polvodigital

Alan Hidalgo Pagoto

<p>A plugin which allows you to put posts of a specific category (you can use even all the categories) in a widget. You can use more that one widget at the same time and configure different time transictions between two posts. You’re able to change the quantity of posts in each widget as well. When there are too many posts to be loaded, the plugin loads the first ten and, when the first transiction is triggered (between the first and the second posts) the 11th is loaded and put in the queue. When the second transiction is triggered, the 12th post is loaded and the plugin keeps doing it until all posts are loaded. When it happens, the plugin stops making ajax requests to the server and the page runs normally.</p>
<p>You can find a demo on http://www.polvo.com.br/plugins/post-content-slider. There are two widgets configured on the right. The first one is set to change the post every 4 seconds and the second one every 10 seconds.</p>
<h3>Files structure</h3>
<p>plugins/</p>
<p>postcontentslider.php => The main file of plugin. It calls some necessary hooks.</p>
<p>plugins/css</p>
<p>main.css => Has only one class, which turns absolute and hidden all the posts before starts to slide them</p>
<p>plugins/includes</p>
<p>pcs_post_templace.php => This plugin works with ajax requests and creates new li elements dinamically. This file is the structure of the posts on the widget.</p>
<p>pcs_widget_showdata.php => This is the widget class, which allows the plugin to show the information.</p>
<p>plugins/js</p>
<p>pcs_general.js => This javascript file changes the posts on the widget and make ajax requests</p>
<h3>How it works</h3>
<p>After installing and activating the plugin, you must use it as a widget. At the widgets area, you may configure:</p>
<p>1) Widget title</p>
<p>The title that appears above the widget content</p>
<p>2) Box height</p>
<p>This is the size of the box which contains the post slider. You can change this value through css as well.</p>
<p>3) Category</p>
<p>You can choose a category to show the posts. For example: on this widget, I want to show a slide of posts about football. Anyway, you can choose “Any” and your widget will show the last posts of all categories.</p>
<p>4) Posts Quantity</p>
<p>You can choose the quantity of posts of your slideshow. You have the option of choosing “All the posts” as well, and the page will show every single post of your blog (or of a chosen category).</p>
<p>4.1) Ajax</p>
<p>If you choose more than 10 posts (or All posts), they will not be loaded when the page is loaded. Only the first 10 posts are loaded. When the first transition is triggered, the 11th post is loaded and added to the list with ajax. When the second transition is triggered, the 12th post is loaded, etc. When all the posts are already loaded and added to the list, the plugin stops making requests to the server through ajax.</p>
<p>5) Exhibition time</p>
<p>You can choose the time (in seconds) between the transitions.</p>
<h3>Information</h3>
<p>Remember that you can use more than one widget with this plugin and change the properties for each one.</p>


Post Content Slider

Post content slider - Rotate your favorite posts in a widget - Developed by Alan Hidalgo Pagoto under Polvo Digital

Virgildia

<p>A responsive modern carousel slider for the Gutenberg block editor that lets you add any blocks to your slides. Easily create sliders for hero sections, testimonials, products, and anything else using Gutenberg blocks.</p>
<p>🚀 <strong>Carousel Slider Version 2</strong> is built on the modern Swiper.js library for improved performance and better mobile compatibility.</p>
<p>Plugin site: <a href="https://www.carouselblock.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">carouselblock.com</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add unlimited slides</li>
<li>Add any blocks to the slides</li>
<li>Preview the carousel in the editor</li>
<li>Responsive and touch enabled</li>
<li>Developer friendly: supports CSS variables & theme.json</li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Slides per view</li>
<li>Slides to scroll at a time</li>
<li>Slide speed</li>
<li>Slide padding</li>
<li>Prev/next arrows</li>
<li>Dots navigation</li>
<li>Infinite loop sliding</li>
<li>Autoplay</li>
<li>Pause on hover</li>
<li>Disable on interaction</li>
<li>Responsive settings: slides to show and scroll at given screen size</li>
<li>RTL</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Settings</h4>
<p>For dynamic layouts where the slider or its surrounding layout changes after load, such as tabs, accordions, or lazy-loaded content.</p>
<ul>
<li>ResizeObserver</li>
<li>Observer</li>
<li>Observe parent elements</li>
<li>Observe slide children</li>
</ul>
<h4>Included Patterns</h4>
<ul>
<li>Full Width Hero Slider</li>
<li>Testimonials Slider</li>
<li>Logos Carousel</li>
</ul>
<p>The final look of these sliders depends on your theme styles. You can also fine-tune the design using custom CSS variables (see below).</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>PHP 5.6+ is recommended, WordPress 5.8+, with Gutenberg active.</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>Full documentation: <a href="https://www.carouselblock.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">carouselblock.com/docs</a></p>
<p>Select the Carousel Slider block from the Design category. Click the + button located at the end of the carousel to add slides. Add any block within the slides. Use the horizontal scrollbar to preview the slides in the editor.</p>
<p>You can reorder the slides by using the left and right arrow buttons in the toolbar.</p>
<p>To remove a slide, select the slide and click the three dots right above it. Click the option to remove that slide.</p>
<p>Click the Carousel Block (the block nesting all the slides) to show the carousel settings.</p>
<h4>Upgrading from Legacy Carousel</h4>
<p>See the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-update-to-carousel-slider-block-version-2/" rel="ugc">support topic</a> for upgrading legacy blocks to Carousel Slider Version 2.</p>
<p>Legacy settings remain available at <code>/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=cb-carousel-settings</code>. The page is hidden from the admin menu and can be accessed directly by URL.</p>
<h3>Customizing Styles</h3>
<p>Carousel Slider v2 supports custom styling via CSS variables:</p>
<p>Styling documentation: <a href="https://www.carouselblock.com/docs?doc=styling" rel="nofollow ugc">carouselblock.com/docs?doc=styling</a></p>
<h4>Navigation</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--navigation-size</code>: Arrow icon size  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--navigation-sides-offset</code>: Distance from edge  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--navigation-color</code>: Arrow color  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--navigation-hover-color</code>: Arrow hover color (falls back to <code>navigation-color</code>)  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--navigation-alignfull-color</code>: Arrow color when carousel is full width  </li>
</ul>
<h4>Pagination (dots)</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-top</code>: Top offset  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bottom</code>: Bottom offset  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-size</code>: Bullet size  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-active-color</code>: Active bullet color  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-inactive-color</code>: Inactive bullet color  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-inactive-hover-color</code>: Inactive bullet hover color (falls back to <code>active-color</code> if set)  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-active-opacity</code>: Active bullet opacity  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-inactive-opacity</code>: Inactive bullet opacity  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-inactive-hover-opacity</code>: Inactive bullet opacity on hover (falls back to <code>inactive-opacity</code> if not set)  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap</code>: Space between bullets (horizontal)  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--pagination-bullet-vertical-gap</code>: Space between bullets (vertical)  </li>
</ul>
<h4>Block Spacing</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--image-margin-top</code>: Top margin for image blocks  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--image-margin-bottom</code>: Bottom margin for image blocks  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--cover-margin-top</code>: Top margin for cover blocks  </li>
<li><code>--wp--custom--carousel-block--cover-margin-bottom</code>: Bottom margin for cover blocks  </li>
</ul>
<h3>Theme JSON Support</h3>
<p>All the CSS variables can also be defined directly inside your theme’s <code>theme.json</code> under the <code>settings.custom</code> key.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code>{
  "settings": {
    "custom": {
      "carousel-block": {
        "navigation-size": "22px",
        "navigation-color": "#000",
        "pagination-bullet-active-color": "#000"
      }
    }
  }
}
</code></pre>
<h3>Frontend API</h3>
<p>Carousel Slider exposes a small frontend API for integrations with tabs, accordions, modals, or other hidden UI.</p>
<p>For some of these dynamic layout cases, the Advanced Settings observer options can also handle updates automatically.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>window.CarouselSliderBlock.init( container )</code>: Initializes carousel instances inside the given container.</li>
<li><code>window.CarouselSliderBlock.update( container )</code>: Updates existing carousel instances inside the given container and initializes any that are not yet initialized.</li>
</ul>


Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg

Finally a slider/carousel block that doesn't try too hard and is still easy and fun to use. It just needs a few additional sidebar settings (like slide gap and maybe custom icons for the prev/next navigation) and it would be perfect.

Thanks, i know i will be using this plugin A LOT in future projects - and for that it has definitely earned a full 5 star rating!

Almost perfect!

I tried several plugins and this one it's just perfect! Easy to use <3

Very simple and easy-to-use


I'm kind of an "old school" developer who is being dragged kicking and screaming into the world of the Block Editor (Gutenberg). One of my "old school" ideas is only using plugins for massive functionality (think WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, Gravity Forms), and not for things I can easily build myself. (Kind of ironic, since I've also developed a handful of plugins myself that don't follow that rule.)



Well… a week of fumbling around proved that at least in the new Gutenberg world, this is not something I can build myself, but I was still averse to using a plugin because in most of my past experience, using plugins with a narrow focus like this is that they a) aren't narrowly focused enough (trying to do too much), or b) they get in the way with too much of their own non-standard, over-designed interface elements.



I can safely say this plugin does not do any of that. It feels like it's a core part of Gutenberg… which it should be. I especially love (LOVE!) the fact that you can put any blocks into the carousel. That's exactly what I wanted/needed. The design is simple, intuitive, and unobtrusive.



I also really like the fact that in the Block Editor itself, the carousel is just a simple horizontal scrolling block. Very clever way to handle making the content editable and still feel fairly WYSIWYG, vs. trying to actually replicate the carousel functionality somehow on the back end.



The only problem I ran into was that the previous/next arrows and dot nav were rendering weirdly, but that was my own fault — some of my custom CSS was interfering. Once I adjusted that, everything is perfect.



If you're a long-time WordPress theme developer like I am, and you're resistant to Gutenberg, haven't learned React, and also are reluctant to start embracing more plugins… don't be afraid of this one! I just wish I had found this plugin sooner.


Excellent plugin for putting ANY blocks into a carousel


It is missing several basic Slick settings, though, like fade, centerMode, adaptiveHeight, variableWidth…


Nice and minimal

Thank you for a great little plugin.  It handles slides really well and the block settings are intuitive and allows for a lot of style variations and layouts.

I have a few ideas on how to further improve it.  Is is on GitHub?  I'd like to do a PR to contribute some code.

Some ideas for improvement:

- allow the slides to pause on mouse hover over the arrows or pagination dots.
- enable custom navigation by allowing a custom element with the right css to listen for click events.

Lovely little plugin

A responsive modern carousel slider for the Gutenberg block editor that lets you add any blocks to your slides. Easily create sliders for hero section …

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