Plugin info

Total downloads: 84,594
Active installs: 4,000
Total reviews: 26
Average rating: 3.2
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 5 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 2/21/2024 (679 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/20/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.4.7
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 679 days ago • 26 reviews

32/100

Is Block Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 679 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.7
Tested up to: 6.4.7
Requires PHP: 5.6

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Description

With Block Slider, you can use the power of WordPress Block Editor to create awesome slider content such as layer slider, video slider, image slider, fullscreen slider, post slider, product slider, WooCommerce slider, testimonial slider, gallery slider, and more. You can also use these sliders in Site Editor within any site template to use them globally.

Slider Templates | Features | Docs | Support

Are you ready to make your website look amazing? Say hello to Block Slider – your new best friend for creating all sorts of fantastic sliders and carousels that will make your website stand out!

Create Stunning Sliders and Carousels

With Block Slider, you can make different types of sliders and carousels. Want to show off your favorite pictures? Create an Image Slider using image blocks. Want to add cool videos? Create a Video Slider using video blocks. You can create awesome sliders for any purpose!

Create Responsive Sliders

Block Slider makes sure your sliders look great on all devices – big screens, small screens, and everything in between! Your sliders will always shine, no matter where people see them.

Create Posts Slider

Got cool blog posts? Show them off with the Post Slider. It’s like a showcase for your best content. You will experience the same powerful Query options as the WordPress query block. Not just posts, you can create CPT sliders using any custom post type you may have on your website.

Create WooCommerce Slider

If you’re selling things on your website, Block Slider has your back. Showcase your products in a cool product slider. Use WooCommerce blocks that come with the plugin in your sliders and create stunning native WooCommerce sliders easily.

Create Testimonial Slider

Got something nice someone said about you, your website, product, or business? Use the Testimonial Slider to display those awesome words.

Create Hero Banner Slider

Want something at the top of your website that people can’t miss? Create eye-catching banner sliders the easy way!

Fullwidth and Customizable

Want your slider to stretch across the whole screen? Create Fullwidth Slider easily. And guess what? You can make it look just the way you want!

Easy and Fun with WordPress Blocks & Editor

Block Slider utilizes WordPress blocks and its user-friendly editor for effortless slider creation. You can easily incorporate various WordPress blocks into your slides, giving you more control compared to other slider plugins.

Customize Your Sliders

Make your sliders unique by changing colors, styles, and more. You’re the boss of your sliders, and you get to decide how they look. Block Slider comes with all the styling features you need while creating your stunning slider content.

Ready-to-Use Slider Templates

Don’t know where to start? No worries! Block Slider comes with ready-made designs. Just pick one you like, and you’re good to go! We have a growing sliders library where we keep adding new templates regularly.

Easy-to-Use Controls

Controlling your sliders is a piece of cake. You can use different buttons to move through your slides, and it’s super easy to do.

Smooth Transitions

When your slides change, they do it smoothly. No sudden jumps – just nice transitions that look great.

Works with All Page Builders

Whether you’re using Elementor, Beaver Builder, or any other page builder, Block Slider works smoothly with all of them. You can easily add your awesome sliders using a shortcode. It’s like magic that makes your sliders appear wherever you want them outside the block editor!

Lightweight and Clean Code

One more awesome thing – Block Slider is super lightweight and doesn’t slow down your website. It’s like having a powerful tool that works smoothly without making your website heavy. Plus, it generates clean and optimized code, ensuring your website stays tip-top.

Slider Templates | Features | Docs | Support

Get ready to wow your visitors with amazing sliders and carousels. Block Slider has everything you need to make your website look fantastic. So, why wait? Let the sliding and carousel-ing begin!

Installation

  1. Upload the entire plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
    Once Activated, you will find ‘Block Slider’ block in the Gutenberg editor.
    For basic usage, you can also have a look at the plugin website Block Slider.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Paul Wong-Gibbs
4/28/2021

Promising but currently not a good editing experience

The key features of this block plugin appear to work satisfactorily; some recent reviews said it was broken, but I think things must have been fixed. There are some fundamental flaws, however: - The amount of whitespace shown in the editor interface above/below each slides is massive, and it's extremely hard to figure out where to select each 'slide' to customise it. It could be that the "Min Height" control is meant to control this, but if so, it doesn't work. - Selecting the slider block and pressing "add slide" adds a slide, but if you have a smaller monitor or many slider blocks, it's added off-screen, and you have no idea if the button worked. - Unless a tabbed interface is added to control content entry into each slide, the "quick preview" mode should be the default state on page load (as opposed to the editing), because of the vast amount of whitespace and vertical area this block takes up, it currently seriously impacts the usability of managing content elsewhere on your page/post. - A feature enhancement would be to opt-out of the left/right carousel arrows/buttons. I'm having to hide these with CSS. - The integration with Gutenberg Hub (and associated upsell features in the interface) leaves a bad taste in my mouth; if this was just a slider block plugin, then why do I want it to pull in templates from Gutenberg Hub? I don't. - The admin interface for the plugin is unfinished and looks amateurish; one of the screens have placeholder text, and the other screens seem to iframe content in from another site (the styling is off, and there are security concerns with iframing unknown sites in). I've decided to hide this entire screen on my client sites.
Sanil Shakya
6/1/2021

its not ready for production site.

Does not work. Shows dummy message on plugin page.
Benny Windolph
7/1/2021

This is exactly what i needed

I wanted a lean sliding solution for gutenberg and this plugin is exactly what i've searched for. Installed the premium trial version from the website and will buy it as soon as it is open for sale.
Peter Hardy-vanDoorn
5/11/2022

Should not have updated it

This used to be a great little slider - it did everything that I wanted it, cleanly and simply, with the huge bonus of editing the sliders in the page. Now, with the update to version 2, it's lost that major bonus. It didn't automatically recognise my original sliders, as they promised, so I had to recreate them and then I find that there's no block to insert them back into the page and the shortcode didn't work. All in all a very disappointing mess that just proves the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!".
JayBee
7/6/2022

Great addition to my site

Very impressed with this little slider block, if you're using the Block editor this will make a good addition to your site. Nice, complete and modern controls. If you only need to slide one thing at a time (think mastheads or hero images) then the free version works really great. If you want to slide more than one thing then you might want to consider PRO. Don't listen to the one-star reviews - give it a try.

Screenshots

  1. Team Slider Demo

    Team Slider Demo

  2. Testimonial Slider Demo

    Testimonial Slider Demo

  3. Content Slider Demo

    Content Slider Demo

  4. Page Builder Support

    Page Builder Support

  5. Ready Made Slider Library

    Ready Made Slider Library

Changelog

For more information, visit Block Slider.

2.2.3 (21 Feb 2024)

  • New: Animation Support for slider (pro).

2.2.2 (1 Feb 2024)

  • Fix: Slider inserter block breaking on pages.

2.2.1 (30 Aug 2023)

  • Fix: Library load more not showing.
  • Fix: Slider miscalculating width with stackables.
  • Fix: Slider slides per view missing.
  • Fix: Permalink issue with the slider CPT.
  • Fix: Slides overview missing.

2.2.0 (24 Aug 2023)

  • Fix: Compatibility issue with the Gutenberg plugin.

2.1.8 (12 Aug 2023)

  • Fix: Blockslider not working in FSE.
  • Fix: slides overview not loading correctly.

2.1.7 (18 July 2023)

  • Fix: Link Control issue
  • Fix: Premium banner issue
  • Update: Freemius SDK

2.1.6 (30 Jun 2022)

  • Fix: Layout Issues with Blocksy and Stackable

2.1.5 (28 Jun 2022)

  • Fix: Bugs.
  • New: Slider inserter block that lets you easily insert blockslider in post/page.
  • New: Vibility manager for blockslider.
  • New: Preview toolbar when viewing block slider.

2.1.4 (5 May 2022)

  • Fix: A misconfiguration that was preventing users from updating the free plugin. But you have to update to this version manually, and in the future, you will be able to update from the dashboard.

2.1.3 (28 Apr 2022)

  • Fix: Embeds issue in the slider.

2.1.2 (15 Apr 2022)

  • Fix: Slider loading delays on frontend.
  • Fix: Blockslider icon in the admin menu.
  • Fix: Layout bugs.

2.1.1 (11 Apr 2022)

  • Fix: Admin bar visibility issues when logged out.

2.1.0 (8 Apr 2022)

  • New: Fix Fatal issues in the last update.

2.0.0 (8 Apr 2022)

Note: If you upgrade from older versions, your old sliders may not work.
* New: A completely revamped block slider plugin.

1.2.9 (14 sep 2021)

  • Improved: Templates Library

1.2.8 (26 Aug 2021)

  • Improved: Templates Library

1.2.7 (12 Aug 2021)

  • Improved: Library

1.2.6 (13 July 2021)

  • Improved: Library