[Plugin: Meteor Slides] Custom Thumbnail pager

There’s not a way to easily add another image to the slides. You would have to use a plugin like Advanced Custom Fields to create a custom metabox with an image uploader for the slide thumbnail, and modify the slideshow template to use the custom images.

I’ve done it before, it can be done, but it’s more trouble to manage. If you can I would try using thumbnails that are the same ratio as the slides, or small square thumbnails that might look better cropped so that you can avoid handling two images for each slide.

I’m using Advanced Custom Fields.
Thanks for your advice.

Advanced Custom Fields is an awesome plugin, if you want to add thumbnails or other content to the slide posts that’s the way to do it!

Hello Josh, I’ve been through the forums and your blog and can’t seem to find an answer with regards to ACF and MS…

I’ve copied meteor-slideshow.php to my child theme directory and I’ve appended this code as per your custom template tutorial:

<?php // Advanced Custom Fields in Meteor Slideshow
if(get_field(‘your-field-name’)){
$field_name = get_field(‘your-field-name’);
echo ‘<p>’ . $field_name . ‘</p>’;
}
?>

I’ve created an ACF field group called Slide Text Fields, with the fields Slide Title and Slide Description set up as text inside it.

I’ve set the location to Post Type equals slide. I’ve filled in the text fields in each slide and yet, nothing shows up.

Any ideas? Help appreciated, cheers.

https://www.adic-org.com

@jbouquet Take a look at this awesome tutorial on adding captions to Meteor Slides with Advanced Custom Fields.