Jon Weatherhead

<p>This is an ultra-minimal no-frills responsive and accessible image carousel / slider.</p>
<p>There are many robust image slider plugins already. They work well and have a lot of features, some with even more features at the premium tier.<br />
I’m not saying that they don’t have their place but that sometimes they are excessive.</p>
<p>This plugin is for someone who just wants to have linked images scroll by in a loop on their website.</p>
<h3>How To Use</h3>
<p>No BS Image Slider works by leveraging what WordPress already provides, by creating a new custom post type and taxonomy.</p>
<ol>
<li>To begin, create your slides by using the Image Slide type. Be sure to add a featured image, and provide a link in the link field. Captions can be supplied by filling out the exerpt.</li>
<li>Create a slider by adding an Image Slider taxonomy. This allows a slide to be in multiple sliders.</li>
<li>Use the No BS Image Slider widget to configure which slider you want displayed, and the duration of each slide.</li>
</ol>
<p>A great <a href="https://planetjon.ca/4778/making-an-image-carousel-with-no-bs-image-slider" title="Making an image carousel with No BS Image Slider" rel="nofollow ugc">rundown of the plugin</a> is available on the Planetjon blog.</p>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>To manually insert a slider, use the shortcode [nbis].<br />
You must provide at minimum the slider slug.</p>
<p>The shortcode attributes are</p>
<ul>
<li>slider=”slug”</li>
<li>duration=”number” (seconds, default 5)</li>
<li>transition=”number” (seconds, default 1.25)</li>
<li>showcounter=”yes|no” (default no)</li>
<li>lazy=”yes|no” (default no)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Widget</h3>
<p>A widget that exposes all of the above options is available.</p>


No BS Image Slider

Being a minimalist, and needing a replacement for a slider plugin now abandoned, I found this plugin - and reading the description I thought "Wow, sounds great".

And it is. After installing it (it's a small but non-trivial learning curve to use) I downloaded and unpacked the source. I could hardly believe my eyes! One PHP file, 8.665 bytes; and one CSS file, 1.429 bytes. That's IT. And btw it's really well written, the author is obviously a good, modern programmer.

The sliders are custom 'tags', the slider images are custom posts (I think). Strange is, that you have to supply a 'Featured Image' and an image link for each slide, then it works - slides shown in the order of their creation. Just change the creation date to modify the order (untried).

One thing I found not so obvious in the UI at first: On hover over the slider then a 'paused' icon is displayed top left and the slider is indeed paused. As soon as the mouse goes away, the icon disappears and the animation continues. But at first I thought the paused icon was a button to click to cause a pause, and since it did not I thought the plugin was broken. Silly me, but perhaps there is a way to do it even more clearly?

It is now live on the homepage of a german apothecary.

BTW minimalists might want to pair this with WP Featherlight as a lightbox.

5 stars really well earned - thanks Jonathan!

Wow REALLY minimalistic

For displaying a light-weight image slider.

ComMotion

<p>There are many booking systems on the market. The booking systems often have many advantages. However, one disadvantage that should not be underestimated is that many booking systems are so general that they do not address special features and individual needs of you. At ComMotion we have developed an individual course and online booking system that takes into account the special features of your company.</p>
<p>Our individual course and online booking system already comes with a lot of things, such as the online purchase of single tickets or 10-tickets with different payment methods, the display of a timetable and the offer of a video library. We will be happy to implement any further requests together with you, so that in the end you will receive exactly THE booking system that you need. The following features are included in our course and online booking system:</p>
<h4>Integration</h4>
<p>The system fully supports WooCommerce. Part of the booking system is a powerful online shop that leaves nothing to be desired. You can sell everything from single cards to mixed cards of 10 to subscriptions.</p>
<h4>Attendance indicator</h4>
<p>Every course or appointment has a current utilization indicator. This gives you full control over all appointments.</p>
<h4>Customer account</h4>
<p>Each customer receives individual access. This means that he has an overview of all appointments and bookings and can make purchases in the online shop.</p>
<h4>Permanent appointments and subscriptions</h4>
<p>You can enter permanent appointments (subscription or permanent place) for certain customers and thus reward your regular customers.</p>
<h4>Opening times and timetable</h4>
<p>The system fully supports WooCommerce. Part of the booking system is a powerful online shop that leaves nothing to be desired. You can sell everything from single cards to mixed cards of 10 to subscriptions.</p>
<h4>Evaluations</h4>
<p>You will receive a detailed evaluation and statistics about your sales and all dates for a period of time that you have defined.</p>
<h4>Advantages of the individual course and online booking system from ComMotion</h4>
<p>The advantages are apparent. With a booking system that is perfectly tailored to you, you and your entire team not only save more time because the administrative effort is lower, but you also give your customers an extremely professional impression. Our booking system can be fully integrated into your existing page on a website with the well-known CMS WordPress. Through the online shop, which we can integrate into your website in addition to the booking system, you will sell your products, cards and offers online in the future – 24 hours a day.</p>
<p>A nice side effect: thanks to the optional status display, customers can see whether places are still available and can register for appointments at short notice. This ensures that your courses and appointments are fully utilized.</p>
<h4>Who is the course and online booking system for?</h4>
<p>Our booking system is for everyone who needs an individual booking system. Whether doctor, studio, practice, hairdresser, service provider or retail: Our booking system is for everyone!</p>
<ul>
<li>Doctor</li>
<li>Studio</li>
<li>Office</li>
<li>Hair stylist</li>
<li>Club</li>
<li>Association</li>
<li>Educational institution</li>
<li>Restaurant</li>
<li>Vacation rental</li>
<li>Service provider</li>
<li>Rental</li>
</ul>
<h4>GDPR compliance</h4>
<p>This plugin is from Germany in the European Union and complies with the GDPR. However, to ensure your website is 100% GDPR compliant, please add the essential or functional cookie “last-course-visited” to your cookie list. This cookie stores the last course visited, allowing the booking process to continue from that exact point after a ticket purchase. The cookie’s path is /, its lifespan is 1 hour, and its type is HTTP.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<h4>License Verification</h4>
<p>This plugin sends a license validation request to: https://api.commotion.online/license.php</p>
<p>What the service is used for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Verifying the authenticity and validity of the plugin license</li>
</ul>
<p>What data is sent:</p>
<ul>
<li>The plugin license key (ID) in JSON format</li>
</ul>
<p>When data is sent:</p>
<ul>
<li>Only if a license is set at all</li>
<li>When entering or validating the license key</li>
<li>Periodically, to confirm ongoing license validity (once per day)</li>
</ul>
<p>Service provider:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://commotion.online/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">ComMotion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://commotion.online/en/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributors & Developers</h3>
<p>“Course Booking System” is currently available in English, German, Czech, Dutch and Spanish.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Plugin bundles the following third-party resources:</p>
<ul>
<li>slick, Copyright 2017, Ken Wheeler, Licensed under the MIT license.</li>
</ul>


Course Booking System

Great and easy

Individual course booking system for recurring events and specific needs.

No BS Image Slider vs Course Booking System