How to Create a Carousel with Phlox

What is a Carousel?

A carousel is a dynamic and interactive slideshow element used on websites to display multiple pieces of content within a limited space. It allows users to scroll or swipe through a series of items, such as images, blog posts, or product cards, without needing to load a new page. Carousels are widely used in modern web design because they help present content in a visually appealing and organized way.

They’re perfect for showcasing featured content like testimonials, portfolio items, image galleries, or promotions. One common use case is displaying the latest blog posts on your WordPress website. Instead of listing them statically, a carousel lets you highlight recent articles in a scrollable format that catches the visitor’s attention and improves user engagement.

Adding a Post Carousel to the Homepage with Phlox Theme

Now let’s see how we can use Phlox to add a carousel element featuring the latest blog posts to the homepage of our website.

To install Phlox, go to the Appearance menu and open the Themes section. Click on Add Theme, then search for Phlox. Once you find it, click the Install button and then activate it.

To get familiar with importing the ready-made demos, watch the video tutorial below:

Ok, so after getting started with the Phlox, this is an overview of our website, which we created by importing one of the ready-made Phlox demos. We want to display a carousel of the latest blog posts in the designated section.

The first step is editing our page with Elementor:

Search for the term “Carousel” in the widgets section. As you can see, Phlox offers several widgets with this feature for various purposes. Here, we’ll add the Grid & Carousel Posts widget to the page.

As you can see, our beautifully designed carousel, which displays the latest posts, has been placed perfectly. Note that there are various options available to control its behavior and appearance, including autoplay, the number of columns, different filters for loading specific posts, and more.