Description
A fullscreen background slideshow plugin based on Jay Salvat’s Vegas Background jQuery Plugin. You can see a working demo at http://vegas.jamesdbruner.com/
What Can This Plugin Do?
You can use it to
- Create a fullscreen slideshow
- Create a fullscreen background (single slide)
- That’s about it… It does use the new media uploader and you can drag and drop your images to rearrange them which is kind of cool.
This plugin does one thing and one thing only, to keep it small yet fully functional.
For a list of cool new features in version 2.0 check out the Changelog
About the Shortcode:
There are 8 parameters total that you can use with this shortcode. The ID being the only one that’s absolutely required.
List of parameters:
- id
- fade
- delay
- overlay
- arrows
- autoplay
- poster
-
random
[vegas id=”565″ fade=”2500″ delay =”4500″ overlay=”http://mydomain.com/urloftheimage/” arrows=”yes” autoplay=”yes” poster=”yes” random=”yes”]
NOTE FOR THEME DEVELOPERS: This plugin makes use of both wp_head() and wp_footer() so if your theme is missing either you may experience issues using this plugin.
Screenshots
Demonstration 
Backend Example 
Usage Example 
Shortcode Generator 
Shortcode Parameter Explanation
Installation
Installation
- Upload
wp-vegas.zipto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Use the shortcode [vegas id=”xxx”]
- Customize the slideshow using the parameters explained in screenshot #5
Using the Shortcode
After you’ve added images to your slideshow and generated a shortcode you just need to copy the shortcode and paste it into the content of any page or post you want the slideshow to show up on. If you want it to show up on every page you’ll have to add some code to the header.php file in your theme. See the codex’s do_shortcode article for more information on the matter.
See screenshot #5 for a description of the shortcode parameters.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“WP Vegas” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
Version 2.1
- Added ‘random’ attribute to make slideshows display slides in a random order
- Added random attribute to shortcode generator
- Added minor cursor hover effect over thumbnails
Version 2.0
- Added a custom shortcode column to the custom post type for ease of use
- Added a Help link on the plugins page to direct those who need help to some documentation
- Added a shortcode generator on the Add New/Edit Slideshow pages to help simplify that process
- Added support for adding images from the media library
- Added an ABSPATH check as an added security measure
- Completely redid how images are uploaded and saved
- Fixed default values not working for the shortcode
- Minified css and js
- Rebranded the plugin to WP Vegas because it’s simpler and I like it better
- Refactored how the plugin outputs code which is now much cleaner
- Refacted the readme.txt so it might actually be useful to someone
- Refactored the whole plugin into a class with methods
- Removed global option to add the slideshow to all pages because it seemed superfluous (can be done with do_shortcode)
- Removed unnecessary options and functions
- Removed title attribute
- Sanatize image IDs before they’re saved
- Updated vegas.js to the latest version (version 1.3.4)
Versions 1.0 – 1.5
- I was a slacker and didn’t keep track.