Soliloquy 2.7.3 – WordPress Slider Plugin

Finding a WordPress slider plugin that is genuinely fast, genuinely easy to use, and genuinely developer-friendly is harder than it sounds. Most slider plugins are bloated, overcomplicated, or so performance-heavy they actively hurt your Core Web Vitals scores. Soliloquy was built as a direct response to that problem — and with over 2,500,000+ downloads and endorsements from Mark Jaquith (Lead Developer of WordPress himself), it has delivered on that promise for over a decade.

Soliloquy 2.7.3 is the latest version of this beloved WordPress slider plugin, developed by Thomas Griffin, co-creator of OptinMonster and a respected name in the WordPress ecosystem. Whether you’re a photographer building a portfolio, a WooCommerce store owner showcasing products, a blogger adding a featured content slider, or a developer building client sites, this guide covers everything you need to know about Soliloquy 2.7.3 — its complete feature set, every addon, all pricing plans, and where to download it.

What Is Soliloquy?

Soliloquy is the best WordPress slider plugin. Create beautiful responsive WordPress sliders in minutes. Finally, a WordPress slider plugin that’s both easy and powerful.

Soliloquy is a drag-and-drop WordPress slider plugin that allows anyone — regardless of technical skill — to create beautiful, responsive image and video sliders in minutes without writing a single line of code. It is built on a philosophy that user experience comes first, and that performance should never be sacrificed for visual complexity.

We believe that you shouldn’t have to hire a developer to create a WordPress slider. That’s why we built Soliloquy, a drag-and-drop slider plugin that’s both EASY and POWERFUL. Soliloquy allows you to create beautiful responsive image and video sliders for your WordPress site in minutes, not hours.

With 900,000+ free downloads from WordPress.org and 2,500,000+ total downloads across all versions, Soliloquy is trusted by photographers, designers, bloggers, small businesses, marketing teams, and professional WordPress developers worldwide. Its code has been audited by Mark Jaquith, the Lead Developer of WordPress, making it one of the few slider plugins you can deploy with complete confidence in its security and standards compliance.

Why Soliloquy? The Core Differentiators

Before diving into the feature set, it’s worth understanding what fundamentally sets Soliloquy apart from the crowded slider plugin market.

1. The Fastest WordPress Slider Plugin

Soliloquy has no equal when it comes to performance and security. We created the fastest WordPress slider plugin by using a hybrid technique called dynamic asynchronous Ajax preloading.

This architecture is fundamentally different from how most slider plugins load their assets. Standard slider plugins load all images on page load — including slides the user hasn’t seen yet. Soliloquy’s dynamic asynchronous AJAX preloading technique loads only the visible slide immediately, then preloads subsequent slides asynchronously in the background. The result: dramatically faster initial page loads and better Core Web Vitals scores.

WPBeginner compared the top 5 slider plugins, and Soliloquy was 2x faster than all competitors. Soliloquy is highly optimized for web and server performance because we understand the importance of speed when it comes to SEO and conversion.

2. Security Audited by the WordPress Core Developer

Our code has been audited by Mark Jaquith, lead developer of WordPress, to give you total peace of mind.

This is a rare and genuinely meaningful endorsement. Mark Jaquith is not just any WordPress developer — he is one of the lead developers of WordPress core itself. His security audit confirms that Soliloquy follows WordPress coding conventions, uses secure coding practices, and integrates properly with the WordPress ecosystem. This level of code quality assurance is exceptionally rare among WordPress plugins, let alone slider plugins.

Mark Jaquith himself has publicly stated: Soliloquy is just as easy to use as you’d hope, and its underlying code is solid. It follows WordPress coding conventions, is securely coded, and blends into the WordPress UI perfectly. I’ll definitely be recommending Soliloquy to anyone who needs a WordPress slider plugin!

3. Over 100+ Hooks and Filters for Developers

Don’t get locked into a system that doesn’t change and grow with you. Soliloquy is built on a solid foundation that is able to adjust wherever and whenever you need it. With over 100+ configurable hooks and filters inside the plugin, Soliloquy can be turned into any type of WordPress slider you can dream of.

This extensibility makes Soliloquy the developer’s slider of choice. Rather than hacking templates or overriding CSS with ! important declarations, developers can hook into Soliloquy’s architecture cleanly and build exactly what they need. As Bill Erickson (WordPress Consultant) notes, I used to custom-build rotators for every project since I hadn’t found a tool with the flexibility I needed. Now I have Soliloquy. It works great out of the box, has an easy-to-use interface, and gives you the power to customize everything with hooks and filters.

4. No Coding Required

Absolutely not. You can create and customize beautiful image and video sliders without any coding knowledge. We made it extremely user-friendly, so you can build responsive WordPress sliders without hiring a developer.

The plugin’s drag-and-drop builder makes slider creation accessible to anyone. Upload images, drag to reorder, set slide titles, captions, and links — all from an intuitive admin interface that integrates seamlessly with the WordPress admin UI.

Complete Feature Set: Everything Soliloquy 2.7.3 Includes

1. Drag-and-Drop Slider Builder

The core of Soliloquy is its intuitive drag-and-drop builder. Easily create beautiful image and video sliders with just a few clicks.

The builder works within the familiar WordPress admin environment:

• Upload images directly from your Media Library or via drag-and-drop
• Rearrange slides by dragging them into any order
• Set per-slide titles, captions, alt text, and link URLs
• Add HTML content to slides for rich text, buttons, and custom layouts
• Preview your slider in real time before publishing
• Configure slider dimensions, transition speed, autoplay settings, and navigation style

The builder’s simplicity is deceptive — behind the clean interface is a full-featured configuration system that covers every slider variable you’d ever need to adjust.

2. Fully Responsive Design — Mobile, Tablet & Desktop

Soliloquy is completely responsive and mobile-friendly out of the box. WordPress sliders that work on mobile, tablet, and desktop.

Soliloquy sliders automatically adapt their dimensions and layout to the visitor’s device. This is not a simple “scale down” approach — the slider recalculates its proportions based on the available container width, ensuring images display correctly and text overlays remain legible across all screen sizes.

Touch-swipe navigation is built in for mobile and tablet users — visitors can swipe left and right to navigate slides without requiring arrow buttons, creating a native mobile experience. Users can navigate through sliders with multiple control options as well as touch-swipe on mobile devices.

3. All-in-One Slider: Images, Videos & HTML

We’ve got everything you need — images, videos, and HTML — all in one slider.

Soliloquy supports three distinct slide content types:

Image Slides — Standard image slides with optional title, caption, alt text, and link. Supports all common image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP).

Video Slides — Embed YouTube or Vimeo videos as slides, with autoplay control and poster image support. Video slides play inline within the slider without navigating away from the page.

HTML Slides — Full custom HTML content inside a slide. Use this for testimonial slides with custom markup, promotional slides with buttons and CTAs, or any content that goes beyond a simple image with a caption.

4. Custom CSS Addon — Total Style Control

Customize your WordPress sliders by adding custom CSS and styles.

Every Soliloquy plan includes the CSS Addon, which adds a dedicated custom CSS panel directly within the slider editor. This allows you to target specific slider elements, override default styling, add custom animations, and match your slider’s appearance to your site’s design system — without modifying any core plugin files.

5. Mobile-Ready SEO Optimization

Soliloquy is completely responsive and mobile-friendly out of the box. Not only that, we optimized it for SEO to give you maximum boost in search results.

Soliloquy’s SEO optimization includes:

• Proper alt text on all slider images — applied per-slide from the editor
• Schema markup support for image slides
• Lazy loading architecture through the dynamic AJAX preloading system
• Fast initial load times that positively impact Core Web Vitals metrics (LCP, FID, CLS)
• No render-blocking scripts — Soliloquy loads its JavaScript asynchronously

This combination makes Soliloquy one of the most SEO-friendly slider implementations available for WordPress.

6. WordPress Multisite Compatible

Soliloquy works perfectly with WordPress MultiSite, both network activated and activated on individual sites. The automatic updates also work for MS as well.

Network activation allows you to deploy Soliloquy across your entire WordPress Multisite network from a single installation, with all sites sharing the same plugin version and receiving automatic updates simultaneously. Alternatively, it can be activated on individual sites within the network for granular control.

7. Translation Ready — Full Localization Support

Soliloquy has full translation and localization support via the soliloquy textdomain. All .mo and .po translation files should go into the languages folder in the base of the plugin. The same is true for every Soliloquy Addon as well.

This means Soliloquy is compatible with WPML, Polylang, Loco Translate, and any standard WordPress translation workflow — making it suitable for multilingual websites across any language.

The Complete Soliloquy Addon Library

Soliloquy’s modular addon system is one of its most commercially valuable design decisions. The core plugin handles the fundamentals beautifully, while addons unlock specialized functionality without bloating the base plugin for users who don’t need it.

Featured Content Addon

Create sliders based on your posts, pages, and/or custom post types.

The Featured Content Addon dynamically generates sliders from your WordPress content — no manual slide creation required. Configure which post type, category, tag, or custom taxonomy to pull from, and Soliloquy automatically populates the slider with your latest or featured posts. As new posts are published, the slider updates automatically.

Use cases include:

• News & Blog Sites — A hero slider that always shows the latest 5 published articles
• Portfolio Sites — Auto-updating portfolio showcase from a Portfolio custom post type
• E-Commerce Highlight — Featured products from a WooCommerce product category
• Testimonial Sliders — Rotate through a custom Testimonials post type automatically

WooCommerce Addon

Boost your sales by adding interactive product sliders in your WooCommerce store.

The WooCommerce Addon is one of Soliloquy’s most commercially impactful features. It transforms your WooCommerce product catalog into a visual, interactive shopping slider. Capabilities include:

• Create sliders from any WooCommerce product collection — featured products, sale items, newest products, best sellers, or specific categories
• Filter by category, price range, availability, or featured status
• Include or exclude specific products from any slider
• Display product name, price, sale badge, and the Add to Cart button within the slider
• Create slider widgets for product pages, categories, homepage hero sections, and sidebars

The WooCommerce Addon turns a standard slider into an active revenue-generating element — giving shoppers a browsable, shoppable product showcase without navigating away from the page they’re on.

Carousel Addon

Turn any WordPress slider into a responsive carousel.

The Carousel Addon converts any Soliloquy slider into a horizontally scrolling carousel that shows multiple slides simultaneously. Configurable options include:

• Number of slides visible at once (on desktop, tablet, and mobile independently)
• Slide spacing and padding
• Infinite loop scrolling
• Navigation arrows and dot indicators
• Auto-play speed and pause-on-hover behavior

Carousels are particularly effective for logo showcases, partner listings, portfolio thumbnails, and product browsing interfaces.

Lightbox Addon

Enable slideshow display in a full-screen lightbox mode for a better user experience. Easily create a lightbox slider with your photos, videos, and galleries.

The Lightbox Addon enables a full-screen overlay mode — clicking any slide opens a beautiful full-screen lightbox where visitors can browse all slides at maximum size. This is ideal for:

• Photography Portfolios — Give visitors an immersive, gallery-quality viewing experience
• Product Images — Let shoppers zoom into product details in a fullscreen overlay
• Event & Wedding Photography — Showcase photo galleries with the visual impact they deserve

The lightbox supports keyboard navigation (arrow keys, Escape to close), touch swipe on mobile, and smooth open/close animations.

Thumbnails Addon

Add thumbnail images as navigation for your sliders.

The Thumbnails Addon adds a row of thumbnail previews below (or beside) the main slider, allowing visitors to directly click to any slide in the sequence without using arrows or dots. This dramatically improves navigation for sliders with many images and is particularly valuable for product image galleries where customers want to quickly browse between different views.

Dynamic Addon

Dynamically create sliders on the fly from various sources.

The Dynamic Addon is the most flexible content source in the Soliloquy ecosystem. It pulls slide content from dynamic sources beyond WordPress’s standard post types:

• Instagram Images — Auto-populate a slider with your latest Instagram posts
• Testimonials — Display rotating testimonials from a dedicated testimonials source
• RSS Feeds — Create sliders from external RSS feed content
• Custom Data Sources — Developer-extensible for custom dynamic sources via hooks

Slider Themes Addon

Use our pre-built templates to customize your WordPress slider.

The Themes Addon provides a library of pre-built visual templates for your sliders — covering different arrow styles, navigation dot styles, caption layouts, and color schemes. Rather than building your slider’s visual design from scratch with custom CSS, choose a pre-built theme as your starting point and customize from there.

Instagram Addon

Import your images from Instagram into your slider.

The Instagram Addon connects your Instagram account to Soliloquy and automatically imports your latest Instagram images as slider content. This keeps your slider fresh automatically — as you post new Instagram content, your slider updates to reflect it.

Pinterest Addon

Add the Pinterest Pin It button to your slider for easy sharing.

The Pinterest Addon adds a “Pin It” button overlay to each slide, making it effortless for visitors to save your images to Pinterest boards. This is particularly valuable for fashion, food, home decor, travel, and any visually-driven niche where Pinterest is an active traffic source.

Image Protection Addon

Disable right-click to prevent users from downloading your images.

The Protection Addon disables right-click context menus on slider images, preventing casual image downloading — important for photographers, illustrators, and designers who want to showcase their work without making it trivially easy to copy.

Schedule Addon

Schedule sliders or individual slides for specific time intervals.

The Schedule Addon gives you two levels of scheduling control:

Slider-Level Scheduling — Set a start and end date/time for an entire slider to be active. Display a seasonal promotion slider only during your sale window, then have it automatically replaced by your standard slider when the promotion ends.

Slide-Level Scheduling — Schedule individual slides within a slider to appear and disappear independently. Rotate promotional messages, seasonal content, or time-sensitive announcements without creating multiple slider configurations.

PDF Slider Addon

Create sliders from your presentations and PDFs.

The PDF Addon allows you to upload a PDF or presentation file and automatically convert its pages into slider slides. This is an elegant solution for:

• Sharing presentation decks on your website
• Displaying product catalogs or brochures as interactive sliders
• Embedding report pages or whitepapers as visual content
• Showcasing portfolio case studies from PDF documents

Defaults Addon

Speed up the slider creation process with default settings.

The Defaults Addon lets administrators set default slider configuration values that apply to every new slider created. Instead of manually configuring autoplay speed, transition effect, navigation style, and dimensions on every new slider, set your preferred defaults once and have them applied automatically to every new Soliloquy slider you create.

Soliloquy Free vs. Pro: What’s the Difference?

Feature	Soliloquy Free (Lite)	Soliloquy Pro
Drag-and-Drop Builder	✅	✅
Responsive Sliders	✅	✅
Image Sliders	✅	✅
Video Sliders	✅	✅
Touch Swipe	✅	✅
Custom CSS	✅	✅
Unlimited Sliders	✅	✅
Slider Templates	❌	✅ (Multi+)
WooCommerce Slider	❌	✅ (Developer)
Featured Content Slider	❌	✅ (Developer)
Carousel Addon	❌	✅ (Developer)
Lightbox Addon	❌	✅ (Developer)
Thumbnails Addon	❌	✅ (Developer)
Dynamic Addon	❌	✅ (Developer)
PDF Slider	❌	✅ (Developer)
Instagram Addon	❌	✅ (Multi+)
Pinterest Addon	❌	✅ (Multi+)
Image Protection	❌	✅ (Multi+)
Schedule Addon	❌	✅ (Multi+)
Defaults Addon	❌	✅ (Developer)
Priority Support	❌	✅ (Developer+)
WP Multisite	✅	✅
Sites Supported	Unlimited (self)	1–25 depending on plan

Soliloquy Pricing Plans

Over 2,500,000+ downloads. Simple prices. No surprises.

All plans are annual subscriptions. Licenses auto-renew each year — you can cancel at any time. You can continue to use the plugin even with an expired license, but no updates or support will be provided. All plans come with a 14-day money-back guarantee — 100% no questions asked.

Personal — $19.50/year (regular price $39/year, currently 50% off)

• 1 site
• Unlimited sliders
• Custom CSS
• 1 year of support and updates
• Perfect entry-level plan for bloggers and small site owners

Multi — $49.50/year (regular price $99/year, currently 50% off)

• 3 sites
• Everything in Personal, plus:
• Slider Templates Addon
• Image Protection Addon
• Schedule Addon
• Instagram Integration
• Pinterest Addon
• Ideal for power users who want more design control and social sharing features

Developer — $99.50/year (regular price $199/year, currently 50% off)

• 25 sites
• Everything in Multi, plus:
• Carousel Addon
• Lightbox Addon
• Featured Content Addon
• WooCommerce Addon
• PDF Slider Addon
• Dynamic Sliders Addon
• Thumbnail Navigation Addon
• Defaults Addon
• Priority Support
• The complete Soliloquy experience — ideal for professionals and agencies

Ultra — $199.50/year (regular price $399/year, currently 50% off)

• 25 sites
• Everything in Developer, plus:
• WordPress Multisite Support
• Client Management
• Premium Support
• Best for agencies managing many client installations or network deployments

Can I upgrade my license after my initial purchase? Sure! Upgrading Soliloquy is very easy — if your license has the ability to be upgraded, you can upgrade right from your account overview screen.

Who Is Soliloquy 2.7.3 Perfect For?

Soliloquy is a perfect solution for photographers, designers, bloggers, and small businesses. Basically, if you want to create a beautiful WordPress slider, then you need Soliloquy.

More specifically:

Photographers & Visual Artists — The Lightbox Addon, high-resolution image support, and drag-and-drop builder make Soliloquy the ideal portfolio showcase tool. Create stunning full-screen lightbox galleries that give your images the visual space they deserve.

WooCommerce Store Owners — The WooCommerce Addon creates interactive product sliders that turn static product listings into engaging shopping experiences. Display featured products, sale items, or curated collections as dynamic sliders on your homepage, category pages, or sidebars.

Bloggers & Content Sites — The Featured Content Addon automatically populates a slider with your latest or most popular posts. Set it once and your hero slider always reflects your freshest content.

WordPress Agencies & Freelancers — We have used many sliders in the past building client WordPress sites and now only use Soliloquy. It is designer/developer-friendly to customize and easy for our clients to use once the site is in their hands. We don’t even consider using anything else. The Developer plan’s 25-site license and 100+ hooks/filters make it the professional slider toolkit of choice.

Businesses & Marketers — Schedule promotional sliders to run during specific campaigns, display social proof through rotating testimonial slides, and showcase product launches with WooCommerce product carousels — all without touching code.

Educational & Nonprofit Organizations — The PDF Slider Addon makes Soliloquy uniquely valuable for organizations that want to present reports, brochures, and presentation materials as interactive, web-based sliders.

Soliloquy vs. Competing WordPress Slider Plugins

Feature	Soliloquy 2.7.3	Slider Revolution	Smart Slider 3
Loading Speed	✅ Fastest (2x competitors)	Slower (heavy assets)	Moderate
Security Audited	✅ By WP Core Developer	No equivalent	No equivalent
Code Quality	✅ WP Coding Standards	Proprietary	Proprietary
Free Version	✅ WordPress.org	❌	✅
WooCommerce Addon	✅	✅	✅
Featured Content Addon	✅	Partial	✅
PDF Slider	✅	❌	❌
100+ Hooks & Filters	✅	Limited	Limited
Multisite Support	✅	✅	✅
SEO Optimized	✅	Partial	Partial
Schedule Slides	✅	✅	Partial
Entry Price	$19.50/year	~$30/year	Free/Paid

System Requirements

Soliloquy 2.7.3 runs on any standard WordPress self-hosted installation:

• WordPress: 4.0 or higher (latest recommended)
• PHP: 5.6 or higher (7.4+ recommended)
• Modern Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (Internet Explorer 9 and above; IE8 not supported)
• Platform: Self-hosted WordPress only — not compatible with WordPress.com-hosted sites

Soliloquy does not work on non-WordPress sites or the WordPress.com platform. You must be using a self-hosted version of WordPress to utilize Soliloquy on your website.

How to Install Soliloquy

Getting Soliloquy running takes less than 5 minutes:

Free Version:

1. In your WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins → Add New.
2. Search for “Soliloquy” and install the “Slider by Soliloquy” plugin.
3. Click Activate.
4. A new Soliloquy menu item appears in your admin sidebar.
5. Click Add New to create your first slider.

Pro Version:

1. Purchase a license from soliloquywp.com/pricing.
2. Download the Soliloquy Pro plugin and any addon zip files from your account dashboard.
3. Navigate to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in WordPress.
4. Upload and activate the main Soliloquy Pro plugin, then repeat for each addon.
5. Enter your license key under Soliloquy → Settings → License.
6. Navigate to Soliloquy → Add New and build your first slider.

Build your responsive WordPress slider in 60 seconds or less.

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Final Verdict: Is Soliloquy 2.7.3 Worth It?

Yes — and it’s one of the easiest endorsements to make in the WordPress plugin space. Soliloquy’s combination of performance, code quality, usability, addon flexibility, and pricing makes it the most complete and trustworthy WordPress slider plugin available.

It is easier and faster for me to create a Soliloquy slider from scratch than it is to add and sort slides in Slider Revolution. After I had problems with another slider plugin (it crashed my website after an upgrade), I switched to Soliloquy. It was simple to get my slider back running, even with the free version. Plus, there’s support for lots of more complex effects.

The performance advantage is real and measurable. The security assurance from WordPress’s own lead developer is genuine and rare. The addon ecosystem covers every common slider use case — WooCommerce products, featured blog content, Instagram feeds, PDF presentations, lightbox galleries, carousels, and scheduled promotions — without requiring a bloated all-in-one package. And the pricing, starting from $19.50/year for a single site, is genuinely accessible.

For photographers who want beautiful image galleries, for WooCommerce store owners who want product sliders that drive sales, for agencies who need a developer-friendly slider they can deploy on client sites with confidence — Soliloquy 2.7.3 is the definitive WordPress slider plugin in 2026.