Carousel WordPress Plugin
This plugin was commissioned by a client. The code base for the carousel came from a Cnet who generously provide an Open Source MIT license. Please use the comments to make suggestions for updated versions, or contact me directly.
Instructions
- Download plugin
- Use WordPress Plugin installer, or:
- Unzip to local directory
- Upload to your plugins directory
- On WordPress administrative panel, go to ‘Carousel’ tool group and create a new carousel, and enter data as indicated.
- In a post or page, insert the code
[carousel name='NAME'], with the name of your carousel inserted in place of NAME, or - if you prefer to insert inside a template you can call the carousel using the following php code:
<?php print do_shortcode("[carousel name='NAME'["); ?>
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Dude – you really, really need to put this out on WordPress.org. This is light years better than anything currently on that site. I had been messing around for 4 days trying to get the stupid Yahoo carousel widget working – gave up and literally stumbled upon this.
Good work!
Is there a way to increase the number of slides that are included in the carousel or are you limited to 7 total?
There is not a quick and configurable way to increase the number of slides, but someone with php skills could modify the plugin to add more slides. I developed the carousel’s functionality to provide a quick orientation to a site, not as a slide show.
Very very Nice & Easy to install , You done Very Good Job Thank You So much
Hello Simon
I was using the plugin for several days and was working fine.
Two days ago I tried to “edit carousel” to save changes but didn’t work
I delete the last plugins, saw the source code (manage page of the plugin), and delete and copy this plugin again and still don’t save the changes.
Have a good day,
Javier
hey, nice Plugin. In next Version i will wish that I can put “sites” into the slider. I hope you know what i mean
Greet Sven
simon, a function Stop when a hover the thumbs, i like substitute for Pause. how?
Hi, I am struggling to get this work. I am not very technical hence looking for a widget to do this! What would the URL of the images be. Just /images if using the images folder of the template? Also do you need to have thumbnails? Should it work without them? I would rather just have the images without thumbnails blocking them. Thanks!
This seems like good stuff, however it would be infinitely better IMO if you were to allow all the catagories etc to populate in wp control panels so you can choose the catagories or whatnot to pull from, and integrate autothumbnail generator, description also automatically populated and then also have the choice to make these static ads as far as the rotation is concerned like you have it already.
just my two cents, would love to see it
great work!
thanks for listening
Hi Simon,
I love the plugin, good job! Instead of putting the slider in a page or post, I would like to put it on my front page, by putting the code in my Maine Index Template…the problem is that I am not sure what kind of code to use to make it work and wonder if you could help me out. Thank you so very much for your help.
-geoffrey