vjalby

This plugin creates picture sliders (slideshows) from a folder. 
The pictures folder must be uploaded (using FTP) somewhere on the server (e.g. wp-content/upload).
To include a slider in a post or a page, you have to use the following shortcode :
<pre><code>[folderslider folder="local_path_to_folder"]
</code></pre>
An Options page allow to set the default paramaters of the sliders :
<ul>
<li>Transition Mode (mode): horizontal, vertical, fade</li>
<li>Caption Format (captions): none, filename, filenamewithoutextension, smartfilename (filename with underscores, extension and front numbers removed)</li>
<li>CSS (css): change the frame around slider: ‘noborder’, ‘shadow’, ‘shadownoborder’, ‘black-border’, ‘white-border’, ‘gray-border’</li>
<li>Width and Height of the slider (width and height)</li>
<li>Speed (speed): time between slides in seconds</li>
<li>Previous/Next Buttons (controls): true or false</li>
<li>Play/Pause Button (playcontrol): true or false</li>
<li>Start Slider Automatically (autostart): true or false</li>
<li>Pager (pager): true or false</li>
</ul>
Default slider width is the width of the first picture unless the attribute width is set to a non-zero value. The height is calculate for each picture (to keep ratio) unless the attribute height is set to a non-zero value.
Most of theses settings can be overridden using the corresponding shortcode attribute:
<pre><code>[folderslider folder="wp-content/upload/MyPictures" width=500 
 mode=fade speed=2.5 captions=smartfilename controls=false css="gray-border"]
</code></pre>
This plugin uses bxSlider 4.2.5 by Steven Wanderski – http://bxslider.com
Sample, contact available at http://jalby.org/wordpress/

Folder Slider

This plugin generates picture sliders from a folder using a shortcode.

rdcravens

Taking the BXSlider to the next level for WordPress! Easy to update and maintain slides, as simple as adding and removing pages to your WordPress site – that is it! This plugin is layered on top of (read as they are required) two separate plugin’s, plus the ability to join them together and make that all work as a simple system… The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of sliders per page, you can have as many as you want!
The plugin is based on the premise that you create a hierarchy of pages, and the plugin will read the pages BELOW (has Parent of) the referenced page in the “ref” tag. The plugin will get the pages and dynamically add them to the slider for you, no counting pages or needing to manually adjust the slider when you want to change content.
Why should I use this plugin?
<ul>
<li>Single shortcode – fast implementation time</li>
<li>Powerful, yet simplistic in use</li>
<li>No learning curve to use of this plugin – just use it to enhance/simplify your usage of BXSlider</li>
</ul>
Example of usage:
[ez_slide parent=”1043″] -> optional shortcode-> [/ez_slide]
This insertion would take all pages below (has Parent of) page 1043 (found at the end of your Permalink when editing pages):
— Main Page 
 
—— Slider Reference Page (1043 above) 
 
——— Slide 1 
 
——— Slide 2 
 
——— Slide 3 
 
——— Slide X
The above is the structure I use in order to keep track of things cleanly, your reference can be anything that has sub-pages – even the main page. It is up to you.
Sorting:
The plugin, by default, inserts slides according to the name they hold, in ASC order. I use Slide_1, Slide_2, etc in order to make sure I know what slide come next.
Shortcode parameters:
ref: The referecne to the page that is the Parent (ex: 1043 above) {default = 1000} 
 sorting: “ASC|DESC”. The sort type you want {default = ASC} 
 sort_column: “column name”. Sort the column you want to have the slides sorted on. {default = title}
EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ sorting=”ASC” sort_column=”ID”]
Plese see the Insert Pages plugin page for the specs on what each options means. Pass them in this manor:
Insert Pages Options (optional): Send as: display=”title|link|content|all|{custom-template.php}” {default = content}
EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ display=”title”]
REQUIRED INSTALL
If you do not install them, I can not call them 🙂
1. BXSlider Integration for WordPress – https://wordpress.org/plugins/bxslider-integration/ 
 2. Insert Pages – https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-pages/
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Easy BXSlider

I made it :-)

Taking the BXSlider to the next level for WordPress! Easy to update and maintain slides, as simple as adding and removing pages to your WordPress site …

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