Crelly Slider vs Slider by Soliloquy
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| Feature | Crelly Slider v1.4.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Slider by Soliloquy v2.8.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | January 2, 2025 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Crelly Slider | Responsive WordPress Slider - Soliloquy Lite · Soliloquy Pro ($) |
| Pros | Free and open source with layered slides; Drag and drop builder with per-element animation; Export and import of sliders as files | Drag-and-drop slider builder; Shortcode and Gutenberg block placement; Responsive slides for phones, tablets and desktops |
| Cons | Video elements load YouTube or Vimeo players for visitors | Thumbnail navigation and other addons need Pro; Fetches addon list and notices from the vendor site; Lite upgrade prompts appear in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Layered slides with text, images and video, crellyslider shortcode, Slider admin page, Export and import of sliders, Gutenberg slider picker | soliloquy shortcode to place a slider, Soliloquy Gutenberg block, Sliders stored as a soliloquy post type, Thumbnail navigation addon offered as an upgrade ($), Addons page loading the vendor addon list |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | — |
| Other | — | Soliloquy vendor site (addons and notices) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.6 | 5.7.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | fast.wistia.net, soliloquywp.com, plugin.soliloquywp.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |