Description

SmartUpWorld Post Slider lets you display your WordPress posts in a beautiful, responsive carousel using a simple shortcode — no coding required.

Features:

Simple shortcode — paste it anywhere: posts, pages, widgets, templates
Responsive — 1 column on mobile, 2 on tablet, 3 on desktop
Optional section header with eyebrow pill, title, gradient underline, and subtitle
Filter by category slug or ID
Show specific posts by ID
Exclude the current post (perfect for single post templates)
Navigation arrows with SVG icons
Pagination dots
Autoplay with hover-pause
Lazy loading on images after the first slide (LCP-safe eager loading on slide 1)
Full ARIA accessibility — labelled buttons, dots, keyboard support
No configuration needed — works out of the box
Bundled Owl Carousel — no CDN dependency
Lightweight — assets only load where the shortcode is used

Basic usage:

[suwps_post_slider]

With a header:

[suwps_post_slider eyebrow="From The Blog" title="Latest Insights" subtitle="Practical guides on website care, speed and security."]

For single post templates (exclude current, no arrows):

[suwps_post_slider title="Related Articles" count="6" skip="current" nav="false" underline="false"]

Installation

Upload the smartupworld-post-slider folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Paste [suwps_post_slider] into any post, page, or widget.
Visit Post Slider in your WordPress admin menu for all shortcode options and examples.

What shortcode do I use?: Use [suwps_post_slider] anywhere in your site. The admin menu page lists every available attribute with copy-ready examples.
Can I filter by category?: Yes. Use category="your-category-slug" or category="14" (numeric ID). Example: [suwps_post_slider category="tech" count="6"]
How do I show specific posts?: Use the ids attribute with comma-separated post IDs: [suwps_post_slider ids="12,45,67"]. This overrides count and category.
Can I hide the navigation arrows or dots?: Yes. Set nav="false" to hide arrows or dots="false" to hide dots. Set both to false for a minimal auto-playing slider.
Does it work on single post templates?: Yes. Add skip="current" to remove the current post from the slider results, ideal for a “Related Articles” section.
Does it conflict with my theme’s Owl Carousel?: The plugin registers its assets under unique handles (suw-owl-carousel, suw-post-slider). If your theme already enqueues Owl Carousel under the same handle, WordPress deduplicates automatically so the library only loads once.
Where is the documentation?: Full documentation is at smartupworld.com/smartupworld-post-slider/. The admin Post Slider page also contains all attributes and copy-ready shortcode examples.

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“SmartUpWorld Post Slider” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Renamed the shortcode tag to [suwps_post_slider] for a unique, conflict-free prefix.
Moved admin page CSS and JavaScript into properly enqueued files.
Renamed the “exclude” attribute to “skip”.

Initial release.
Bundled Owl Carousel 2.3.4 — no CDN dependency.
Shortcode attributes: eyebrow, title, subtitle, underline, count, category, ids, exclude, layout, nav, dots.
ARIA accessibility improvements — labelled nav buttons and dots.
LCP-safe eager loading on first slide image.
Admin documentation page with copy-ready examples and SmartUpWorld branding.