3D image carousels for WordPress

16 3D image carousels, one plugin.

PrismFX is a 3D image carousel WordPress plugin with 16 carousel styles: coverflow, rings, helixes, spheres, card decks, cubes, tunnels and more. Two are free. Every one runs live on this page, so drag, swipe and click to try them.

All 16 carousels

Jump straight to any carousel.

Every demo below is a real PrismFX gallery, made with the same settings you get in your dashboard.

Spinning carousels

Carousels that turn in 3D.

Photos rotate around a centre, a ring or a globe. Visitors drag, swipe or let them autoplay.

Free · Coverflow

The classic 3D coverflow.

One big photo faces the visitor while its neighbours angle away on either side. Drag, swipe or use the arrow keys to flip through. It is the easiest carousel to read on a phone, and it is free.

Live · CoverflowFree
Live · 3D RingFree

Free · 3D Ring

Prints in a turning ring.

Matted prints stand in a circle above a soft floor reflection and turn as visitors drag. Click the front photo to open it full screen. Also in the free plugin.

Pro · Orbit Wheel

Cards orbit a centre stage.

Cards circle a round hub that shows the chosen photo large, so every image gets its moment. Let it autoplay or step through with the arrows.

Live · Orbit WheelPro
Live · Arc GalleryPro

Pro · Arc Gallery

An endless curved track.

Cards glide without end along a gentle arc. A calm, continuous carousel for a strip of recent work or a product range.

Pro · Helix

Photos that spiral like DNA.

Photos wind around a vertical axis and turn as one. It suits portrait and fashion work and stops visitors mid-scroll.

Live · HelixPro

Pro · Sphere

A whole collection on a globe.

Photos cover a slowly turning sphere that visitors can spin in any direction. Ideal for big travel and architecture sets.

Live · SpherePro

Pro · Slot Reel

A drum that rolls photos into view.

A vertical reel turns like a slot machine and lands each photo front and centre. Playful, and great for product or menu shots.

Live · Slot ReelPro
Live · WavePro

Pro · Wave

A row riding a 3D wave.

A line of photos rises and falls on a gentle wave as it moves. Soft motion that works well in a hero or between sections.

Card & page carousels

Carousels you flip through.

Decks, fans, cubes and pages. Each photo is a card the visitor moves on from.

Pro · Card Fan

A hand of cards, fanned out.

Photos spread like playing cards and the chosen one lifts out of the hand. A compact carousel for five to twelve favourites.

Live · Card FanPro
Live · Swipe StackPro

Pro · Swipe Stack

Swipe the top card away.

A deck of photos you swipe or tap through, one card at a time. Built for phones, where it feels like a dating app for your portfolio.

Pro · Story Cube

Story slides that turn like a cube.

Full-width slides rotate like the faces of a cube, with story-style progress bars along the top. Tap or swipe to move on.

Live · Story CubePro
Live · Flip BookPro

Pro · Flip Book

Every photo turns like a page.

An open book where each photo turns over like a real page. Made for lookbooks, wedding albums and anything with a story order.

Depth carousels

Carousels that move toward you.

Photos travel through depth: out of a tunnel, back through time, or past on an angled wall.

Pro · Tunnel

Photos rush out of a deep tunnel.

Images fly toward the visitor from far away, then open full screen on a click. The most dramatic carousel in PrismFX.

Live · TunnelPro
Live · Time MachinePro

Pro · Time Machine

Step forward through time.

Photos stack back into the distance and visitors step through them one by one. Perfect for a project timeline or a year in review.

Pro · Perspective Wall

A wall of photos sliding at an angle.

Your work slides past on a wall set at a 3D angle, like walking along a gallery. Strong for studio and design portfolios.

Live · Perspective WallPro

Pro · Infinite Marquee

An endless ribbon of photos.

Rows stream past on a tilted plane and pause when visitors hover. Made to sit behind a homepage headline.

Live · Infinite MarqueePro

Every carousel includes

Built to be used, not just admired.

Touch, drag and keys

Every carousel works with swipe, the mouse and the arrow keys.

Autoplay you control

Switch autoplay on or off and set the seconds per photo. It pauses on hover.

Full-screen viewer

Click a photo to open it large, with its caption and next and previous controls.

A button on any photo

Give each photo a title, description and button link to a case study or shop page.

Change style in one click

Switch the same photos from Coverflow to Helix to Sphere. Nothing to rebuild.

Light and fast

CSS 3D transforms, no jQuery, and photos sized for each screen.

Which carousel should I use?

Pick a carousel by the job it does.

Homepage hero

Infinite Marquee, Wave or Arc Gallery sit quietly behind a headline.

Mostly phone visitors

Coverflow, Swipe Stack and Story Cube are made for thumbs.

Portraits and fashion

Helix and 3D Ring show tall photos at their best.

Big collections

Sphere holds a whole set; pair it with a grid for the rest.

Telling a story

Flip Book and Time Machine keep photos in order, start to finish.

Starting free

Coverflow and 3D Ring are in the free plugin. Upgrade any time.

FAQ

3D image carousel questions.

We built PrismFX for exactly this, so we are biased: it has 16 3D carousel styles, two of them free, and every one is live on this page to try. Our plugin comparison shows how it stacks up against Envira, FooGallery, Modula and others.

Put your photos in 3D motion.

Start with Coverflow and 3D Ring for free, or unlock all 16 3D carousels with Pro.