 <p>Hope this might help you mate.</p> <pre><code>$('.owl-carousel').owlCarousel({ loop: true, items: 1, }); owl = $('.owl-carousel').owlCarousel(); $(".prev").click(function () { owl.trigger('prev.owl.carousel'); }); $(".next").click(function () { owl.trigger('next.owl.carousel'); }); </code></pre> <p>Fiddle <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/w5b38r6v/">here</a></p>