Title: Theme Blvd News Scroller Widget
Author: Jason
Published: <strong>January 25, 2012</strong>
Last modified: February 12, 2013

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Theme Blvd News Scroller Widget

 By [Jason](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themeblvd/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/theme-blvd-news-scroller.1.0.9.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-blvd-news-scroller/)

## Description

This plugin is a simple widget with slider that rotates through posts of specified
category. It incorporates the Flexslider plugin, which is the default responsive
slider plugin already used within the Theme Blvd framework.

## Screenshots

[⌊Frontend view in sidebar.⌉⌊Frontend view in sidebar.⌉[

Frontend view in sidebar.

[⌊Backend view in Appearance > Widgets after placing in sidebar.⌉⌊Backend view in
Appearance > Widgets after placing in sidebar.⌉[

Backend view in Appearance > Widgets after placing in sidebar.

## Installation

 1. Upload `theme-blvd-news-scroller` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[i realy want this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-realy-want-this/)󠁿

 [Will Bill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hjgt/) September 3, 2016

even tho it said its not compatable with my version i cant seem to figure out how
to use it there’s no options appear on page or on the side maybe due to compatability
i’m using wp-Version 4.5.3 i just wantto give u five stars for even thinking about
this , plz make it compatible. thank you so very much. #wanttono

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## Contributors & Developers

“Theme Blvd News Scroller Widget” is open source software. The following people 
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jason ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themeblvd/)

[Translate “Theme Blvd News Scroller Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-blvd-news-scroller/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/theme-blvd-news-scroller/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-blvd-news-scroller/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-blvd-news-scroller/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.9

 * Fixed bug with incorrect date showing when using “fade” transition.

#### 1.0.8

 * Added check for featured image existing before trying to show it.
 * Added legacy support for scroll direction in FlexSlider v1.x.

#### 1.0.7

 * Updated Flexslider fom v1.8 to v2.1.
 * Added option for “Horizontal Slide” on transitions.
 * The flexslider.js file is now only enqueued as needed.
 * Added standard localization support.
 * Added standard Theme Blvd plugin constants.

#### 1.0.6

 * While this update does not directly incorporate FlexSlider v2.0, it ensures compatibility
   with it and allows your theme to determine the version of FlexSlider used.

#### 1.0.5

 * Added wp reset query function after widget’s posts in case widget is used before
   the primary WordPress loop.

#### 1.0.4

 * Removed “entry-title” class from titles of posts in widget. This should allow
   for some more consitant styling as the widget sits throughout your site on different
   pages.

#### 1.0.3

 * Couldn’t figure out weird bug with horizontal scrolling, so replaced with fade
   transition.
 * Fixed scroll timeout issues to allow for 0 to turn off auto-rotation.
 * Fixed category selection bug.

#### 1.0.2

 * Adjusted some stylings to work better with [Alyeska](http://themeforest.net/item/alyeska-responsive-wordpress-theme/164366?ref=themeblvd)‘
   s sidebars.

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed bug with saving show/hide featured images.

#### 1.0.0

 * This is the first release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.9**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 * Tags
 * [posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[scroll](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scroll/)
   [slider](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slider/)[themeblvd](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/themeblvd/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-blvd-news-scroller/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-blvd-news-scroller/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-blvd-news-scroller/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Jason ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themeblvd/)

## Support

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