Sourav Biswas

<p><strong>PlugVista Carousel Builder Block</strong> adds a powerful and flexible carousel slider to the WordPress block editor. Each slide can hold any Gutenberg block — images, text, buttons, covers, WooCommerce products, and more — giving you complete creative freedom.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Use <strong>any Gutenberg block</strong> as slide content</li>
<li><strong>6 slide transition effects</strong> — Slide, Fade, Coverflow, Flip, Cube, Cards</li>
<li><strong>Built-in Lightbox</strong> — click any image in a slide to open a fullscreen modal with keyboard navigation (Arrow keys, Escape) and captions</li>
<li><strong>Free Mode</strong> — physics-based momentum scrolling without snapping, ideal for logo carousels</li>
<li><strong>Centered Slides</strong> — display the active slide in the center with partial neighbors visible on both sides</li>
<li><strong>Auto Height</strong> — carousel height adapts dynamically to the active slide’s content</li>
<li><strong>Mousewheel / Trackpad Scroll</strong> — navigate slides by scrolling the mouse wheel or trackpad</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard Navigation</strong> — move through slides using the left/right arrow keys</li>
<li>Navigation arrows (toggleable)</li>
<li>Pagination dots (toggleable)</li>
<li>Autoplay with configurable delay, pause-on-hover, and disable-on-interaction options</li>
<li>Infinite loop sliding</li>
<li>RTL (right-to-left) language support</li>
<li>Live multi-column preview in the block editor</li>
<li>Responsive breakpoints — configure slides-per-view for mobile separately</li>
<li>CSS variable theming (theme.json compatible)</li>
<li>On-demand loading — Swiper assets load only on pages that use the carousel</li>
<li>Public JavaScript API for integration with tabs, accordions, and modals</li>
</ul>
<h4>Starter Block Patterns</h4>
<p>Three ready-to-use block patterns are included:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Full Width Hero Slider</strong> — full-width cover slides with call-to-action buttons</li>
<li><strong>Testimonials Slider</strong> — quote blocks with autoplay</li>
<li><strong>Logos Carousel</strong> — image-based logo ticker with free mode</li>
</ul>
<h4>CSS Customization</h4>
<p>Style the carousel using CSS custom properties in your theme’s <code>theme.json</code> or Additional CSS:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--navigation-color</code> — Arrow color</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--navigation-hover-color</code> — Arrow hover color</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--navigation-size</code> — Arrow size (height in px)</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--navigation-sides-offset</code> — Arrow horizontal offset</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--navigation-alignfull-color</code> — Arrow color for full-width carousels</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--pagination-bullet-active-color</code> — Active dot color</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--pagination-bullet-inactive-color</code> — Inactive dot color</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--pagination-bullet-size</code> — Dot diameter</li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--scb--pagination-bottom</code> — Dot pagination vertical offset</li>
</ul>
<h4>Public JavaScript API</h4>
<p>Integrate with tabs, accordions, modals, and other dynamic layouts that show/hide content:</p>
<pre><code>window.PlugVistaCarouselBuilder.init(container);   // Initialize all carousels inside a container
window.PlugVistaCarouselBuilder.update(container); // Update/re-initialize existing carousels
</code></pre>
<h4>Third-Party Libraries</h4>
<p>This plugin bundles the following third-party library:</p>
<p><strong>Swiper</strong> (https://swiperjs.com/)<br />
License: MIT<br />
Copyright: Vladimir Kharlampidi<br />
Source: https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper</p>
<p>The full Swiper bundle (v11.2.10, ~154 KB) is included and loaded on-demand only on pages that contain a carousel block.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by <a href="https://sourav.work/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sourav Biswas</a>.</p>
<p>Powered by <a href="https://swiperjs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swiper.js</a> — the most modern mobile touch slider, released under the MIT license.</p>


PlugVista Carousel Builder Block

A carousel slider block with 6 slide effects, built-in lightbox, free mode, keyboard navigation, autoplay, and CSS variable theming.

Lovro Hrust

<p>Block based slider, leverages the speed and versatility of the <a href="https://swiperjs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swiper slider</a>.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>🥇 <strong>Insert Any Block as a Slide</strong>: No restrictions! Use the full power of the WordPress block editor.</li>
<li>🥈 <strong>Flexible Configuration</strong>: Use Swiper’s full range of features by entering the JSON configuration.</li>
<li>🥉 <strong>Lightweight & Fast</strong>: Uses only <a href="https://swiperjs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Swiper</a> library as dependency.</li>
<li>🌟 <strong>Developer-Friendly</strong>: The source code is fully available, making it easy to customize with hooks.</li>
</ul>
<h4>NEW!</h4>
<p>I am accepting suggestions for new features and improvements.<br />
If you have an idea, please <a href="https://github.com/Lovor01/makeiteasy-slider/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">open an issue on GitHub</a><br />
or write here in support section.</p>
<h4>JSON configuration how to</h4>
<p>Head to Swiper docs, to <a href="https://swiperjs.com/swiper-api#parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">Parameters section</a> to find parameter you need.<br />
More elaborate configuration for some features is available further below on page, in <a href="https://swiperjs.com/swiper-api#modules" rel="nofollow ugc">Modules section</a>.<br />
Once you found the parameters you need, write them as JSON instead as javascript object, i.e.:</p>
<pre><code>{
    autoplay: {
        delay: 6000,
        disableOnInteraction: true
    },
    pagination: {
        clickable: true
    }
}
</code></pre>
<p>would be written as</p>
<pre><code>{
    "autoplay": {
        "delay": 6000,
        "disableOnInteraction": true
    },
    "pagination": {
        "clickable": true
    }
}
</code></pre>
<p>And enter them on settings tab in block sidebar under Advanced slider configuration section.<br />
You can learn more about JSON in <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/06/02/a-beginners-guide-to-json-the-data-format-for-the-internet/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stackoverflow blog</a> or on <a href="https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_intro.asp" rel="nofollow ugc">W3schools page</a>.</p>
<p>Your JSON configuration merges with default configuration needed for swiper to run. You can break slider functioning through misconfiguration, so this is the first place to look if something does not work.<br />
There is a built in syntax checker in Advanced slider settings box,</p>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>There is a full source code on <a href="https://github.com/Lovor01/makeiteasy-slider" rel="nofollow ugc">github</a>. You can investigate code, adjust it to your needs, collaborate, …</p>


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