david wolfpaw

<p>This slider uses the FlexSlider framework by <a href="http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooThemes</a>. Recent posts are displayed as a responsive slider. Posts can be selected by category or by post type if your theme uses custom post types.</p>
<p>The slider exists only as a widget, no settings page required. Visit Appearance > Widgets in your site dashboard, and place the Recent Posts Flexslider widget in your sidebar of choice.</p>
<h4>Options that can be set:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Category</li>
<li>Post Type</li>
<li>Image Size</li>
<li>Slide Pause</li>
<li>Slider Height</li>
<li>Slide Duration</li>
<li>Number of Slides</li>
<li>Slider Animation Style</li>
<li>Show or Hide Post Link</li>
<li>Show or Hide Post Title</li>
<li>Show or Hide Slide Controls</li>
<li>Show or Hide Navigation Arrows</li>
<li>Show or Hide Post Excerpt & Length</li>
<li>Only Show Posts With Featured Image</li>
</ul>
<h4>Tested on the most popular WordPress themes for compatibility, including:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Astra</li>
<li>Escapade</li>
<li>Genesis</li>
<li>Hestia</li>
<li>OceanWP</li>
<li>Primer</li>
<li>Total</li>
<li>Zerif</li>
<li>Twenty Ten</li>
<li>Twenty Eleven</li>
<li>Twenty Twelve</li>
<li>Twenty Thirteen</li>
<li>Twenty Fourteen</li>
<li>Twenty Fifteen</li>
<li>Twenty Sixteen</li>
<li>Twenty Seventeen</li>
<li>Twenty Nineteen</li>
<li>Twenty Twenty</li>
</ul>


Excellent Work

Simple setup responsive slider of recent posts selected by category or post type using FlexSlider by WooThemes.

Ron Rennick

marksabbath

Nathan Rice

StudioPress

<p>This plugin allows you to create a simple responsive slider that displays the featured image, along with the title and excerpt from each post.</p>
<p>It includes options for the maximum dimensions of your slideshow, allows you to choose to display posts or pages, what category to pull from, and even the specific post IDs of the posts you want to display. It includes next/previous arrows and a pager along with the option to turn both on or off. Finally, you can place the slider into a widget area.</p>
<p>The slideshow is also responsive and will automatically adjust for the screen it is being displayed on.</p>
<p>Note: This plugin only supports Genesis child themes.</p>
<h3>Child Theme Integration</h3>
<p>To adjust the slider defaults for a child theme use a filter similiar to the following:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'genesis_responsive_slider_settings_defaults', 'my_child_theme_responsive_slider_defaults' );

function my_child_theme_responsive_slider_defaults( $defaults ) {
    $defaults = array(
        'post_type' => 'post',
        'posts_term' => '',
        'exclude_terms' => '',
        'include_exclude' => '',
        'post_id' => '',
        'posts_num' => 5,
        'posts_offset' => 0,
        'orderby' => 'date',
        'slideshow_timer' => 4000,
        'slideshow_delay' => 800,
        'slideshow_arrows' => 1,
        'slideshow_pager' => 1,
        'slideshow_loop' => 1,
        'slideshow_height' => 400,
        'slideshow_width' => 920,
        'slideshow_effect' => 'slide',
        'slideshow_excerpt_content' => 'excerpts',
        'slideshow_excerpt_content_limit' => 150,
        'slideshow_more_text' => '[Continue Reading]',
        'slideshow_excerpt_show' => 1,
        'slideshow_excerpt_width' => 50,
        'location_vertical' => 'bottom',
        'location_horizontal' => 'right',
        'slideshow_hide_mobile' => 1
    );
    return $defaults;
}
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Genesis Responsive Slider

This plugin allows you to create a simple responsive slider that displays the featured image, along with the title and excerpt from each post.

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