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Wallpaper Rotator widget for Windows

Windows can slideshow a folder, but it buries the setting and gives you no control once it is running. This widget puts the controls on your dashboard: choose a folder, pick an interval from one minute to daily, shuffle or go in filename order, and set how the image should fit. Thumbnails of every wallpaper in the folder let you jump straight to one; next, previous and pause do what they say, and a countdown shows when the next change is due. The timer runs in the app's background process, so the rotation keeps going while the dashboard is minimised to the tray.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

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The real Wallpaper Rotator widget, running live. Drag it around.

What it’s for

What Wallpaper Rotator is good for

The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.

Keep a folder of photography or game art on rotation without ever opening Settings

Jump to a specific wallpaper for a screenshot or a screen share, then resume

Pause the slideshow for a presentation and pick it up afterwards

Settings

Every Wallpaper Rotator setting

7 options, set per widget - so two copies of Wallpaper Rotator on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.

Folder

Any value you like

Interval minutes

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Shuffle

OnOff

Enabled

OnOff

Advanced

Fit

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Show thumbnails

OnOff

Show countdown

OnOff
Setup

Getting Wallpaper Rotator on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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