Tom Baumgarten

SPS is a simple plugin to create a slider of pictures and display it with a shortcode or PHP code. Few options to keep it simple, but fast and efficient. Some hooks to improve the slider or to configure it more specifically. Good plugin for developers, with possibility to control what your client can edit or not in the advanced options. 
Compatible with ACF, you can put field groups for every slide. It’s possible to override template files for displaying the fields.

Simple Pictures Slider

A simple plugin to display a picture slider. Light, efficient and compatible with ACF. Best for developers.

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gschoppe

Sometimes, you run into a situation where you just need to manually run a script. The actual logic might be as simple as generating a csv from a query, or changing a user’s settings, or even just running a single line of SQL. WordPress makes this difficult.
There are many hacky solutions to the problem, but most of them lack security or are too difficult for anyone but a developer to run or just take too long to build. That’s where we come in.
WP Utility Script Runner lets you start with a simple 17 line template, add in your custom code, save to the server, and in minutes you have a secure, fully featured utility, that you can safely run from the WordPress dashboard.
But that’s not all! With a few extra lines of code, your utility can:
<ul>
<li>Accept user input</li>
<li>Accept file input</li>
<li>Run at a future date and time</li>
<li>Run on a recurring schedule</li>
<li>Run large tasks by breaking them up into several smaller tasks, and saving state.</li>
<li>Create reports and other output files</li>
</ul>

WP Utility Script Runner

Create custom scripts and manage them directly from the WordPress Dashboard. Schedule scripts, handle user input, download reports, and more.

Simple Pictures Slider vs WP Utility Script Runner