2 years ago
    Launched Jan 14, 2014

  • Featured Heroes Slideshow

    Put a slideshow on any page with a shortcode; provides a new content type "Heroes" to manage your featured slides.

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    Price FREE
    Active Installs 60+
    Downloads 2,626
    Ratings 0 ratings
    3.6 rating based on 1,234 ratings

    0.0 out of 5 stars
    Tested up to 3.3.3
    Requires 2.8
    Last Updated 4 years ago
    Launched Feb 6, 2012

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