Do you want an image carousel slider in Elementor? A carousel shows a handful of images at a time and lets visitors move through the rest, which is the right choice when you have more photos than the page has room for.
The Gallery Listing widget in The Plus Addons for Elementor builds one from the same image set you would use for a grid — it is a layout choice, not a different widget.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Gallery Listing widget, click here.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Carousel layout is part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro. In the free plugin the option is visible but shows an upgrade notice instead of its settings.
- Widget to enable: Gallery Listing, switched on under ThePlus Settings > Widgets.
Step 1: Add the widget and choose the Carousel layout
Drag the Gallery Listing widget onto the page. On the Content tab, open Layout and pick Carousel, the fourth of the four layout tiles. In the free plugin it reads Carousel (PRO).
Step 2: Add your images
Open the Content section, leave Select Option on Normal, and click Add Images. Drag inside the picker to set the order the slides appear in.
Step 3: Set how many slides are visible
Carousel settings live under Style > Carousel Options — a different tab from everything above. Desktop Columns sets how many slides show at once and defaults to 4; there are separate tablet and mobile values below it.
Step 4: Decide what a click does
Back in Content > Layout, Popup Layout controls the lightbox. Leave it on Default Light-box so visitors can open a full-size image, or set it to No if the carousel is decorative.
What It Looks Like
Common Adjustments
| You want | Control | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Slides all the same height | Featured Image Type → Custom Size | Content > Extra Options |
| A peek of the next slide | Center Mode + Center Padding | Style > Carousel Options |
| More or fewer slides on screen | Desktop / Tablet / Mobile Columns | Style > Carousel Options |
| Drag several slides at once | Multi Drag | Style > Carousel Options |
| No lightbox | Popup Layout → No | Content > Layout |
Full walkthroughs: same-height slides and half-cut slides.
Settings Reference
| Setting | Where | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layout | Content > Layout | Grid, Masonry, Metro, Carousel (Pro) | Grid |
| Popup Layout | Content > Layout | Default Light-box, No | Default Light-box |
| Select Option | Content > Content | Normal, Repeater (Pro), ACF Gallery (Pro) | Normal |
| Desktop Columns | Style > Carousel Options | 1 to 12 | 4 |
| Slider Mode | Style > Carousel Options | Horizontal, Vertical | Horizontal |
| Slide Direction | Style > Carousel Options | LTR, RTL | LTR |
| Animation Type | Style > Carousel Options | Ease, Linear | Ease |
Carousel settings are on the Style tab, in Carousel Options. The image source and layout are on Content. Two different tabs, which is the most common reason people cannot find a carousel control.
Limitations
- Carousel is Pro. The free plugin lists it as Carousel (PRO) and shows an upgrade notice when selected.
- Uneven images give a ragged edge. Without a fixed image size the slides keep their original heights.
- Carousels hide content. Anything past the first slide is unseen by most visitors and by some search crawlers. If every image matters, a grid shows them all.
- Column counts are fixed choices. Desktop offers 1 to 12, not an arbitrary number.
Troubleshooting
I cannot find the carousel settings
They are under Style > Carousel Options, not on the Content tab where the layout was chosen.
The slides are different heights
Set Featured Image Type to Custom Size in Content > Extra Options, then pick a fixed Image Resolution. Full guide: same-height carousel.
The carousel does not move
Check there are more images than Desktop Columns shows — four images with four columns has nothing to scroll. Then clear any page cache and regenerate Elementor files from Elementor > Tools.
