seothemes

<p>SEO Slider creates a new <code>slider</code> custom post type and provides plenty of options to create multiple sliders with either a widget or a shortcode.</p>
<h4>Slider Settings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Overlay Color</li>
<li>Text Color</li>
<li>Enable dots</li>
<li>Enable arrows</li>
<li>Enable loop</li>
<li>Enable autoplay</li>
<li>Effect style</li>
<li>Slide duration</li>
<li>Slide transition</li>
<li>Slider height</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Usage</h4>
<p>Here is an example of the SEO Slider shortcode. The slider ID can be found from the Edit Slider screen:</p>
<pre><code>[slider id="1234"]
</code></pre>


SEO Slider

I don't leave many plugin reviews, but for this one I'm making an exception.

Too many sliders are bloated, offering every option under the sun, making some of them almost unusable.

This one is different. It has what you need, and only what you need, to get a working attractive slideshow up in a minimal amount of time.

The only other feature I'd like to see is an ability to reorder slides within a slider, but that's not a deal-breaker. The benefits vastly outweigh the tiny wishlist.

Does what it's supposed to do

Displays a lightweight slider optimized for search engines, accessibility and mobile devices.

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;
}
</code></pre>


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.

SEO Slider vs Genesis Responsive Slider