Groundworx

Groundworx Carousel is a flexible Gutenberg block that transforms any WordPress content into beautiful, responsive carousels. Built on the lightweight Splide.js library, it offers advanced responsive controls, multiple design templates, and extensive customization options—all within WordPress’s native block editor.
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Image galleries and photo carousels</li>
<li>Testimonial and review sliders</li>
<li>Product showcases and e-commerce displays</li>
<li>Hero sections and featured content</li>
<li>Client logo carousels</li>
<li>Team member presentations</li>
<li>Portfolio galleries</li>
<li>Content marketing sliders</li>
<li>Blog post carousels</li>
<li>Before/after comparisons</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
🎨 Nine Professional Templates 
Choose from carefully designed templates to match your content style: 
* Default & Default Alt – Classic carousel layouts with external navigation 
* Simple, Simple Left, Simple Right – Clean minimalist designs with flexible content positioning 
* Overlay & Overlay Alt – Modern content overlaid on images with gradient backgrounds 
* Partial Overlay & Partial Overlay Alt – Balanced layouts with partial content overlays
📱 Advanced Responsive Controls 
* Configure carousel behavior per breakpoint (mobile, phone, large-phone, tablet, large-tablet, laptop, desktop, large-desktop) 
* Responsive grid fallback – destroy carousel at specific breakpoints to display slides as a grid 
* Mobile-first breakpoint system with inheritance 
* Full touch and swipe gesture support for mobile devices 
* 8 total breakpoint levels for precise responsive control
🎯 Carousel Types & Transitions 
* Slide mode – Classic horizontal sliding carousel 
* Loop mode – Infinite continuous scrolling with clones 
* Fade transitions – Smooth crossfade effects between slides 
* Customizable animation speed and easing 
* Rewind option for non-loop carousels
⚙️ Flexible Display Options 
* Multiple slides per page with responsive settings 
* Variable slide width (auto) or fixed width options 
* Center mode with focus control 
* Customizable gap spacing between slides 
* Autoplay with interval and pause-on-hover 
* Auto-height adjustment option
🎚️ Navigation & UI Controls 
* 11 Arrow Styles: arrow, chevron, chevronRounded, halfArrow, play, playRounded, sharpChevron, thinChevron, thinChevronRounded, triangle, triangleRounded 
* 9 Pagination Styles: circle, circleOutline, square, squareOutline, diamond, diamondOutline, rectangle, rectangleOutline, number 
* Progress bar indicator 
* Slide counter display (e.g., “3 / 10”) 
* Hide/show controls per breakpoint 
* Color customization for all UI elements
🎨 Advanced Color Controls 
Customize every UI element with independent color pickers: 
* Arrows: text, background, border colors 
* Active Pagination: text, background, border colors 
* Inactive Pagination: text, background, border colors 
* Progress Bar: foreground and background colors 
* Counter: text color
♿ Accessibility First 
* ARIA labels and semantic HTML structure 
* Keyboard navigation support (arrow keys, Enter, Space) 
* Screen reader friendly with live regions 
* WCAG compliant markup 
* Focus management and visible focus states
🔧 Developer Features 
* Block variations support via <code>wp.blocks.registerBlockVariation()</code> 
* Custom Splide.js options via attributes 
* Extensible template system with WordPress hooks 
* Breakpoint configuration via JSON file 
* React hooks for responsive state management 
* CSS custom properties for styling integration 
* Well-documented, modular code structure
<h4>Works With Any Block</h4>
The Carousel block is a container that accepts any WordPress block as slides: 
* Core Image block 
* Core Paragraph block 
* Core Heading block 
* Core Group block 
* Core Cover block 
* Core Buttons block 
* Custom blocks from other plugins 
* Your own custom blocks
Each slide is fully customizable using WordPress’s native block editing tools.
<h4>Built on Splide.js</h4>
Powered by Splide.js 4.x – a lightweight (28KB gzipped), accessible, and performant carousel library. No jQuery required. Optimized for modern browsers with progressive enhancement.
<h4>Part of Groundworx Core</h4>
This carousel block is part of the Groundworx Block Suite—a modular collection of high-performance, design-focused blocks built for modern WordPress development. Uses Groundworx Foundation components for consistent, professional UI controls.
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<h4>Registering Custom Block Variations</h4>
You can register custom carousel variations using <code>wp.blocks.registerBlockVariation()</code> and pass Splide configuration options via the <code>splideOptions</code> attribute.
Example: Carousel with Grid Fallback at Tablet
<pre><code>wp.blocks.registerBlockVariation('groundworx/carousel', {
 name: 'carousel-to-tablet',
 title: 'Carousel / Grid Tablet',
 attributes: {
 template: 'default',
 splideOptions: {
 type: 'loop',
 perPage: 1,
 arrows: true,
 pagination: true
 },
 breakpoints: {
 tablet: {
 layout: {
 type: 'grid',
 columnCount: 3
 }
 }
 }
 },
 scope: ['block', 'inserter', 'transform']
});
</code></pre>
Example: Auto-Width Carousel
<pre><code>wp.blocks.registerBlockVariation('groundworx/carousel', {
 name: 'auto-width-carousel',
 title: 'Auto Width Carousel',
 attributes: {
 splideOptions: {
 type: 'loop',
 fixedWidth: '300px',
 focus: 'center',
 gap: '1rem'
 }
 }
});
</code></pre>
<h4>Adding Custom Templates</h4>
Use the <code>groundworx.carousel.templates</code> filter to add custom templates:
<pre><code>wp.hooks.addFilter(
 'groundworx.carousel.templates',
 'my-theme/add-custom-template',
 (templates) => [
 ...templates,
 {
 label: 'My Custom Template',
 value: 'my-custom'
 }
 ]
);
</code></pre>
Then add your template styles in your theme:
<pre><code>.template-my-custom .splide__slide {
 /* Your custom styles */
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Supported Breakpoints</h4>
The carousel supports 7 configurable responsive breakpoints plus a mobile/default base, following a mobile-first approach:
<ul>
<li>Mobile/Default: 0-374px (base configuration)</li>
<li>phone: 375px and up</li>
<li>large-phone: 480px and up</li>
<li>tablet: 680px and up</li>
<li>large-tablet: 960px and up</li>
<li>laptop: 1080px and up</li>
<li>desktop: 1280px and up</li>
<li>large-desktop: 1440px and up</li>
</ul>
Settings cascade from mobile to larger screens. Override at any breakpoint to change behavior.
Grid Fallback Breakpoints: 
For grid fallback functionality, you can use any of the 7 breakpoints: <code>phone</code>, <code>large-phone</code>, <code>tablet</code>, <code>large-tablet</code>, <code>laptop</code>, <code>desktop</code>, or <code>large-desktop</code>.
<h4>Splide.js Options</h4>
All Splide.js options are supported via the <code>splideOptions</code> attribute. Common options:
<ul>
<li><code>type</code>: ‘slide’, ‘loop’, or ‘fade’</li>
<li><code>perPage</code>: Number of slides per page</li>
<li><code>fixedWidth</code>: Fixed width for each slide (e.g., ‘300px’)</li>
<li><code>gap</code>: Space between slides</li>
<li><code>autoplay</code>: Enable/disable autoplay</li>
<li><code>interval</code>: Autoplay interval in milliseconds</li>
<li><code>speed</code>: Transition speed in milliseconds</li>
<li><code>rewind</code>: Enable rewind for non-loop carousels</li>
<li><code>arrows</code>: Show/hide arrows</li>
<li><code>pagination</code>: Show/hide pagination</li>
<li><code>focus</code>: ‘center’ for center mode</li>
<li><code>autoHeight</code>: Adjust height to current slide</li>
</ul>
Full documentation: https://splidejs.com/guides/options/
<h4>CSS Custom Properties</h4>
<pre><code>/* Arrow Colors */
--gwx--color--arrows
--gwx--background-color--arrows
--gwx--border-color--arrows

/* Active Pagination Colors */
--gwx--color--pagination
--gwx--background-color--pagination
--gwx--border-color--pagination

/* Inactive Pagination Colors */
--gwx--color--inactive-pagination
--gwx--background-color--inactive-pagination
--gwx--border-color--inactive-pagination

/* Progress Bar Colors */
--gwx--color--progress
--gwx--background-color--progress

/* Counter Color */
--gwx--color--counter
</code></pre>
<h4>Template Classes</h4>
Each template adds a class to the carousel wrapper:
<ul>
<li><code>.template-default</code></li>
<li><code>.template-default-alt</code></li>
<li><code>.template-simple</code></li>
<li><code>.template-simple-left</code></li>
<li><code>.template-simple-right</code></li>
<li><code>.template-overlay</code></li>
<li><code>.template-overlay-alt</code></li>
<li><code>.template-partial-overlay</code></li>
<li><code>.template-partial-overlay-alt</code></li>
</ul>
Use these for template-specific styling.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any user data. It operates entirely within your WordPress installation and does not make external API calls except for loading assets from your own server.
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Built with <a href="https://splidejs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Splide.js</a> by Naotoshi Fujita – A lightweight, accessible slider library</li>
<li>Developed by Groundworx Agency LLC</li>
<li>Created and maintained by Johanne Courtright</li>
<li>Part of the Groundworx Core framework</li>
<li>Website: https://groundworx.dev</li>
<li>Support: https://ko-fi.com/groundworx</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Resources</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/groundworx-dev/groundworx-carousel#readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/groundworx-dev/groundworx-carousel#developer-notes" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/groundworx-dev/groundworx-carousel#block-variations" rel="nofollow ugc">Block Variations Examples</a></li>
<li><a href="https://splidejs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Splide.js Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://groundworx.dev" rel="nofollow ugc">Groundworx Core Framework</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/groundworx-dev/groundworx-carousel" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repository</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/groundworx-dev/groundworx-carousel/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Report Issues</a></li>
</ul>

Groundworx Carousel

A powerful and responsive carousel block built with Splide.js and fully integrated into the WordPress block editor. Create stunning carousels with any …

mitali.cyrus

This plugin is just a wordpress integration for Slides JS plugin (http://www.slidesjs.com/). It has a very simple markup. You can embed it in your post/page using simple shortcodes [sample_slider][/sample_slider]
There are more features yet to come. Looking forward to your contructive feedback. Thank you.
Rightnow its not that customizable. See ‘screenshots’ for an idea about how it will look. Someone fairly familiar with CSS can edit the looks as they please. We are working to make it as easy to use as possible.
For now:
<ul>
<li>You can create a slider, with navigation and bullets as shown in screenshots</li>
<li>Slider Does not Start Automatically</li>
<li>Height is not customizable</li>
<li>It adapts to the width of the parent element, thus full width depending on where you use it</li>
<li>Any number of images can be added to slidshow</li>
<li>You can use it in Themes files as well – you just have to use the code below: 
<?php 
$imgs='<img src=”some_url’><img src=”some_other_url”>’; 
echo do_shortcode(‘[sample_slider]’.$imgs.'[/sample_slider]’); ?>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>TESTING:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Google Chrome (So far so good)</li>
<li>WordPress 3.5 and 3.6 (So far so good)</li>
<li>WordPress 3.4 (Testing in progress)</li>
</ul>
Well i dont own the Slide JS, only this integration is mine to say. Well, just so you know, 
SlidesJS is licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0" rel="nofollow ugc">Apache license</a>. Copyright 2013 <a href="http://nathansearles.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Nathan Searles</a>. All rights reserved.

Groundworx Carousel vs Sample Slider