JJ NextGen JQuery Slider is the #100 ranked gallery app on WordPress, with a 4.3 average rating from 4 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
JJ NextGen JQuery Slider is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by jjcoder. With a rating of 4.3★ from 4 reviews, it currently ranks #100 in the Gallery category.
AppRanks data: JJ NextGen JQuery Slider ranks #100 in Gallery on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 17% of that category.
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JJ NextGen JQuery Slider is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Gallery category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 4 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. 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 jjcoder — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (4) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How JJ NextGen JQuery Slider works
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The ‘JJ NextGen JQuery Slider’ allows you to create a ‘Nivo slider’ (http://nivo.dev7studios.com/) as a widget or as a shortcode.
This plugin uses the ‘NextGen Gallery’ plugin for its images.
Requirements:
NextGen Gallery Plugin (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)
NextGen Gallery Integration:
This plugin uses the original width and height of the image uploaded so make sure the images are the correct dimensions when uploaded.
Alt & Title Text Field: Provide a full url here and the image will link to this. Only works if alt field starts with either of these; /, http, or ftp.
Description Field: Will be used as a caption.
You can specify the following parameters:
NOTE: sc means shortcode:
Title: Title for slider. Leave blank for no title. (sc: title=”My Slider”)
Gallery: Leave blank to use all galleries or choose a gallery to use. (sc: gallery=”galleryid”)
Order: Order to display results in. You can choose; Random, Latest First, Oldest First, or NextGen Sortorder. Random will still work when a page is cached. (sc: order=”random”|”asc”|”desc”|”sortorder”)
Tags: comma separated list of tags to filter results by. (sc: tags=”tag1, tag2″)
Shuffle: If order is random and this is true will shuffle images with javascript. Useful if your are caching your pages. (sc: shuffle=”true”|”false”)
Max pictures: The maximum amount of pictures to use. (sc: max_pictures=”6″)
HTML id: HTML id to use. Defaults to ‘slider’. Needs to be different for multiple sliders on same page. (sc: html_id=”slider”)
Width: Width to use on slider. (sc: width=”200″)
Height: Height to use on slider. (sc: height=”150″)
Center: Centers content in container. Requires width to be set. (sc: center=”1″)
Nivo slider settings:
Please check the Nivo slider home page for more details (http://nivo.dev7studios.com/#usage).
effect: Specify sets like: ‘fold,fade,sliceDown’. (sc: effect=”setting”)
slices: (sc: slices=”setting”)
boxCols: (sc: boxcols=”setting”)
boxRows: (sc: boxrows=”setting”)
animSpeed: Slide transition speed. (sc: animspeed=”setting”)
pauseTime: (sc: pausetime=”setting”)
startSlide: Set starting Slide (0 index). (sc: startslide=”setting”)
directionNav: Next & Prev. (sc: directionnav=”setting”)
directionNavHide: Only show on hover. (sc: directionnavhide=”setting”)
controlNav: 1,2,3… (sc: controlnav=”setting”)
controlNavThumbs: Use thumbnails for Control Nav. You can choose ‘nextgen thumbs” that will automatically use the image’s thumbnail from nextgen gallery or ‘nextgen original’ that will use the current image. (sc: controlnavthumbs=”true”|”false”|”nextgen_thumbs”|”nextgen_original”)
thumbsWidth: Resize thumbnail to this width. Recommended to set if using thumbnails. (sc: thumbswidth=”20″)
thumbsHeight: Resize thumbnail to this height. Recommended to set if using thumbnails. (sc: thumbsheight=”20″)
thumbsContainerHeight: Height for thumbnails container. Calculation should be ‘number of thumbnail image rows’ x ‘thumbsheight’. (sc: thumbscontainerheight=”20″)
thumbsGap: Gap between thumbnails. (sc: thumbsgap=”5″)
controlNavThumbsFromRel: Use image rel for thumbs. (sc: controlnavthumbsfromrel=”setting”)
controlNavThumbsSearch: Replace this with… (sc: controlnavthumbssearch=”setting”)
controlNavThumbsReplace: …this in thumb Image src. (sc: controlnavthumbsreplace=”setting”)
keyboardNav: Use left & right arrows. (sc: keyboardnav=”setting”)
pauseOnHover: Stop animation while hovering. (sc: pauseonhover=”setting”)
manualAdvanc: Force manual transitions. (sc: manualadvance=”setting”)
captionOpacity: Universal caption opacity. (sc: captionopacity=”setting”)
Disable captions: (sc: disablecaptions=”1″)
beforeChange: (sc: beforechange=”setting”)
afterChange: (sc: afterchange=”setting”)
slideshowEnd: Triggers after all slides have been shown. (sc: slideshowend=”setting”)
lastSlide: Triggers when last slide is shown. (sc: lastslide=”setting”)
afterLoad: Triggers when slider has loaded. (sc: afterload=”setting”)
Nivo Effects:
sliceDown
sliceDownLeft
sliceUp
sliceUpLeft
sliceUpDown
sliceUpDownLeft
fold
fade
random
slideInRight
slideInLeft
boxRandom
boxRain
boxRainReverse
boxRainGrow
boxRainGrowReverse
Shortcodes:
[jj-ngg-jquery-slider html_id=”about-slider”]
[jj-ngg-jquery-slider title=”Hello” gallery=”1″ html_id=”about-slider” width=”200″ height=”150″ center=”1″]
[jj-ngg-jquery-slider html_id=”about-slider” directionnav=”false” controlnav=”false”]
Try out my other plugins:
JJ NextGen JQuery Carousel (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jj-nextgen-jquery-carousel/)
JJ NextGen JQuery Cycle (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jj-nextgen-jquery-cycle/)
JJ NextGen Unload (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jj-nextgen-unload/)
JJ NextGen Image List (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jj-nextgen-image-list/)
JJ SwfObject (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jj-swfobject/)
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Where JJ NextGen JQuery Slider stands in the Gallery category
JJ NextGen JQuery Slider ranks #100 of 595 apps in the Gallery category, placing it in the top 17% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is JJ NextGen JQuery Slider?
JJ NextGen JQuery Slider is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.3-star rating from 4 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Gallery category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by jjcoder.
Who uses JJ NextGen JQuery Slider?
Currently around 700 active stores have installed JJ NextGen JQuery Slider. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Gallery category on WordPress.
Where does JJ NextGen JQuery Slider rank on WordPress?
JJ NextGen JQuery Slider currently sits at position #100 in the Gallery category on WordPress. That places it in the top 17% of 595 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.