Constantin Boiangiu

CodeFlavors

<p><strong>Featured Articles</strong> is a <a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/featured-articles-pro/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="Best WordPress slider plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress slider plugin</a> that allows you to create sliders in your blog pages directly from your already written content, be it posts or pages.<br />
For a quick tutorial see <a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/documentation/featured-articles-pro-3/creating-sliders/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="Best WordPress slider plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">How to create a WordPress slider with Featured Articles</a>.</p>
<p>Coming with multiple, configurable WordPress slider themes and the possibility to extend it with new themes and slider scripts, Featured Articles is the best WordPress slider plugin available.</p>
<p>Lite version features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Responsive and mobile ready;</li>
<li>Allows you to create sliders based on <strong>Nivo slider</strong> by implementing a slider theme compatible with Nivo slider;</li>
<li>Post and page sliders;</li>
<li>Navigation arrows and pagination;</li>
<li>Multiple slider themes;</li>
<li>Third party slider scripts implementation;</li>
<li>Preloading functionality on page load;</li>
<li>Lots of actions and filters for customizing output and functionality;</li>
<li>SEO friendly;</li>
<li>Packed with layout and animation options;</li>
<li>Various slider publishing methods: shortcodes, widgets, automatic placement, PHP code that can be used in templates.</li>
<li>… and more.</li>
</ul>
<p>With the ability to change any slider aspect by making use of slider themes that are delivered with the plugin, almost anything is possible.</p>
<p>Also, it offers the possibility to create additional themes (with some PHP, CSS and JavaScript knowledge) that can have custom written animations by extending the base functionality of the main slider script.</p>
<p><strong>Please note that the video presents PRO features not available in Lite version.</strong><br />
https://vimeo.com/113921051</p>
<p>Sliders can be published in WordPress by any of these ways (or all at the same time):</p>
<ul>
<li>manual placement directly into your WordPress theme template files (requires editing the template file you want to place a slider in and add a small piece of code);</li>
<li>shortcode placement directly into a post or page content;</li>
<li>widget placement into any widget areas your theme has;</li>
<li>automatic placement in any page just above the page loop.</li>
</ul>
<p>While Lite version of Featured Articles provides all the neccessary tools for creating a beautiful WordPress slider, PRO version comes in addition with:</p>
<ul>
<li>more slider themes, all video enabled and responsive;</li>
<li><strong>video enabled</strong> custom slides for <strong>YouTube and Vimeo</strong> that can embed videos in your WordPress sliders;</li>
<li>custom slides that can be created using the visual editor;</li>
<li>sliders can be created from any post type (including custom post type) registered on your WordPress website;</li>
<li>for posts and custom post types, selection of posts by taxonomies;</li>
<li>mixing of posts, custom posts, pages and custom slides into the same slider;</li>
<li>visual color scheme editor that allows you to blend-in slideshows into your overall blog design without having to write a single line of CSS;</li>
<li>priority support and debugging for 3’rd party plugins and themes conflicts;</li>
<li>cached sliders for faster page loading time;</li>
<li>possibility to attach videos to any slide (post, custom post, page or custom slide);</li>
<li>possibility to import video title, description and image as slide title, content and slide image or featured image;</li>
<li>dynamic slider areas management that allow slider publishing in your WordPress website by simple drag and drop;</li>
<li>sliders created from WordPress Gallery images;</li>
<li>and more…</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Important links:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/documents/featured-articles-pro-3/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="Featured Articles for WordPress documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> on plugin usage and slider theme structure;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/codeflavors-forums/forum/featured-articles-3-0/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="CodeFlavors Community Forums" rel="nofollow ugc">Forums</a> (while we try to keep up with the forums here, please post any requests on our forums for a faster response);</li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/featured-articles-pro/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="Best WordPress slider plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress slider plugin homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/news/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="CodeFlavors news on Featured Articles for WordPress plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeFlavors News</a> – <a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="CodeFlavors - devoted to WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeFlavors</a> is our new home.</li>
</ul>
<p>These are just a few of the things this plugin can do so just go on and try it for yourself!</p>
<p>The plugin can be used to display your fresh content on your homepage, display related posts on single post pages, put special offers into sliders to create attention and any other way you see fit.</p>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<p>Plugin is guaranteed to work on a clean WordPress install. Since themes and other plugins don’t always play nice, there are a few things you could check if sliders won’t work in your pages:</p>
<ol>
<li>Check that only one jquery file is loaded. Most times, a manually loaded jQuery version in theme header or by a plugin may be the cause. Look in your page source in browser and see if that’s the problem.</li>
<li>Plugins merging JavaScript and CSS files may also cause problems. In this case, it’s all about god intentions with bad results.</li>
<li>Use the proper WordPress version (4 +).</li>
<li>See if your theme footer.php file calls wp_footer().</li>
</ol>
<p>If all options are exhausted, you can always ask for help on our forums at <a href="http://www.codeflavors.com/codeflavors-forums/forum/featured-articles-3-0/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=fa_lite" title="Featured Articles 3 for WordPress forum" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeFlavors Featured Articles WP forum</a>. We’ll help you figure out things.</p>


FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin

WordPress slider plugin for Featured Content that can create responsive, video enabled sliders from your existing WordPress content.

councilsoft

<p><a href="http://www.councilsoft.com/products/wordpress-plugins/content-grid-slider/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin’s Link</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.councilsoft.com/content-grid-slider-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin’s Demo</a></p>
<p>Content Grid Slider uses custom post type for slides.</p>
<p>This plugin allows you to add a carousel type grid slider with posts containing text and a custom link to redirect on a custom page by using custom posts.</p>
<p>You can make different groups of posts depending upon your requirements.</p>
<p>You can add custom page URL’s to your posts where you want to redirect users. You can use this on pages(recommended), widgets and even in your template files via shortcode.</p>
<p>You have full control over their grouping and their sort order.</p>
<p>A new feature of preview in color settings page has also been added.</p>
<p>You can also see the live preview of slider while changing colors without actually saving it.</p>
<p>If you see any formatting while copying the shortcode in visual mode, please remove formatting from wordpress dashboard.</p>
<h4>Steps to follow for creating grid slider with content</h4>
<ul>
<li>Go to ‘Grid Slider’ and click on ‘Add New Slide’</li>
<li>Give title, and short description(3-4 list items recommended)</li>
<li>Set feature image for post thumbnail</li>
<li>Additionally you can select <code>Target Page URL</code>, where you want to redirect your user on read more link.</li>
<li>You can select a page, a post or even a custom page URL for redirecting Page.</li>
<li>You can also select <code>Target</code> attribute whether you want to open link in same window or another window.</li>
<li>Then you can use shortcode according to your needs</li>
<li>We recommend you to use one slider per page</li>
</ul>
<h4>Simple Usage (Shortcode)</h4>
<pre><code>[content-slider]
</code></pre>
<h4>Simple Usage (PHP)</h4>
<pre><code><?php echo do_shortcode('[content-slider]'); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Advanced Usage (Shortcode)</h4>
<pre><code>[content-slider groups=3 orderby=ID]
</code></pre>
<h4>Advanced Usage (PHP)</h4>
<pre><code><?php echo do_shortcode('[content-slider groups=3 orderby=ID]'); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Additional Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Set Page URL – URL on which you want to add Read More link</li>
<li>Shortcode – Add rotating slides(in grids) like carousel slider to pages or Text Widget using the [content-slider] shortcode.</li>
<li>PHP Function – Embed Content Grid Slider in your template files with do_shortcode(‘[content-slider]’) function.</li>
<li>Content Grid Slider Groups – Set up ‘Groups’ to display different groups of grid slides in different places. (<em>Example: Home Page, portfolio, Products, etc…</em>)</li>
</ul>


Content Grid Slider

A fully responsive carousel type Content Slider with Grid layout. Showcase and spotlight your services or products with this awesome slider.

FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin vs Content Grid Slider