Extrnd Block Slider for WordPress Plugin Directory
Extrnd Block Slider is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by sulaimandauda.
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Extrnd Block Slider is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by sulaimandauda — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Extrnd Block Slider works
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Extrnd Block Slider adds a slider block for the WordPress editor with responsive layout controls, navigation options, and accessible frontend output. It uses the Embla Carousel library for touch-friendly scrolling and does not require jQuery.
Key Features:
Small frontend assets — streamlined JavaScript and CSS for frontend rendering
Zero jQuery — no jQuery dependency, not even transitively
Gutenberg native — configure everything inside the block editor, no admin pages
9 presets — Default, Hero, Gallery, Cards, Testimonials, Fullscreen, Logo Carousel, Coverflow, Fade
6 transition effects — Slide, Fade, Scale, Parallax, Coverflow, Flip with smooth scroll-based animations
5 arrow styles — Default, Rounded, Minimal, Outline, Circle
5 arrow positions — Sides, Bottom Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Center, Outside
5 pagination styles — Dots, Lines, Dashes, Numbers, Outline
3 pagination positions — Bottom, Right, Left
Progress bar — thin scroll-based progress indicator
Slide counter — shows current/total slide count (e.g. 1 / 5)
Navigation colours — customise arrow background, arrow icon, dot, and active dot colours
Responsive breakpoints — desktop, tablet (≤ 1024 px), and mobile (≤ 768 px) slides per view
Settings & Styles tabs — organised into Settings (Preset, Layout, Playback) and Styles (Effects, Navigation, Colors) tabs
Accessible — full keyboard navigation, screen reader announcements, reduced motion support
Developer friendly — PHP filter (extrnd_block_slider_options) and JS hooks (extrndSlider.options, extrndSlider.init, extrndSlider.slideChange)
Block transforms — convert Gallery, Group, or multi-selected blocks to/from Slider
Lazy initialisation — sliders below the fold only initialise when scrolled into view
Dynamic rendering — PHP render callback ensures future-proof output with zero block validation errors
Presets:
Default — standard full-width slider
Hero — 80 vh feature banner with fade transition
Gallery — multi-slide with 16 px gap
Cards — 3 visible slides with 24 px gap
Testimonials — centred single testimonial
Fullscreen — edge-to-edge 100 dvh
Logo Carousel — continuous-scroll brand logos
Coverflow — 3D coverflow effect
Fade — crossfade transitions
Development The full uncompiled source code is included in the src/ directory. The build/ directory contains the compiled assets generated by esbuild. To regenerate the build files from source, run npm install followed by npm run build.
Third-Party Libraries This plugin includes the Embla Carousel library for slider behaviour.
Project: Embla Carousel
Repository: https://github.com/davidjerleke/embla-carousel
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Extrnd Block Slider?
Extrnd Block Slider is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by sulaimandauda.