Use a logo marquee — MarqueeX's free Image Marquee — when you want a calm, endless strip of client or partner logos under your hero. Use ShapedPlugin's Logo Carousel when you want visitors to browse logos with arrows, filter them by category, see tooltips or details, or show them in a grid. Logo Carousel's own marquee block is Pro; MarqueeX's is free.
Disclosure: WPXERO makes MarqueeX; this comparison covers MarqueeX 0.6.2. What we say about Logo Carousel (version 4.0.0) comes from its WordPress.org readme as of October 27, 2026.
Carousel or marquee?
| Carousel | Marquee | |
|---|---|---|
| Motion | Steps from slide to slide | Continuous, endless scroll |
| Controls | Arrows, dots, swipe | None (pause on hover) |
| Visitor interaction | Browse, click through | Glance |
| Best for | Many logos, logos with details | Social proof strip, "trusted by" row |
| Feel | Interactive | Ambient |
Most "trusted by" sections are glanced at, not browsed — which is why the marquee style has become common on SaaS and agency homepages. If your logos carry information visitors want (a partner directory, sponsors with links and descriptions), a carousel or grid is better.
Logo Carousel (ShapedPlugin)
Logo Carousel (20,000+ active installs) was rebuilt around blocks in version 4.0. The free version has:
- A Carousel block — Standard, Staggered, Center and Multi Columns styles, horizontal or vertical, edge fade, autoplay, loop, keyboard, mousewheel and free scroll.
- A Grid block — Standard, Strip, Staggered and Zigzag styles with Load More or numbered pagination.
- Per-logo title, caption, tagline, description, categories, tooltip, link and rating.
- Ajax live filter by category and Ajax search.
- 17 hover animations, image filters such as grayscale, lazy loading and SVG support.
- A ready patterns library and an optional AI builder that uses your own AI provider key.
Logo Carousel Pro adds List, Marquee and Table blocks, scheduling, motion effects and logo analytics. Older shortcodes and its Elementor widget keep working.
Pick it if: you have many logos, want filtering, tooltips or a grid, or want logo impression and click analytics.
MarqueeX
MarqueeX's Image Marquee block and Elementor widget scroll logos in a seamless loop that never stops or jumps, free:
- Horizontal or vertical, either direction, adjustable speed.
- Pause on hover, edge fade, spacing, height and hover effects.
- A link per logo.
- CSS keyframe animation, and nothing loaded on pages without a marquee.
- Respects the visitor's reduced-motion setting.
The same plugin includes text, news ticker, post and WooCommerce product marquees, and in Elementor testimonial and team marquees. MarqueeX Pro adds scroll interactions: visitors can spin the mouse wheel over the strip to speed it up or reverse it, or drag to scrub through it.
Pick it if: you want a free, continuous "trusted by" strip, or you also want text, post or product marquees from the same plugin.
Side by side
| MarqueeX | Logo Carousel | |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous logo marquee | Free | Pro (Marquee block) |
| Step carousel with arrows and dots | — | Free |
| Logo grid | — | Free |
| Category filter and search | — | Free |
| Tooltips, captions, detail popup | — | Free |
| Link per logo | Free | Free |
| Logo analytics | — | Pro |
| Mouse-wheel / drag interaction | Pro | Mousewheel and free scroll (carousel) |
| Text, news, post, product marquees | Free | — |
| Block editor | Yes | Yes |
| Elementor | Native widget | Legacy widget |
Build a logo strip with MarqueeX
- Install MarqueeX.
- Insert the Image Marquee block (or Elementor widget) under your hero.
- Add your logos — exported at the same height with transparent backgrounds.
- Set a slow speed, comfortable spacing and the height, and turn on pause on hover.
- Add a short heading above it: "Trusted by 200+ teams" — only if the number is true.
The full walkthrough is in how to make an infinite logo carousel in WordPress.
Which should you choose?
| If you want… | Choose |
|---|---|
| A free, endless "trusted by" strip | MarqueeX |
| Logos plus text, post or product marquees | MarqueeX |
| A browsable carousel or grid | Logo Carousel |
| Category filters, tooltips or detail popups | Logo Carousel |
| Logo click analytics | Logo Carousel Pro |
For other marquee plugins, see the marquee and news ticker plugin comparison.