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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: WooCommerce] Product Category Thumbnail not displaying](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-woocommerce-product-category-thumbnail-not-displaying/)
 *  [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-woocommerce-product-category-thumbnail-not-displaying/#post-2691411)
 * I’ve also been having problems with this.
 * I ended up using this for now (which works) but i’m looking into alt method.
 *     ```
       global $wp_query;
       $cat = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
       $thumbnail_id = get_woocommerce_term_meta( $cat->term_id, 'thumbnail_id', true );
       $image = wp_get_attachment_url( $thumbnail_id );
       echo '<img src="' . $image . '" width="200px" height="200px" />';
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-not-working/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-not-working/#post-2654986)
 * hmmm..strange.
    have a site i can take a look at?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Improvement request](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-improvement-request/)
 *  [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-improvement-request/#post-2660359)
 * This was a restriction of the jQuery slider iteself (by Zurb), not the plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [WP orbit slider](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-orbit-slider/)
 *  [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-orbit-slider/#post-2660358)
 * Hey,
    Currently, you have to do it the following way [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-orbit-slider/faq/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-orbit-slider/faq/)
 * Read the section “What about the slider size?”
    It invloves defining you dimensions
   in your own theme functions.php file.
 * Hope this helps
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Not working on my site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-not-working-on-my-site/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-not-working-on-my-site/page/4/#post-2474685)
 * Hey Gary, yes, one per page is the current limitation i’m afraid.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Override options](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-override-options/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-override-options/#post-2563329)
 * Thanks for the kind words.
    We’ve all been there (8am and loaded!) Happy to hear
   you got a fix. I’ll review the settings in the next update.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] order](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-order/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-order/#post-2548919)
 * As the slides are custom-post-types they are currently controlled in DATE ADDED
   order.
    So just change your ‘published’ dates to reorganise. Hope this helps
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] loading gif not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/#post-2543300)
 * [@glovep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glovep/)
 * The CSS example I show above was pasted directly at the bottom of my main style.
   css (none of the plugin css files).
 * It would really help if I could take a look.
    You can email access details to
   dev (at) virtualpudding (dot) com
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Issue in Firefox 9 – CPU cranked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-issue-in-firefox-9-cpu-cranked/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-issue-in-firefox-9-cpu-cranked/#post-2543887)
 * As far as i’m aware, the autoplay and timer run hand-in-hand. Disabling the timer
   disables the autoplay.
 * I’ll be honest, the cpu isn’t really highlighted in the zurb documentation and
   it wasn’t something I was alerted to within the development of the plugin.
 * Its not great, i agree.
    I’m sure this will be addressed in future development
   of the jQuery code. In the case it is not, I would personally look into an alternative
   jQuery method for the plugin. New sliders are created everyday. The plugin would
   continue to operate and no-one loses their slides they have already implemented.
   It would just be a case that the orbit slider, does no longer include the zurb
   orbit code.
 * Sorry i can’t be of any further help on this.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] loading gif not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/#post-2543299)
 * [@protohominid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/protohominid/)
    Isn’t that
   what the example above is doing? Then in the css for your responisve theme (that
   will have media queries within the css) adjust the max-height accordingly to 
   fit.
 * The savage approach would to display:none for the whole slider and show the slider
   only when the window (all images) are loaded.
    This could be hacked into the 
   plugin code or a seperate jQuery trigger. That would offer no fallback for non-
   js users.
 * Essentially, if you really (and feel capable) of getting your hands dirty with
   the jQuery code itself, I would bypass the plugin option altogether.
 * Essentially, its the orbit slider jQuery and markup combined with a WordPress
   custom post type. There are tonnes of tuts for this.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] loading gif not showing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-loading-gif-not-showing/#post-2543288)
 * Hey both,
    If you are referencing the plugin faqs from the Zurb site, please 
   remember, Virtual Pudding are responsible for the WordPress plugin version and
   not Zurb.
 * They have a ‘achieving perfection’ tab
    [http://www.zurb.com/playground/orbit-jquery-image-slider](http://www.zurb.com/playground/orbit-jquery-image-slider)
 * This documentation was based on their original slider (that wasn’t responsive)
   so it was a lot easier to keep things fixed using width/height.
 * In the WordPress plugin, a little more markups was introduced that would enable
   the using to use css to style specific individual sliders set to a category.
 * So, where they refer #featured, you’ll need to be using .orbit-wrapper
 * Try this…
 *     ```
       .orbit-wrapper { max-height:250px; overflow:hidden; background:#fff url('ajax-loader.gif') no-repeat center center; }
       .orbit-wrapper img { display:none; }
       ```
   
 * Just tried it out and seems to create the desired result
    [http://www.virtualpudding.co.uk/dev/playground/wp-orbit-slider/](http://www.virtualpudding.co.uk/dev/playground/wp-orbit-slider/)
 * This all taken into account, setting fixed width/height dimensions will become
   problematic regarding ‘responsive’. This can be corrected using media queries.
 * In a nutshell, this slider will only act responively if the theme itself is responsive.
   
   I’m guessing many will have installed this plugin and are not using a responsive
   theme so the above will be a good fix.
 * Hope this helps, report back so i can help further.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Issue in Firefox 9 – CPU cranked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-issue-in-firefox-9-cpu-cranked/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-issue-in-firefox-9-cpu-cranked/#post-2543862)
 * Hey protohominid,
 * The CPU usage is a restriction of the jQuery itself and nothing to do with the
   WordPress plugin code itself.
    I’m restricted to the jQuery coding they provide.
   I have seen some issue tickets regarding this and i’m sure its something they(
   Zurb) will address in future updates. As and when they do, they will be updated
   to the plugin by us (Virtual Pudding).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Plugin no longer supported!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-plugin-no-longer-supported/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-plugin-no-longer-supported/#post-2541258)
 * Hey colourPress,
    Just to clarify…. this plugin is by Virtual Pudding. We are
   using Zurbss Orbit Slider jQuery code. Although they are no longer supporting
   the standalone version, they continue to include the slider code inside the framework
   they support ‘foundation’.
 * When this plugin was created (by Virual Pudding) we were already using the code
   from ‘foundation’ and not the standalone.
 * So in theory, nothing has changed.
    Does this help clarify?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Plugin no longer supported!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-plugin-no-longer-supported/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-plugin-no-longer-supported/#post-2541171)
 * hey colourPress,
    Thats not a problem in regards to the plugin. The jQuery code
   currently being used is taken from the Foundation framework already and not the
   older version 1.2. Should all be ok for the future. I’ll keep you updated
 * Hope this helps
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Orbit Slider] [Plugin: WP Orbit Slider] Custom size hard crop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-custom-size-hard-crop/)
 *  Plugin Author [virtualpudding](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virtualpudding/)
 * (@virtualpudding)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-orbit-slider-custom-size-hard-crop/#post-2533700)
 * Hey, glad to hear you got your slider working!
 * As for, slider thumbnails.
    If you are refering to the using thumbnails instead
   of bullets, unfortunately this plugin will not do that at this stage.
 * You could poke around with the plugin code but will lose all changes in new versions.
 * If you are looking to really customise the orbit slider a lot, I totally suggest
   just hardcoding it and bypass using the plugin at all.
    Especially useful if 
   you are, say, only planning a nice large slider on your home page. The original(
   non-Wordpress) project by Zurb is at [http://www.zurb.com/playground/orbit-jquery-image-slider](http://www.zurb.com/playground/orbit-jquery-image-slider)
 * If you follow their instructions, its not difficult to get a very custom slider
   up and running.
 * Hope this helps

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