Title: Slide Tabs in Admin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Slide Tabs in Admin

 *  Resolved [cwhebert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwhebert/)
 * (@cwhebert)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/)
 * I just downloaded the plugin and really like all the features you have included.
   I am using this plugin to create slideshows within the body of posts and expect
   to have hundreds of slideshows by years end. Currently when adding a new slideshow,
   it creates a tab for the latest slideshow adjacent to the previous one. That 
   current format will be somewhat daunting to manage at years end and was wondering
   if you have some code that would allow old slideshows to display in a drop-down
   list (or something more manageable) instead of the tabs? Any help would be greatly
   appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ml-slider/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ml-slider/)

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 *  [matchalabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matchalabs/)
 * (@matchalabs)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3885811)
 * Hi cwhebert,
 * Good suggestion. I’ll add something in to the next release of Meta Slider to 
   change the tabs to a dropdown list once a certain limit has been hit.
 * Regards,
    Tom.
 *  Thread Starter [cwhebert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwhebert/)
 * (@cwhebert)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3885826)
 * Wish there was something I could do in the meantime…I may try and play around
   and see if I can come up with something. I will pass along any enhancements for
   your review if I am able to do it. Thanks for a great plugin and I look forward
   to the next release.
 *  [flawpsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flawpsites/)
 * (@flawpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886100)
 * Hi Matcha, I’m delighted to hear you plan to work on this. It is critical for
   me too.
 * My webguy and I looked at all the slide options and MS was the best. We eliminated
   a couple of other plugins, and next want to convert Picasa (now Google+) image
   sets exclusively to MS.
 * Like cwherbert this will ultimately mean *hundreds* of MS slideshows making ordering
   them essential. In addition to *seeing* all the shows, it is also important to
   add an Alpha sort function.
 * You have created a terrific free plug-in. The only reason I haven’t upgraded 
   to Pro is that I’m not using Vimeo, YT or HTML slides. But…I’d upgrade to get
   enhanced tab organization! Just an idea to make this worth your time.
 * When do you expect to release your next new version? Thank you!
    Kent
 *  [flawpsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flawpsites/)
 * (@flawpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886101)
 * Hi Matcha, I’m delighted to hear you plan to work on this. It is critical for
   me too.
 * My webguy and I looked at all the slide options and MS was the best. We eliminated
   a couple of other plugins, and next want to convert Picasa (now Google+) image
   sets exclusively to MS.
 * Like cwherbert this will ultimately mean *hundreds* of MS slideshows making ordering
   them essential. In addition to *seeing* all the shows, it is also important to
   add an Alpha sort function.
 * You have created a terrific free plug-in. The only reason I haven’t upgraded 
   to Pro is that I’m not using Vimeo, YT or HTML slides. But…I’d upgrade to get
   enhanced tab organization! Just an idea to make this worth your time.
 * When do you expect to release your next new version? Thank you!
    Kent
 *  [tskramer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tskramer/)
 * (@tskramer)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886104)
 * Hello… I really like the MetaSlider but desperately need a way to view (and sort)
   all my slideshows. I’ve maxed out on the number of slideshow tabs that will display
   and I’ve temporarily gotten around this by shortening the names. However I’m 
   at the point where I can go no further.
 * Any idea when there may be a fix for this issue?
 * Thanks,
    Tom
 *  [Abhisek Pandey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamworkers/)
 * (@dreamworkers)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886105)
 * Oh, that’s awesome, Tom. Please please make this happen in the next update. I
   guess that’s the only drawback MS has right now. Something to sort the tabs and
   view it in different manner for large number of tabs will make the plugin even
   perfect.
 * Thanks, please make our lives a little easier! 🙂
    Abhisek.
 *  [matchalabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matchalabs/)
 * (@matchalabs)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886106)
 * Hi, good news..
 * I’ve added a setting (filter) to allow you to specify how many tabs the admin
   panel should display before the tabs are converted to a drop down list.
 * It’s not tagged yet (it’s still a bit rough around the edges) so you’ll have 
   to download the developer version from this page:
 * [http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ml-slider.zip](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ml-slider.zip)
 * Then you’ll need to add this code to your themes functions.php file:
 *     ```
       function metaslider_max_tabs() {
           return 5; // specify the number of tabs you want to see before converting to a dropdown
       }
       add_filter('metaslider_max_tabs', 'metaslider_max_tabs');
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tom
 *  [flawpsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flawpsites/)
 * (@flawpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886107)
 * Tom you’re the best, thank you.
 * I’ve already purchased a Pro version.
 * 1. You deserve the money for creating such a great plug-in! (as noted above, 
   MetaSlider is replacing a few less versatile plug-ins I’ve been using)
 * 2. We want the full functionality from your great tool.
 * Thanks again for your quick help.
 * Kent
 *  [MarcoBe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcobe/)
 * (@marcobe)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886130)
 * Hei Tom, great filter, thanks but… how i can give a name (or rename) newest slider?
 *  [matchalabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matchalabs/)
 * (@matchalabs)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886131)
 * Hi Marco,
 * There should be a ‘Title’ field in the slideshow settings when that filter is
   in place.
 * Regards,
    Tom
 *  [MarcoBe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcobe/)
 * (@marcobe)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slide-tabs-in-admin/#post-3886132)
 * ops, thanks 😉

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