Custom Post Carousels with Owl

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Reviewers keep calling it easy to set up and generous for a free plugin, with warm words for the author's support, though a couple hit limits with hard-coded script output and options that wouldn't change.

1. ★★★★★ bodopio

   2.9y ago

   Excellent plugin with a lot of options. Worked for me immediatley without any problems. I show posts as a enterprise history. Thank you for this. The donat button shows me the duckdiverllc.com site. But how can I donate?

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2. ★★★★★ Lee

   4.8y ago

   I’ve given two stars because whilst the plugin does perform a good feature, it’s extremely limited in the sense that the JS is not properly enqueued, so if like me you develop your own theme, or use an optimisation plugin, and use different ordering of JS and CSS enqueueing, then this plugin is likely to not work. This is because the JS options are hard coded and echoed out directly onto the page, regardless of where the initial jQuery call is. This has rendered the plugin completely useless on my site because it’s not using recommended WordPress enqueue practices. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_script/#usage

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3. ★★★★★ webigelv

   4.9y ago

   Semplice, flessibile e supporta la visualizzazione dei caroselli degli articoli riservati agli utenti registrati anche per i visitatori non registrati. Quest’ultima è un’ottima caratteristica. Mi sembra un plug-in molto ben fatto. Grazie per averlo messo a disposizione gratuitamente.

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4. ★★★★★ iceninexp

   5.1y ago

   I really appreciate the work you’ve put into this plugin! I found it quite straightforward to be able to create modals of post types as opposed to just displaying to the image. Great choice to use featherlight! Thanks so much!

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5. ★★★★★ ShriniKannan

   5.2y ago

   Thanks for the great plugin, actually you made a premium level feature in free plugin i.e especially CPT Please constantly develop this plugin but I am not sure how the background coding are !

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6. ★★★★★ emanuelesviluppoweb

   5.2y ago

   Really great plugin, and great support. Highly recommended!

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7. ★★★★★ javierpernettr

   5.4y ago

   The best of the plugin is the support, they explain all that I need it, i recomend it for any kind of proyects, it have new features and it worked for me in two websites. This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by javierpernettr.

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8. ★★★★★ giabalc

   5.4y ago

   Great Plugin!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.12 Fix featherlight.js to prevent XSS being passed through the data-featherlight param. Fixes CVE-2024-5667 1.4.12
2. — Version 1.4.6 Various fixes for sanitiziation filters. 1.4.6
3. — Version 1.4.4 Allow SVG in Prev / Next buttons 1.4.4
4. — Version 1.4.2 Security fixes 1.4.2
5. — Version 1.4.1 Add image alt text (if added to image in media library) 1.4.1
6. — Version 1.4 Added Lazy Loading as an option to all carousels (enabled by default). It is recommended you review your carousels to ensure settings are as you expect. Combined and minified front end styles. 1.4

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.4 Custom Post Carousels with Owl <= 1.4.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-05-30 CVE-2025-5125 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.11 Patched in 1.4.12
2. Medium · 4.4 Custom Post Carousels with Owl <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51493 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.6 Patched in 1.4.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• P Post Carousel Slider for Elementor 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Widget Post Slider 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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Custom Post Carousels with Owl: 2K+ active installs, 4.6★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dd-post-carousel