Slider Plugin with Shortcode

  • simon3163

    (@simon3163)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi All,
    I’m looking for help with an image slider. Any help and advice would be amazing.

    I have a website that generates auto posts. By various means.. from email to Iftt to Workflow to manual input…

    I have images, around 5 per post. What i require is a simple plugin or shortcode that lets me add these 5 images – automatically to a slider/carousel. Whats important – only shortcode is added to the page during automation – i cant use any plugin that requires me to load images or configure the post etc. Plus all the images are external.. and the only reference to the image would be the full URL.

    Most plugins let you build a slider from your media library. I just need it to reference the URL and builder a new slider for each post.

    Thanks all

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Search the repository on “post slider”. There are several

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/post+slider/

    Thread Starter simon3163

    (@simon3163)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Steve,
    Thanks for your reply. I must have installed at least 15 plugins that suggest they work how i wish them to. However they dont.

    Most of my posts are automated.
    I simply need to display 5 external images.
    In a carousel or slider.
    With no interaction with any plugin once its installed (as in selecting images)

    Any other tips?

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Whatever data plugins need to show particular images could be generated during your automated process even though the plugin is intended to be more interactive. You could use some generic jQuery slider that rotates through whatever images occur in post content within a certain container. You can pass the attachment IDs to a shortcode that expands into the necessary container structure. Enqueue the slider script and execute it once the page has loaded.

    I’ve used WooThemes’ FlexSlider 2 for this. They sell a related plugin, but the free, non-plugin download suffices. You merely need to enqueue and execute the code yourself. There are many other similar scripts. I’m not endorsing or recommending FlexSlider, it’s just something I’ve used successfully.

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