So, the fact that we provide Premium WordPress services, does not mean that we won’t give you information about some of the great free tools. Let’s look at the sliders – the tools that create a great impression for your website. It is a myth that only premium sliders can create the best effects. There are some free WordPress slider plugins that produce some awesome sliders in an uncomplicated process.
So let us take a look at the
The Best 3 Free WordPress Slider Plugins
1. Featured Content Gallery
The Featured Content Gallery plugin picks up your featured posts and creates an automated rotating image gallery.
Just add the custom field (image) to the posts you want to display and automate the plugin to see it in action. Each slide displays few lines of content, which can be pulled in from the post itself or customized with HTML. Several advanced customization options and features are also available.
2. Shutter Reloaded
A basic image viewer, Shutter Reloaded plugin is loaded with features that enhance the slideshow experience for viewers.
For instance, it automatically resizes the images in accordance with the display window and provides the option for displaying in full size. It enables pre-loading of neighbor images to minimize waiting time between slides. The plugin is compatible with all major browsers and can be customized for color and opacity settings to create the best effect.
View the plugin in action here.
3. Meteor Slides
The Meteor Slides plugin creates WordPress slideshows by pulling custom post types into the slider area.
This plugin creates responsive slideshows that can be viewed without any distortion whatsoever on a variety of devices. With Meteor Slides, you need no coding knowledge. You can publish slides using shortcodes, widgets and template tags. There are 20 transition styles to choose from and the plugin integrates touch support for the slides.
These free WordPress plugins do create some amazing slider effects without getting into too much trouble.
If you are looking for more features and/or customization options, follow our blog to learn more about the premium sliders soon.
