QuadMenu vs Smart Slider 3
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| Feature | QuadMenu v3.3.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 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 | September 30, 2026 | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | QuadMenu · QuadMenu PRO ($) | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Mega menus with tabs and carousel panels; Responsive mobile menu settings; Works with Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder and WooCommerce | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Premium features need a QuadMenu PRO licence; Heavy bundled Redux framework in the plugin; Settings are numerous for simple menus | 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 | Theme menu locations for mega menus, Carousel panels in menus (Owl Carousel), Responsive mobile menu settings, Menu widget, Elementor widgets for QuadMenu, Divi extension for QuadMenu, Cart count and total updates in the menu, Personal, agency and developer licence tiers for PRO ($) | Import sliders and templates from the vendor API, Find sliders used on a page by URL, Google Fonts CSS fetched and cached locally, Premium sliders need a Pro licence ($), Pro updater referenced by the free code ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, WPBakery Page Builder, Beaver Builder, Polylang | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | — | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | quadlayers.com, verify.redux.io, look.redux.io, www.googleapis.com, feedback.quadlayers.com | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |