Description
Prime Testimonial Carousel is a lightweight, powerful plugin for displaying customer testimonials on your WordPress site. Choose from 10 professionally designed layouts and customize every aspect to match your brand.
Key Features
- 10 Beautiful Layouts – Classic, Card, Modern, Minimal, Masonry, Grid, Bubble, Spotlight, Bordered, Polaroid
- Fully Responsive – Looks perfect on desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Gutenberg Block – Native block editor support
- Shortcode Support – Use anywhere with
[prime_testimonial_carousel] - Touch & Swipe – Natural swipe gestures on mobile
- Keyboard Accessible – Full arrow-key navigation
- Star Ratings – Optional 1-5 star rating display
- Author Photos – Featured image support for each testimonial
- Grouping – Organize testimonials into categories
- Zero Dependencies – No jQuery, no third-party libraries on the frontend
- Customizable Colors – Match your site’s branding
- Autoplay Control – Configurable timing with pause-on-hover
- Translation Ready – Full i18n support
- RTL Support – Works with right-to-left languages
- Lightweight – Minimal CSS and JS footprint
Layout Options
- Classic – Clean bordered cards with subtle shadows
- Card – Elevated cards with colored top accent
- Modern – Gradient background with prominent styling
- Minimal – Simple left-border design with italic text
- Masonry – Pinterest-style variable-height grid
- Grid – Equal-height CSS grid layout
- Bubble – Speech bubble style with tail pointer (NEW in 1.1)
- Spotlight – Dark theme with radial glow (NEW in 1.1)
- Bordered – Bold offset border with hover lift (NEW in 1.1)
- Polaroid – Photo-first vintage frame layout (NEW in 1.1)
Accessibility
- WAI-ARIA labels on all controls
- Keyboard navigation (arrow keys)
- Focus pause on autoplay
- Respects
prefers-reduced-motion - Semantic HTML structure
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Testimonial Carousel
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to
/wp-content/plugins/prime-testimonial-carousel/, or install through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Go to Testimonials -> Add New to create your first testimonial.
- Fill in the author name, title, company, rating, and content.
- Set a featured image for the author photo.
- Use the shortcode
[prime_testimonial_carousel]in any post or page, or insert the Testimonial Carousel block.
FAQ
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How do I display testimonials on my site?
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Use the shortcode
[prime_testimonial_carousel]in any post, page, or widget. Alternatively, insert the Testimonial Carousel block in the Gutenberg editor. -
Can I filter testimonials by category?
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Yes. Create a group under Testimonials -> Groups, assign testimonials to it, and use
[prime_testimonial_carousel group="your-group-slug"]. -
Is the plugin mobile-friendly?
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Absolutely. The plugin automatically adjusts the number of visible columns based on screen size and supports native touch swipe gestures.
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Does it work with page builders?
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Yes. Since the plugin uses a standard shortcode, it works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, WPBakery, and any other page builder that supports shortcodes.
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Can I customize the colors?
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Yes, go to Testimonials -> Settings to configure primary color, text color, background color, and border radius.
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Is it translation ready?
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Yes. The plugin is fully translation ready with a
.potfile included in the/languagesdirectory.
Reviews
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Contributors & Developers
“Prime Testimonial Carousel” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.1.0
- Added 4 new layouts: Bubble, Spotlight, Bordered, Polaroid
- Updated Gutenberg block to include new layout options
- Updated shortcode documentation page
- No breaking changes – all existing shortcodes continue to work
1.0.0
- Initial release
- 6 layout options
- Gutenberg block support
- Shortcode with full parameter support
- Responsive design for all devices
- Touch/swipe support
- Keyboard accessibility
- Translation ready