Post Carousel & Grid for Elementor adds one widget to Elementor that shows your posts in a slider, a grid or a list. Pick posts, pages, WooCommerce products or any custom post type, choose one of 52 templates, and style it in the Elementor editor. Everything is free, and the plugin works with the fr
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 6.3 and PHP 7.4.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 26, 2026
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Post Carousel & Grid for Elementor adds one widget to Elementor that shows your posts in a slider, a grid or a list. Pick posts, pages, WooCommerce products or any custom post type, choose one of 52 templates, and style it in the Elementor editor. Everything is free, and the plugin works with the free version of Elementor.
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What you can build
A blog post carousel on your home page
A related posts slider under every article
A WooCommerce product carousel with prices, ratings and Add to cart
A grid of the latest news, events or portfolio items
A news ticker that scrolls your latest headlines
A carousel of categories or any other taxonomy terms
Choose the posts
Posts I choose: any post type, with search fields to pick or leave out single posts. You can also show taxonomy terms (categories, tags, product categories) instead of posts.
Related posts: on a single post, show posts that share its categories, tags or any other taxonomy. If nothing is related, it can fall back to your latest posts.
Current query: on an archive, category or search page, show the posts of that page. Handy in theme builder templates.
Filters: include or leave out terms (match any or all), include or leave out authors, limit by date (past day, week, month, 3 months, year or a custom range), skip the first posts, and decide what happens to sticky posts.
Order: by date, title, last modified, menu order, comment count, random, ID, author or a custom field.
WooCommerce product carousel
When WooCommerce is active you can show featured, on sale, best selling or top rated products and hide the ones that are out of stock. The Card template shows the price with the sale price, a Sale badge, star rating, an Out of stock label and an Add to cart button that works without leaving the page. Variable products get a “Select options” button.
51 ready made templates cover classic blog cards, overlays, side by side layouts, minimal lists and product cards. The Card template lets you switch each part on or off: image, category badge, meta row, excerpt, button, and the product parts.
Meta row: date, author, author picture, categories, comment count and reading time.
Image options: aspect ratio, fit, corner radius and a hover effect (zoom, lift, darken or color on hover). These work on every template.
Text: take the heading and description from any post field or custom field, trim them to a word count, and choose the heading tag (H1 to H6, div, p or span).
Link: link the whole card or only the button, in the same tab or a new one.
Social sharing: optional share links for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Pinterest and email.
Carousel, grid or list
Switch the layout of any widget. The grid follows Elementor’s own breakpoints for desktop, tablet and phone columns. The list layout puts the image next to the text. Grid and list load no slider script at all.
The carousel offers:
Columns per device and the number of slides to scroll
Autoplay with a pause button, arrows, dots, loop, RTL and vertical mode
Fade, coverflow and centered slide effects
Dots, numbers (2 / 8) or a progress bar
News ticker mode that scrolls at a steady speed and stops when you hover
Your own arrow icons from the Elementor icon library
Light and fast
CSS and JavaScript only load on pages that use the widget, and only for the template you picked.
New carousels use the Swiper library that already comes with Elementor, so nothing extra is downloaded and no jQuery code is added.
With lazy loading on, images in view still load right away and only the rest wait. The browser gets the right image size for each screen.
The post and term pickers search as you type instead of loading every post into the page.
Accessible
Arrows and dots work with the keyboard and show a clear focus outline. Autoplay stops while the mouse or keyboard focus is inside the carousel, there is a pause button, and autoplay turns off for visitors who ask their device to reduce motion. Copies of slides used for looping are hidden from screen readers.
Built for developers
Every template can be overridden from your theme by copying it to your-theme/dpce/style-{id}.php . Register your own templates with the dpce_styles filter. Change the query, the slider options, the settings passed to templates or the HTML of a single card with filters such as dpce_query_args , dpce_swiper_options , dpce_carousel_settings and dpce_slide_html . See the developer guide on GitHub .
External services
The plugin does not contact any outside service on its own. It sends no usage data and has no tracking.
The only outside services involved are social networks, through the optional Social Sharing setting of the widget (off by default). When it is on, the carousel shows share links that point to the addresses below. Nothing is sent when the page loads. Data goes to a network only when a visitor clicks one of its links, and it is limited to the public address and title of the post.
Facebook
Lets visitors share a post on Facebook. Address: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php Sent on click: post URL. Terms of service: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
X (Twitter)
Lets visitors share a post on X. Address: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet Sent on click: post URL and title. Terms of service: https://x.com/en/tos Privacy policy: https://x.com/en/privacy
LinkedIn
Lets visitors share a post on LinkedIn. Address: https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/ Sent on click: post URL. Terms of service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
WhatsApp
Lets visitors share a post on WhatsApp. Address: https://api.whatsapp.com/send Sent on click: post URL and title. Terms of service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy
Pinterest
Lets visitors pin a post on Pinterest. Address: https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/ Sent on click: post URL and title. Terms of service: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
The Email share link is a standard mailto: link. It opens the visitor’s own email program and contacts no server.
The Getting Started page and the review request contain plain links to WordPress.org, webcodingplace.com and classicaddons.com. They only open when you click them.
Third-party libraries
Slick Carousel 1.8.1 by Ken Wheeler, MIT license, https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick. Bundled in assets/vendor/slick/ and loaded from your site. Used by carousels on the Classic engine.
Swiper , MIT license, https://swiperjs.com. Not bundled: the Modern engine uses the copy that comes with Elementor.
No file is loaded from a CDN.
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
The Card template on the Modern engine with category badge, meta row and excerpt.A WooCommerce product carousel with price, sale badge, rating and Add to cart.A few of the 52 templates: overlays, side by side cards and minimal lists.Grid layout with three columns on desktop.
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Gettingstarted.
01In your dashboard go to Plugins > Add New , search for “WebCodingPlace Post Carousel” and click Install Now , then Activate . Elementor must be installed and active.
02You land on the Getting Started page (also under Elementor > Post Carousel ) with a short checklist and a gallery of all templates.
03Edit a page with Elementor, search for Post Carousel in the widget panel and drag it onto the page.
04Pick the source of your posts under Post / Content , a template under Appearance > Template Style , and the layout under Slider > Layout .
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Frequently asked questions.
Do I need Elementor Pro?
No. The plugin works with the free Elementor plugin, version 3.18 or newer. If you have Elementor Pro, you can also use the widget in Theme Builder templates.
I used version 1.4. Will my carousels change after the update?
No. Carousels you made before keep the same template, settings and slider script, and they look the same. The only visible change is a bug fix: the default star icon in some templates was invisible and now shows. You can move an old carousel to the new slider engine with one setting when you are ready.
What is the difference between the Classic and Modern slider engine?
Classic uses the Slick library and jQuery, as version 1.4 did. Modern uses the Swiper library that comes with Elementor and needs no jQuery code from us, so pages are lighter. Modern also adds fade and coverflow effects, number and progress bar pagination, the news ticker and keyboard control. New carousels use Modern. You can switch any carousel in Slider > Slider Engine .
Can I show WooCommerce products?
Yes. Set Choose Post Type to Products. You can limit the carousel to featured, on sale, best selling or top rated products and hide out of stock ones. Use the Card template to show price, rating, Sale badge and an Add to cart button.
How do I show related posts under my articles?
Set Source to “Related posts” and choose what makes posts related: categories, tags, any other taxonomy, or any shared term. Place the widget in a single post template (Elementor Pro Theme Builder or a similar tool) or in a post built with Elementor. The current post is never shown in its own related list.
Can I use it in an archive or category template?
Yes. Set Source to “Current query” and the widget shows the posts of the archive, category, tag or search page it is on. In the editor you see your latest posts as a preview.
Can I show a grid instead of a slider?
Yes. Set Layout to Grid or List. You choose the number of columns for desktop, tablet and phone.
Does it work with custom post types and custom fields?
Yes. Any public post type appears in the list. The heading and description can come from any post field or custom field key, and you can order posts by a custom field.
Will it slow down my site?
The plugin loads nothing on pages without the widget. On pages with the widget it loads one small stylesheet for the base layout and one for the chosen template. The Modern engine reuses Elementor’s own Swiper, and grid and list layouts load no script.
Can I change a template or make my own?
Yes. Copy templates/style-{id}.php from the plugin to your-theme/dpce/style-{id}.php and edit the copy. To add a new template, use the dpce_styles filter. The developer guide on GitHub shows examples.
Why does a carousel show at most 100 posts?
Showing hundreds of posts in one carousel makes pages slow. Carousels saved with “show all posts” show the first 100. A developer can raise this with the dpce_max_posts filter.
Does it work on RTL sites and in my language?
Yes. The carousel supports right to left languages, and all text in the editor and on the front end can be translated. You can help translate it on translate.wordpress.org.
Does the plugin collect any data or add tracking?
No. The plugin sends no data anywhere. Share links only contact a social network when a visitor clicks them. See External services below.
Where can I get help?
Ask in the support forum . Please include your Elementor version and the template number you use.
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