MarqueeX is a free WordPress marquee plugin. It adds continuously scrolling content — scrolling text, news tickers, logo carousels, image marquees, post and WooCommerce product sliders, testimonials and team strips — as 8 native Elementor widgets and 5 native blocks for the block editor (Gutenberg)
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 13, 2026
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MarqueeX is a free WordPress marquee plugin. It adds continuously scrolling content — scrolling text, news tickers, logo carousels, image marquees, post and WooCommerce product sliders, testimonials and team strips — as 8 native Elementor widgets and 5 native blocks for the block editor (Gutenberg) .
There is no marquee limit, no watermark and no trial timer in the free version. You drop a widget or block on the page, add your content, set the speed and publish.
Documentation | MarqueeX Pro
What can you build with MarqueeX?
Scrolling text marquee – announcement bars, promo strips and sale banners that loop forever
News ticker – a “Breaking” label beside scrolling headlines, typed by hand or pulled from your latest posts
Logo carousel – an infinite client-logo or partner-logo slider that never stops or jumps
Image marquee – galleries, product strips and portfolio rows, with hover effects
Post marquee – your latest posts, any custom post type or WooCommerce products as scrolling cards with featured image, category, title, author and date
Testimonial marquee – reviews scrolling past with avatar, name, role and star rating
Team members marquee – staff photos with name and role in a continuous strip
Animated headings – headlines that slide, type or roll through a list of words
5 marquee blocks for the block editor (Gutenberg)
Text Marquee – scroll your own messages or live post titles, with full typography control
Image Marquee – logo carousels, product strips and galleries in an infinite loop
News Ticker – breaking-news feeds, live updates and stock-style tickers
Post Marquee – posts, custom post types and WooCommerce products, with query controls
Testimonial Marquee – customer reviews with avatar, name, role and star rating
Team Members Marquee – staff photos with name and role
Animated Heading – headlines that cycle through phrases with Slide, Slide Horizontal or Typing animation
Animated Word Roller – a fixed headline with a rotating word beside it
Requires Elementor 3.5 or newer. Elementor Pro is not needed.
Controls on every marquee
Horizontal or vertical scrolling, in either direction
Adjustable scroll speed
Pause on hover
Edge fade masking
Typography, colour, spacing, border and background controls
Responsive settings using breakpoints you choose
Custom CSS per block
Why MarqueeX is lightweight
CSS keyframe animation. The marquee widgets and blocks scroll with CSS, so the browser does the work instead of a JavaScript loop.
Tiny scripts. Each Elementor marquee widget script is under 1 KB.
Loads only where it is used. Scripts and styles are registered, not enqueued site-wide. A page without a marquee loads nothing from MarqueeX.
Switch off what you do not use. Disable any widget, block or whole builder integration from the settings screen and it stops registering.
Scoped styles. A block and its matching Elementor widget can sit on the same page without their CSS colliding.
Accessible and translation ready
Respects the visitor’s “reduce motion” system preference
Pause on hover, so moving text can always be stopped and read
RTL stylesheets ship with the blocks
Fully translatable, with a translation template included
Shortcodes
[marqueex_slider], `[marqueex_ticker]` and `[marqueex_infinite]` are available for themes and page builders without a dedicated integration.
MarqueeX Free vs MarqueeX Pro
Free, with no limits:
All 8 Elementor widgets and all 5 blocks
Unlimited marquees on unlimited pages
Speed, direction, pause on hover, edge fade and responsive controls
Posts, custom post types and WooCommerce products as a source
No watermark and no feature that stops working later
MarqueeX Pro adds:
Scroll interactions – visitors spin the mouse wheel over a marquee to speed it up or reverse it, or drag it to scrub through, with momentum on release. Works on the Text, Image, News Ticker and Post Marquee widgets and on every block.
Hand-picked posts – choose exactly which posts, pages or products scroll and in what order, in the Elementor widget and the Post Marquee block
Advanced Elementor query – include or exclude by author and taxonomy term
8 more Animated Heading animations – 3D Rotation, Construct, Twist, Line, Wave, Swing, Tilt and Lean
Gradient and image-masked heading text
4 more Word Roller transitions – Horizontal, Fade, Slide and Zoom
Post Marquee card layouts – six content placements, plus Overlay, Blury and Lighten text treatments
Pro is an add-on. It unlocks extra controls inside the widgets and blocks you already use, so nothing you built with the free version has to be rebuilt. See plans and pricing .
How to add a marquee in Elementor
01Install and activate MarqueeX
02Edit a page with Elementor and search the widget panel for “marquee”
03Drag in Text Marquee, Image Marquee, News Ticker or Post Marquee
04Add your content, set the speed and direction, then publish
How to add a marquee in the block editor
05Install and activate MarqueeX
06Edit a post or page, open the block inserter and search for “marquee”
07Insert Text Marquee, Image Marquee, News Ticker, Post Marquee or Infinite Slider
08Add your content, set the speed and direction, then publish
Who is MarqueeX for?
News and magazine sites – breaking-news tickers and scrolling headlines
Online stores – WooCommerce product strips, sale bars and brand-logo walls
Agencies and business sites – client logos, testimonials and latest posts
Portfolios – project strips and image galleries
Landing pages – announcement bars and calls to action
Privacy
MarqueeX uses the Freemius SDK for licensing and optional usage insights. You are asked on activation and can skip it; if you skip, no usage data is sent. The marquees themselves make no external requests.
The Our Plugins screen and the dashboard’s recommendations show icons for other WPXERO plugins, loaded from WordPress.org’s plugin directory (ps.w.org) as WordPress’s own plugin installer does. Clicking Install downloads that plugin from WordPress.org through WordPress itself. No site data is sent.
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
A page built with MarqueeX — a news ticker, an animated heading and a scrolling text marqueeThe eight MarqueeX widgets in the Elementor panelPost Marquee widget in Elementor, with its content controlsPost Marquee block in the block editor, with query settings in the sidebarLogo carousel (Image Marquee) and Post Marquee on the front endTestimonial Marquee and Team Members Marquee on the front endMarqueeX settings — switch each builder, widget and block on or off
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Gettingstarted.
01In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New
02Search for “MarqueeX”
03Click Install Now , then Activate
04Open the MarqueeX menu and confirm the builder you use (Elementor, block editor or both) is switched on
05Elementor: edit a page and search the widget panel for “marquee”
06Block editor: open the block inserter and search for “marquee”
07Add your content, set a speed and publish
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Frequently asked questions.
How do I add a scrolling text marquee in WordPress?
Install MarqueeX, edit a page, and add the Text Marquee block (block editor) or the Text Marquee widget (Elementor). Type your messages, pick a speed and direction, and publish. No code or shortcode is needed.
How do I add a news ticker in WordPress?
Add the News Ticker block or Elementor widget. Set the label (for example “Breaking”), then either type your headlines or let it pull the titles of your latest posts automatically.
How do I make a logo carousel or infinite logo slider?
Use the Image Marquee block or widget. Select your logos from the media library and they scroll in a seamless, never-ending loop. You control the speed, spacing, image height and whether it pauses on hover.
Is MarqueeX free?
Yes, and it stays usable for free. There is no limit on how many marquees you build, no watermark, and no feature that stops working after a period. Pro adds extra controls; it does not switch the free ones off.
What do I get with MarqueeX Pro?
Scroll interactions (mouse wheel and drag-to-scroll), hand-picked posts and the advanced post query, eight extra Animated Heading animations, gradient and image-masked heading text, four extra Word Roller transitions, and the Post Marquee card layout controls. The full list is on the pricing page .
Will my marquees break if I upgrade to Pro, or cancel it?
No. Pro is an add-on that sits alongside the free plugin. Upgrading adds controls to the marquees you already have. Without an active license, a marquee simply falls back to its free behaviour.
Does MarqueeX work with Elementor?
Yes — eight native widgets: Image Marquee, Text Marquee, Post Marquee, News Ticker, Animated Heading, Animated Word Roller, Testimonial Marquee and Team Members Marquee. Elementor 3.5 or newer is required. The free version of Elementor is enough.
Does MarqueeX work with the block editor (Gutenberg) and Full Site Editing?
Yes — five native blocks that work in posts, pages and Full Site Editing templates. You do not need a page builder.
Can I use the widgets and the blocks on the same site?
Yes. Block styles are scoped to their own classes, so a block and its matching Elementor widget can even sit on the same page without their CSS colliding.
Can I show WooCommerce products in a marquee?
Yes. Products are a public custom post type, so the Post Marquee widget and block both list them as a source, with featured image, title and meta.
Does Post Marquee support custom post types?
Yes, any public custom post type.
Can I make a vertical marquee?
Yes. Every marquee can scroll horizontally or vertically, in either direction.
Can I control the speed, and pause the marquee on hover?
Yes. Every marquee has a speed control, and pause on hover is a single switch.
Will a marquee slow my site down?
It is built not to. The marquees scroll with CSS keyframes, each Elementor marquee widget script is under 1 KB, and assets are registered rather than enqueued — so a page with no marquee on it loads nothing from MarqueeX.
Is MarqueeX accessible?
Marquees respect the visitor’s “reduce motion” setting and can pause on hover, so moving content can always be stopped and read.
Does it work with my theme?
It should. MarqueeX styles are scoped to its own classes and inherit your theme’s typography unless you override it.
Where do I get help?
Post in the plugin’s support forum on WordPress.org, or read the documentation .
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