oik-nivo-slider is a WordPress app, with a 2.4 average rating from 5 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
oik-nivo-slider is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by bobbingwide. With a rating of 2.4★ from 5 reviews.
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oik-nivo-slider is a mixed-rating 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. 5 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 bobbingwide — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (2.4★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (5) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How oik-nivo-slider works
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[nivo] shortcode for the jQuery Nivo slider; “The Most Awesome jQuery Image Slider”; reputed to be the world’s most popular jQuery image slider.
New feature in nivo v1.17.0
Added the Nivo slider block ( oik-nivo-slider/nivo ).
Features of jQuery Nivo 3.2
Flexible slider
16 transition effects
4 responsive slider themes
Built in directional and control navigation
Thumbnail image navigation
See also Nivo Slider for more information about the jQuery Nivo code.
Features of the oik nivo slider WordPress plugin
[nivo] lazy smart shortcode
Nivo slider block
Displays attached images
Displays images attached to related content
Profile for nivo slider settings
Display slideshows with/without links
Display slideshows with/without captions
Displays slideshows with HTML captions, using the format= parameter
Transition effect can be defined in the shortcode
Supports custom links to your content
Supports jQuery Nivo 3.2 for responsive sliders
nivo slider can be put into any part of your website: content, header, footer and sidebar text widgets
1 additional responsive slider theme
Supports jQuery Nivo 2.7.1 for backward compatibility
4 additional themes for jQuery Nivo 2.7.1
Works with existing content, does not add its own custom post type
Uses the oik plugin’s shortcode API for lazy smart shortcodes
The [nivo] shortcode is interchangeable with other oik shortcodes such as [bw_images], [bw_thumbs] or [bw_pages]
Supports display of images from a NextGEN gallery, using a “special post type” of nggallery.
Supports display of a plugin’s screenshots
Supports display of images with fancybox
Note: oik-nivo-slider is dependent upon the oik plugin.
You can activate it but it will not function correctly unless the pre-requisite version of oik is also activated.
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Find out more
Further reading If you want to read more about the oik plugins then please visit the
oik plugin
“the oik plugin – for often included key-information”
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What is oik-nivo-slider?
oik-nivo-slider is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 2.4-star rating from 5 merchant reviews, 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 bobbingwide.