The WordPress Photo Directory is a new project run by the WordPress community. This is an excellent project and there are 1,000’s of photos for you to use. You don’t have to pay anything, and you don’t need to give any attribution to the original photographers. It’s a free stock photo directory that is run…
MetaSlider users can now update to version 3.40.0 and get access to a new admin design. In this release, we’ve also made it easier to find where to edit your slideshows.
With MetaSlider you are able to add local videos, YouTube videos, and Vimeo videos to slideshows. All of these video options look great on desktop and mobile devices. They also come with a range of options including “Auto play”. This image below shows the settings for a local video slide containing “Auto play” in the…
MetaSlider Pro 2.26.0 has big improvements to the Theme Editor feature. The Theme Editor allows you to create completely new themes that can easily be added to your slideshows. MetaSlider provides a good number of default themes, but the Theme Editor feature allows you to build many more. You can use the Theme Editor to…
WordPress 6.3 introduced an important change to how you add images to WordPress. If you’re using the block editor, you are now able to choose aspect ratios for your images. This screenshot below shows the previous image block on the left, and the new block on the right. There are now seven different aspect ratios…
Finding good images is really hard! When you click an “Image” button in WordPress, you will only see the images that you uploaded. If you want to find new images, you need to leave your WordPress site. There are some great, free stock photo sources including Unsplash.com and Pexels.com. But these sites do not integrate…
We had a question from a MetaSlider Pro user who wondered about the different types of navigation available for their slideshows. In MetaSlider Free, the default option is “Dots“. This will provide large dots that visitors can use to navigate through your slideshow. This screenshot below shows the “Dots” option. You can install this same…