Classic Elementor widget · Pro

Posts Slider for Elementor: Your latest blog posts in a smooth, looping slider

Posts Slider is an Elementor post slider for your blog. It pulls recent or featured posts from a query and plays them as an autoplay Elementor post carousel. Pick overlay cards, a 3D panorama, a video gallery or aside cards, and set the first words of each title in bold. Part of Animation Addons Pro.

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Posts from any query
Autoplay and loop
3D panorama effect
Video gallery and popup

Classic widget · Elementor 3 and 4 · ProUpdated October 2026

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The short answer

What is Posts Slider for Elementor?

Posts Slider is a Pro Elementor widget from Animation Addons that shows your blog posts in a looping slider. Each slide shows the featured image, the category, the title and the author and date, and the slider moves on by itself. Layouts include overlay cards, a 3D panorama, a video gallery and aside cards.

Use this posts slider widget for Elementor as an Elementor posts slider on the home page: an Elementor recent posts slider, an Elementor featured posts slider in a sidebar or an Elementor news slider above an archive. It is a classic widget for the Elementor 3 editor that keeps working in Elementor 4, and it does not need Elementor Pro.

If you only need three posts in a row, the free Banner Posts widget does that without a slider.

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Key factsPosts Slider · Animation Addons for Elementor

Plan: Pro
Widget type: Classic Elementor widget (V3), works in Elementor 4
Works with: Elementor Free and Elementor Pro
Layouts on the demo: Overlay card, panorama, video gallery, aside
Query: Post source, filtered by category, tag or author
Slider: Slides to Show, Autoplay, Loop, Animation Speed, Navigation, Pagination
Post content: Title with highlight, excerpt, taxonomy, meta, Read More
Get it: Animation Addons Pro

Live demos

Four post slider designs, live

Four sliders for four kinds of site. Each one plays by itself every 3.5 seconds. Hover the titles, open a video and click the posts under the video gallery.

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The journal

Notes from the studio

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Materials

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Studio

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Magazine home page

Post slider with overlay cards

Journal posts slide in pairs, with the active post in the middle and half a post on each side. A white card overlaps each photo and shows the category, a bold-start title and the author and date. Posts in the video format carry a play icon that opens the video.

Click a play icon

In Slider Settings, set Slides to Show to 2, Autoplay delay to 3000 and Animation Speed to 500. Pick the overlay card design in Layout.

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Journal

Latest from the studio

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Mobile

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Case study

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Process

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Team

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A team in a workshop around a long table

Process

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Agency journal

Post carousel on a 3D panorama

The slides sit on a curved wall and turn as the slider moves. Each slide is rotated 20 degrees from the next and sits 250 px deep, so the posts seem to slide around you. Two posts show at a time.

Watch the wall turn

Pick the panorama design in Layout, set Slides to Show to 2 and keep Loop on Yes.

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Locations

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Sound

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Film studio stories

Video gallery with a post slider

A large video player sits above a row of posts. When the slider moves on, the player slides to the video of the post in the middle. Click a post to bring its video up.

Click a post, then play

Pick the video gallery design in Layout, set Slides to Show to 2 and leave Autoplay delay at 3000.

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Stories

The spring journal

Style

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Editorial

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Style

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Beauty

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Editorial

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Fashion stories

Post slider with the photo on top

Two stories side by side on a dark page. Each has a tall photo on top, then the category, a bold-start title and the author and date, left aligned. Posts in the video format show their play icon under the photo.

Hover a title

Pick the aside design in Layout, set Slides to Show to 2 and Space Between to 14.

Features

Key features of Posts Slider

The four features from the original page, and the settings behind every design above.

Dynamic post display

Use it as an Elementor blog post slider that fills itself. The slider reads your posts from Query, so news and updates appear as you publish.

Custom query and filtering

In Query, pick the post source and filter by category, tag or author to control exactly what the post carousel shows.

Flexible layout and design

Choose a design in Layout, then set image size and alignment in Post Settings and Settings.

Smooth slider navigation

In Slider Settings, set the Elementor post slider autoplay with Autoplay, Autoplay delay, Loop and Animation Speed, and add Navigation arrows or Pagination.

Slides per screen size

Set Slides to Show and Space Between per device. The demos show two posts on desktop and one on phones.

Title highlight

Turn on Show Highlight to set the first words of each title in bold. Highlight Length sets how many words.

Taxonomy, meta and Read More

Show categories or tags in Taxonomy, author and date in Meta, a short Excerpt and a Read More link.

Video posts

Posts with the video format get a play icon. A click opens the video in a popup that grows from a thin line, as in the demos.

Step by step

How to add a post slider in Elementor

Five steps, no code. The bold names are the labels in the Elementor panel.

Install and activate Animation Addons Pro, then turn on Posts Slider in Animation Addons → Elements.
Open your page in Elementor, search the panel for Posts Slider and drag it into a section.
In Query, choose the posts to show, then pick a design in Layout.
In Slider Settings, set Slides to Show, Autoplay, Loop and Animation Speed.
Style the title, taxonomy, meta and thumbnail in the Style tab, check it on mobile and publish.

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Honest comparison

Posts Slider vs Loop Carousel

Elementor Pro’s Loop Carousel slides a post card you design yourself. Posts Slider comes with ready layouts and effects.

Posts Slider vs Loop Carousel
Feature	Posts Slider (Animation Addons Pro)	Loop Carousel (Elementor Pro)
Plan	Animation Addons Pro, works with Elementor Free	Needs Elementor Pro
Post card design	Ready layouts: overlay card, panorama, video gallery, aside	Any card, built as a Loop Item template
3D panorama effect	Yes	No
Video player synced to the slider	Yes	No
Play icon and popup on video posts	Yes	No
Bold first words in titles	Yes	No
Autoplay, loop, arrows and pagination	Yes	Yes

Compared from the old demo page, the Animation Addons docs and Elementor Pro’s Loop Carousel, October 2026.

FAQ

Questions about Posts Slider

How do I add a post slider in Elementor?

Install Animation Addons Pro, turn on Posts Slider in Animation Addons → Elements and drag the widget onto your page. Pick the posts in Query and a design in Layout. No code and no Elementor Pro needed.

Is the Posts Slider widget free?

No. Posts Slider is part of Animation Addons Pro. The free plugin has Banner Posts, which shows three posts in a row without a slider, and Category Slider, which slides categories instead of posts.

Which Elementor post slider plugin do I need?

Animation Addons for Elementor with an Animation Addons Pro license. Posts Slider is one widget in that plugin, so there is no second Elementor post slider plugin to install.

Which posts can the slider show?

The posts from its Query. Choose the post source and filter by category, tag or author, so the slider can show recent posts, one category or a hand-picked set.

What is the panorama effect?

It turns the post slider into an Elementor panorama slider: a 3D effect that bends the slides on a curved wall. On the demo each slide turns 20 degrees from the next and sits 250 px deep.

Can I make an Elementor post slider with video?

Yes. Posts with the video format show a play icon that opens the video in a popup. The video gallery layout adds a large player that follows the slider.

Can I add arrows and pagination?

Yes. Turn on Navigation for arrows and Pagination for indicators, then style them in Slider Navigation and Slider Pagination. The demos use autoplay only.

How is it different from Elementor Loop Carousel?

Loop Carousel is an Elementor Pro widget that slides a card you design as a template. Posts Slider has ready layouts, a panorama effect and a video gallery, and works with Elementor Free.

Does Posts Slider need Elementor Pro?

No. It works with the free Elementor plugin. You need Animation Addons for Elementor with an Animation Addons Pro license.

Does it work in Elementor 4?

Yes. It is a classic widget, so Elementor 4 lists it with the legacy widgets and it works on the same page as atomic elements.

Pairs well with

Related Elementor widgets

The sliders listed on the original page, and the free post banner. See all 102 widgets.

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