benrgreene

<p>This is a plugin that adds sliders to the Gutenberg editor! It introduces two new blocks:</p>
<ol>
<li>Gutenberg slider container</li>
<li>Gutenberg slider block</li>
</ol>
<p>Gutenberg Slider Container</p>
<p>This is the wrapper for the slider. All blocks that are direct descendents of this wrapper block will be the slides. All block types are supported.</p>
<p>There are a couple settings for the Slider Container block:</p>
<ol>
<li>Arrows: this is to set whether or not the slider has navigation arrows.</li>
<li>Arrow Content: this is to set the content for the nav arrows (seperate settings for both arrows). Doesn’t apply when arrows aren’t displayed.</li>
<li>Dots: Whether or not the slider has navigation dots.</li>
<li>Dot Color: this is the color of the dots, doesn’t apply when dots aren’t displayed.</li>
<li>Timer: Setting a value will add a timer for the slider to auto navigtate between slides. A value of “0” means there is no timer.</li>
</ol>
<p>Gutenberg Slider Block</p>
<p>A special block that is designed to be used in the slider container. This contains a media selector, which you can use to select a background for the slider. There is also a section for adding child blocks, which will be the slider content displayed over the background.</p>
<p>All options for child blocks (such as text settings) are honored. So you can still set color, font size, etc for your content to create rich content.</p>
<p>This block can only be added to the Slider Container block, it will not be available anywhere else.</p>


Ben's Slider for Gutenberg

Suggestions though:

- Why is the background grey in the editor? That seems off.
- Being able to more easily style, without adding a ton of bloat, the circles and arrows would be nice.

Works well, easy to use

Munir Kamal

<p>With <strong>Block Slider</strong>, you can use the power of WordPress Block Editor to create awesome slider content such as <strong>layer slider, video slider, image slider, fullscreen slider, post slider, product slider, WooCommerce slider, testimonial slider, gallery slider</strong>, and more. You can also use these sliders in Site Editor within any site template to use them globally.</p>
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<p>Are you ready to make your website look amazing? Say hello to Block Slider – your new best friend for creating all sorts of fantastic sliders and carousels that will make your website stand out!</p>
<h4>Create Stunning Sliders and Carousels</h4>
<p>With Block Slider, you can make different types of sliders and carousels. Want to show off your favorite pictures? Create an Image Slider using image blocks. Want to add cool videos? Create a Video Slider using video blocks. You can create awesome sliders for any purpose!</p>
<h4>Create Responsive Sliders</h4>
<p>Block Slider makes sure your sliders look great on all devices – big screens, small screens, and everything in between! Your sliders will always shine, no matter where people see them.</p>
<h4>Create Posts Slider</h4>
<p>Got cool blog posts? Show them off with the Post Slider. It’s like a showcase for your best content. You will experience the same powerful Query options as the WordPress query block. Not just posts, you can create CPT sliders using any custom post type you may have on your website.</p>
<h4>Create WooCommerce Slider</h4>
<p>If you’re selling things on your website, Block Slider has your back. Showcase your products in a cool product slider. Use WooCommerce blocks that come with the plugin in your sliders and create stunning native WooCommerce sliders easily.</p>
<h4>Create Testimonial Slider</h4>
<p>Got something nice someone said about you, your website, product, or business? Use the Testimonial Slider to display those awesome words.</p>
<h4>Create Hero Banner Slider</h4>
<p>Want something at the top of your website that people can’t miss? Create eye-catching banner sliders the easy way!</p>
<h4>Fullwidth and Customizable</h4>
<p>Want your slider to stretch across the whole screen? Create Fullwidth Slider easily. And guess what? You can make it look just the way you want!</p>
<h4>Easy and Fun with WordPress Blocks & Editor</h4>
<p>Block Slider utilizes WordPress blocks and its user-friendly editor for effortless slider creation. You can easily incorporate various WordPress blocks into your slides, giving you more control compared to other slider plugins.</p>
<h4>Customize Your Sliders</h4>
<p>Make your sliders unique by changing colors, styles, and more. You’re the boss of your sliders, and you get to decide how they look. Block Slider comes with all the styling features you need while creating your stunning slider content.</p>
<h4>Ready-to-Use Slider Templates</h4>
<p>Don’t know where to start? No worries! Block Slider comes with ready-made designs. Just pick one you like, and you’re good to go! We have a growing sliders library where we keep adding new templates regularly.</p>
<h4>Easy-to-Use Controls</h4>
<p>Controlling your sliders is a piece of cake. You can use different buttons to move through your slides, and it’s super easy to do.</p>
<h4>Smooth Transitions</h4>
<p>When your slides change, they do it smoothly. No sudden jumps – just nice transitions that look great.</p>
<h4>Works with All Page Builders</h4>
<p>Whether you’re using Elementor, Beaver Builder, or any other page builder, Block Slider works smoothly with all of them. You can easily add your awesome sliders using a shortcode. It’s like magic that makes your sliders appear wherever you want them outside the block editor!</p>
<h4>Lightweight and Clean Code</h4>
<p>One more awesome thing – Block Slider is super lightweight and doesn’t slow down your website. It’s like having a powerful tool that works smoothly without making your website heavy. Plus, it generates clean and optimized code, ensuring your website stays tip-top.</p>
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<p>Get ready to wow your visitors with amazing sliders and carousels. Block Slider has everything you need to make your website look fantastic. So, why wait? Let the sliding and carousel-ing begin!</p>


Block Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider

The key features of this block plugin appear to work satisfactorily; some recent reviews said it was broken, but I think things must have been fixed.

There are some fundamental flaws, however:

- The amount of whitespace shown in the editor interface above/below each slides is massive, and it's extremely hard to figure out where to select each 'slide' to customise it. It could be that the "Min Height" control is meant to control this, but if so, it doesn't work.

- Selecting the slider block and pressing "add slide" adds a slide, but if you have a smaller monitor or many slider blocks, it's added off-screen, and you have no idea if the button worked.

- Unless a tabbed interface is added to control content entry into each slide, the "quick preview" mode should be the default state on page load (as opposed to the editing), because of the vast amount of whitespace and vertical area this block takes up, it currently seriously impacts the usability of managing content elsewhere on your page/post.

- A feature enhancement would be to opt-out of the left/right carousel arrows/buttons. I'm having to hide these with CSS.

- The integration with Gutenberg Hub (and associated upsell features in the interface) leaves a bad taste in my mouth; if this was just a slider block plugin, then why do I want it to pull in templates from Gutenberg Hub? I don't.

- The admin interface for the plugin is unfinished and looks amateurish; one of the screens have placeholder text, and the other screens seem to iframe content in from another site (the styling is off, and there are security concerns with iframing unknown sites in). I've decided to hide this entire screen on my client sites.

Promising but currently not a good editing experience

Does not work. Shows dummy message on plugin page.

its not ready for production site.

I wanted a lean sliding solution for gutenberg and this plugin is exactly what i've searched for. Installed the premium trial version from the website and will buy it as soon as it is open for sale.

This is exactly what i needed

This used to be a great little slider - it did everything that I wanted it, cleanly and simply, with the huge bonus of editing the sliders in the page.

Now, with the update to version 2, it's lost that major bonus. It didn't automatically recognise my original sliders, as they promised, so I had to recreate them and then I find that there's no block to insert them back into the page and the shortcode didn't work.

All in all a very disappointing mess that just proves the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!".

Should not have updated it

Very impressed with this little slider block, if you're using the Block editor this will make a good addition to your site. Nice, complete and modern controls. If you only need to slide one thing at a time (think mastheads or hero images) then the free version works really great. If you want to slide more than one thing then you might want to consider PRO. 

Don't listen to the one-star reviews - give it a try.

Great addition to my site


The free plug descripiton here is highly misleading. It promotes all the pro features as if they are included. They are not. I like that the UI and the way you add sliders/slides is easy but the misleading nature of the description makes me want to use something else. 


Highly Misleading


You can't create a slider and add a block to it. Which by the name you'd assume you can do.  What even is this plugin?  It doesn't do anything.  


Can't do anything with this plugin

Create Responsive Sliders using WordPress Blocks. Image slider, video slider, YouTube slider, post slider, product slider, WooCommerce slider & more.

Ben's Slider for Gutenberg vs Block Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider