Yes, it is possible to build a slideshow using a variety of image orientations. People want to do this because they have some images in portrait mode and some in landscape. These images have different orientations and different sizes. One option is that MetaSlider can help by automatically cropping and resizing these images. This allows…
Since our team took over running MetaSlider, we’ve been listening carefully to customer requests. One request has come up more than any other: MetaSlider users want a demo site. They want to see live demonstrations of what’s possible with MetaSlider. So I’m delighted to say that demo.metaslider.com is now live.
The Ken Burns effect was named after the famous documentary maker. Ken Burns uses these animated transitions to add motion to still images and bring the images to life. It is possible to add a Ken Burns effect to your slideshows created with MetaSlider.
We had this question from a MetaSlider user: “Can we create a slideshow thumbnail that appears under the main image?” Yes, you can do this with MetaSlider, and we’ll show you how it’s done in this guide. Using thumbnail images for navigation can be a stylish alternative to using numbers or arrows for visitors to…
MetaSlider is a powerful slideshow plugin and you can use it display many different types of image and video in WordPress. Two of the most popular types of slider are YouTube slides and Vimeo slides. These slide types allow you to display videos that are hosted by these high-profiles sites. You don’t have to pay…
I’m delighted to say that the MetaSlider plugin is now part of PublishPress. The PublishPress team’s mission is to help WordPress publishers succeed. We believe that maintaining and improving the MetaSlider plugin will enable us to help more publishers. MetaSlider is one of the most popular slideshow plugins for WordPress with over 700,000 installs and…
We have just released version 3.27.9 of MetaSlider. We recommend updating to this version because it fixes a security issue that was reported to us. The reported issue does require the user to be logged in as an Administrator user. This might seem confusing: if a user is already an Administrator, what more harm can…