Galleries and slideshows

If  you want to display a set of images there are a number of choices. You can use the default [ gallery] shortcode or install one or more plugins, depending upon what you want to do. On the Bobbing Wide sites we have used the plugins as listed in the table below.

Plugin name and description	Plugin links	Version, total downloads, last update, tested
oik-nivo-slider jQuery Nivo slider	oik-nivo-slider	1.15.3 2020-01-01 18:02:46 5.3.2
slideshow-gallery-pro	No info available
WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery The most popular WordPress gallery plugin and one of the most popular plugins of all time with over 27 million downloads.	nextgen-gallery home	3.2.23 28463110 2019-12-02 4:33pm GMT 5.3.0
Image Store Image Store (ImStore) is a photo gallery and store plugin for WordPress with Paypal and Google Checkout integration.	image-store home	3.5.9 89861 2016-08-22 2:38am GMT 4.7.0

There are many others

Plugin name and description	Plugin links	Version, total downloads, last update, tested
WP Featured Content Slider WP-Featured Content Slider is a must have Plugin to smoothly show unlimited Posts/Pages in a nice jQuery Slideshow.	wp-featured-content-slider home	2.6 164063 2012-07-16 8:58am GMT 3.3.2
Portfolio Slideshow Build elegant slideshows in seconds.	portfolio-slideshow home	1.13.0 422018 2019-03-12 1:40am GMT 5.1.0
Smooth Slider Free WordPress Slider Plugin to Create Image Slider, Post Slider, Content Slider, Video Slideshow with Responsive Design	smooth-slider home	2.8.8 719585 2018-12-06 1:50pm GMT 4.9.13
wpcu3er	No info available
GPP Slideshow A minimalist slideshow plugin that creates a new gallery post type. Add slideshows to widgets, posts, pages and gallery posts.	gpp-slideshow home	1.3.5 67502 2014-01-07 8:13am GMT 3.7.32

Other places to look

• 20+ beautiful WordPress Slideshow plugins