MetaSlider Slideshow 3.109.0 makes it easier to review and choose slideshow designs before publishing them. The main user-facing improvements are a new desktop preview view and better filtering for quickstart demos that include hero images, alongside import fixes, refreshed branding, and updated translations.
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Feature highlights
The preview experience now includes a dedicated desktop view, bringing it in line with the responsive preview options used elsewhere in the plugin. This helps you check how a slideshow will look on larger screens before adding it to a live page.
Quickstart demos are also easier to browse if you are looking for hero-style slideshow layouts. The update adds filtering and labels for demos that use hero images, so site owners can find full-width, attention-grabbing designs more quickly.
- Desktop preview — Check slideshow layouts in a desktop-sized view before publishing.
- Hero image demo labels — Find quickstart demos designed around large hero images more easily.
Other changes and fixes
This release also includes several polish and maintenance updates that improve the plugin experience across setup, branding, and localization.
- Quickstart import fix — An import error affecting quickstarts has been fixed, with more graceful handling for failed media imports.
- Dependency update — Axios has been updated to version 1.15.2.
- Translation updates — Italian, Spanish, and French translations have been refreshed.
- Updated plugin icons — The plugin icons have been changed to better distinguish slideshow, gallery, and related MetaSlider tools.
- New plugin name — The plugin is now referred to as “MetaSlider Slideshow” in relevant places.
- Gallery reference update — References to the MetaSlider Gallery plugin have been updated.
If you use quickstart demos or regularly preview slideshows across device sizes, this is a useful quality-of-life update to install.