@davidanderson, I can give it more priority.
@tecbrat, I know this is late, and I haven’t tested this, but someone figured out a way to set a longer time for the first slide by adding a filter:
https://gist.github.com/tomhemsley/9247378
function metaslider_delay_first_slide($options, $slider_id, $settings) {
$delay = 5000; // delay for first slide in milliseconds
$options['start'][] = "slider.pause(); setTimeout(function(){ slider.play(); }, {$delay});" ;
$options['after'][] = "if (slider.currentSlide == 0) { slider.pause(); setTimeout(function(){ slider.play(); }, {$delay}); }" ;
return $options;
}
add_filter('metaslider_flex_slider_parameters', 'metaslider_delay_first_slide', 10, 3);