Crelly Slider vs Smart Slider 3
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| Feature | Crelly Slider v1.4.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Smart Slider 3 v3.5.1.39 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | January 2, 2025 | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Crelly Slider | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Free and open source with layered slides; Drag and drop builder with per-element animation; Export and import of sliders as files | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Video elements load YouTube or Vimeo players for visitors | Premium sliders and templates need Pro; Template import calls the vendor API; Large plugin with many admin screens to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Layered slides with text, images and video, crellyslider shortcode, Slider admin page, Export and import of sliders, Gutenberg slider picker | Import sliders and templates from the vendor API, Find sliders used on a page by URL, Google Fonts CSS fetched and cached locally, Premium sliders need a Pro licence ($), Pro updater referenced by the free code ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | — |
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | — | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 2 |