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YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel

By YITHEMES

E-commerce & Shopping /

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel Review - In-Depth Analysis

Create responsive product sliders for WooCommerce with ease. Display multiple products simultaneously and enhance user engagement.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.78/10

User Rating

3.2/5 (based on 20+ reviews)

Active Installations

4,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Show products in your shop in a tidy and professional way using a product slider that you can locate in strategic spots of your site to move customers curiosity and increase sales.

With YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel you can show more products at the same time and let them scroll automatically, so that your users can see them all. A modern and versatile feature that cannot miss in a professional shop.

Main features include setting a maximum number of products to add to the slider, RTL support, endless loop for products in the slider, sliding speed control, autoplay, slider navigation, entrance and exit animations, and options to show/hide a title for the slider. You can also display products from specific categories and sort them by name, price, or date.

For a more detailed list of options and features of the plugin, please read the official documentation.

Comparing to Alternatives

YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel competes with several other WooCommerce product slider plugins, offering similar core functionalities but with some unique limitations.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Easy shortcode integration for embedding sliders.
Works well on large eCommerce sites as reported by users.
Simple and straightforward setup process.
No recorded security vulnerabilities.
Developed by a reputable team with other popular plugins.

Weaknesses

Only supports a single slider instance per site, limiting flexibility.
Lacks responsiveness, which affects mobile usability.
Missing default sale badge on discounted products in sliders.
Limited customization options compared to alternatives.

User Sentiment Analysis

User reviews show a mixed sentiment with a 3.2 average rating and half of the ratings being 1 or 2 stars, indicating significant dissatisfaction alongside positive feedback.

Positive highlights

'Almost perfect, it did what I expected, and the easy way.' – carpator
'Good plugin' – desarrolloglobal
'Works well for me, I use this plugin in a big ecommerce site.' – lorenzoguti
'I would like colours in next>last' – oscarni007

Common complaints

Default sale badge missing on all sliders with discounts.

Weaknesses

Limited to only one slider instance per site.
Not responsive, causing issues on mobile devices.
Missing important visual elements like sale badges.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users looking for a simple and easy-to-use product slider for WooCommerce with basic functionality and no security concerns.

Not ideal for

Those needing multiple sliders, responsive design, or advanced customization options, as well as users who require sale badges to display correctly on discounted products.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers basic product slider functionality with easy shortcode integration and no security vulnerabilities.

Final Verdict

YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel provides a straightforward and secure solution for adding a product slider to WooCommerce sites, favored by users who appreciate its simplicity and ease of use. However, its limitations such as lack of responsiveness, missing sale badges, and restriction to a single slider instance may hinder its suitability for more demanding eCommerce setups.

While it stands out for security and ease, users seeking more flexibility and features might consider the available alternatives. Overall, it is a decent choice for basic needs but falls short for advanced or mobile-optimized requirements.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free YITH WooCommerce Product Slider Carousel plugin.

Product carousel

Ecommerce

WooCommerce

Screenshots

FAQ

In order to import correctly the plugin strings in the new system, we had to change the text domain form ‘ywcps’ to ‘yith-woocommerce-product-slider-carousel’. Once the plugin will be imported in the translate.wordpress.org system, the translations of other languages will be downloaded directly from WordPress, without using any .po and .mo files. Moreover, users will be able to participate in a more direct way to plugin translations, suggesting texts in their languages in the dedicated tab on translate.wordpress.org. During this transition step, .po and .mo files will be used as always, but in order to be recognized by WordPress, they will need to have a new nomenclature, renaming them in: yith-woocommerce-product-slider-carousel-.po yith-woocommerce-product-slider-carousel-.mo. For example, if your language files were named ywcps-en_GB.po and ywcps-en_GB.mo, you will just have to rename them respectively as yith-woocommerce-product-slider-carousel-en_GB.po and yith-woocommerce-product-slider-carousel-en_GB.mo.