Rolling banner of latest posts

  • Resolved izzyg

    (@izzyg)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hi all,

    I’m fairly new to wordpress. What I want to set up on my home page is a banner which allows visitors to roll through the newest 5 posts, pretty much like the one at the top of this site: https://isismagazine.org.uk/

    Ideally, I’m after a plugin which would just do this for me, if such a thing exists.

    Thanks, and I’d really appreciate any help.
    Isaac

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  • That’s a slider. Search the plugin repository for “slider”.

    Thread Starter izzyg

    (@izzyg)

    Thanks! That’s really helpful. I’m trying out a lot of sliders at the moment, but can’t find any which allow the featured image to be displayed across the entire slider, with the title/extract layed on top. Does anyone know of a slider which would do that?

    Thanks!

    Slider pro, but its a premium plugin.

    Thread Starter izzyg

    (@izzyg)

    Ah that looks irritatingly ideal – I’m keen to avoid spending money if possible. Is there a reason why a free slider wouldn’t do this?

    No, I’m sure you can find a free slider that will do it.

    I just recommended a premium one as its coded properly, widely supported and does what you asked.

    Free plugins tend to be watered down or lacking in features. Look for nextgen galleries.

    I used to use it till the major 4.0 update which was too much for me, so I switched.

    Cyclone Slider and some CSS customization can get you close to this.

    Thread Starter izzyg

    (@izzyg)

    Tried out cyclone – it didn’t seem a particularly great base to build on, because it doesn’t seem to have any feature for showing recent posts. Might be missing something?

    Yet to find a free plugin which works out of the box, or, in fact, even offers to display the featured image.

    Thread Starter izzyg

    (@izzyg)

    Just to let everyone know, EasyRotator does the job pretty well and is fantastically easy to use.

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