How to set up and style the Post Carousel widget in Elementor.
Post Carousel shows posts, pages or any public custom post type as cards in a carousel. It uses the same query builder and card styles as Advanced Post Grid. Use it for latest news rows, related posts under an article, or a featured selection on the homepage.
Part of: Bright Addons Pro.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Source | A public post type, a manual selection by ID, or the current query of an archive or search page. |
| Include Terms | Only posts in these categories, tags or other terms. |
| Exclude Terms | Leaves out posts in these terms. |
| Posts per Page | How many posts the carousel holds, from 1 to 100. |
| Order By | Published date, last updated, title, most comments, menu order or random. |
| Published Within | Any time, the past week, the past month or the past year. |
| Exclude Current Post | Leaves out the post the visitor is reading. |
| Nothing Found Message | The text shown when no posts match. |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Card Style | Classic (image on top), Overlay (text on image), Side (image left) or Minimal (text only). |
| Image Shape | The image ratio, or Original to keep each image as it is. |
| Category Badge | Shows the first term of the chosen Badge Taxonomy as a linked badge. |
| Meta | The meta items to show, in the order you pick them. |
| Meta Position | Above the title, below the title or at the card bottom. |
| Read More Style | Shows the read more link as a text link or a button. |
| Whole Card Clickable | Makes the entire card a link to the post. |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Slides Visible | How many cards show at once, from 1 to 8. Decimals such as 1.2 show part of the next slide. |
| Space Between Slides | The gap between cards. |
| Move By | Moves one slide or a full page at a time. |
| Slide Alignment | Aligns slides to the start, or keeps the active slide in the middle. |
| Loop Back to Start | Returns to the first slide after the last one. |
| Autoplay | Moves the carousel automatically. |
| Drag With Mouse | Lets visitors drag the carousel with the mouse. |
| Equal Height Slides | Makes all cards the same height. |
| Arrows Position | Beside, over or outside the slides, bottom center, top right or bottom right. |
| Pagination | None, dots, lines, a fraction or a progress bar. |
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These sections are in the Style tab.
background, border, shadow and radius for normal and hover states, hover lift, content padding and text alignment.
side image width, overlay card height, border radius, space around the image, hover zoom, CSS filters and image shade.
typography, text and background colors for normal and hover, padding, radius and border.
typography, colors, hover colors and spacing for each, plus the meta icon color.
space above, typography, colors, background, border, radius and padding.
horizontal offset or space from slides, button size, icon size, colors, background and disabled opacity.
space above, alignment, size, active width, gap, colors and radius.
Yes. Pick the matching terms in Include Terms and keep Exclude Current Post on so the article being read is left out.
Yes. Source lists every public post type on the site.
Use a decimal in Slides Visible for mobile. The default there is 1.1.
The text in Nothing Found Message. Clear that field to show nothing at all.
Check the troubleshooting guide, or contact support with the page address and what you expected to happen.
Troubleshooting guide