Weaver Show Sliders is the #74 ranked slider app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 6 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Weaver Show Sliders is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by wpweaver. With a rating of 4.5★ from 6 reviews, it currently ranks #74 in the Slider category.
AppRanks data: Weaver Show Sliders ranks #74 in Slider on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 12% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Weaver Show Sliders is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Slider category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 6 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
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by wpweaver — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (6) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Weaver Show Sliders works
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This isn’t the typical plugin to create Sliders: Slide Shows, Carousels, Sliders with Posts. This is a Slider with options!
It supports beautiful, responsive image sliders and slide shows. And that’s not all – it also can display any regular post in a slider or slide show.
You can even use Weaver Show Sliders as a Slide Show replacement for the standard WordPress [gallery] shortcode.
But, best of all, Weaver Show Sliders has been designed to give you options! You have more control of what content is displayed in your sliders
and slide shows, as well as how that content is displayed.
This plugin uses the FlexSlider jQuery script for the actual slider animation.
Slider Options Weaver Show Sliders has been designed to give you more control of what content is displayed in your sliders
and slide shows, as well as how that content is displayed, than any other slider plugin.
Add sliders using a shortcode
Create multiple sliders – display as many as you want anywhere you can add a shortcode
Slider Types: Fader, Slider, Carousel
Multiple Index Paging Options: none, dots, thumbnails, and sliding thumbnails
Slider Content: Images or Posts
Easy Selection of Content: use the Weaver Show Posts plugin features to select posts and individual slides
Add custom posts with a special post type.
Use the WordPress Gallery tool to define images, or add images one post at a time.
Many display options: Previous/Next navigation buttons, Pause/Play, Autostart show, Add links to image, Captions, Titles, Descriptions, BG color, Borders
A Custom CSS option allows you to add your own styling rules for the sliders. Full documentation is included about slider classes.
[gallery] shortcode replacement slider
A built-in Lightbox to responsively show your images in a full popup lightbox.
Easy to Select Content For images sliders, you can use the standard WordPress gallery generator. Simply add a [gallery] to one
of the new Slider Custom Post types. You can use the standard gallery interface to select images from your
Media library. That interface allows you to add captions, descriptions, even specify the order the images are shown.
Weaver Show Sliders requires the Weaver Show Posts plugin to specify exactly which posts (or individual images) are used for
sliders you define. You can use the special Slider Post type. You can pick up a gallery from any page. Weaver
Show Sliders will even automatically use the first image found on any post. Using the Weaver Show Posts filter
interface, you can easily select exactly where your images and posts included in a slider originate.
No other slider makes it as easy to select the source of your images and posts.
Other options supported by Weaver Show Sliders include more sizing and layout options;
more control over how images are displayed with titles, captions, and descriptions;
support for Videos in sliders, more control of Carousels;
selection of over 20 different navigation arrows;
display options for navigation arrows,timing and order options;
per-slider custom CSS;
and other options
to fine tune your slider.
There is no other slider plugin like it.
Copyrights
Weaver Show Sliders is Copyright (c) 2014-2023 by Bruce E. Wampler. It is licensed under GPL Version 2.
FlexSlider is licensed under GPL Version 2.
jQuery Easing is licensed under BSD
FitVids is licensed under WTFPL
mousewheel is licensed under MIT
1.2
New: name from ATW Show Sliders to Weaver Show Sliders
New: Added Lightbox display option
New: Added Save/Restore Slider settngs
Tweak: alt= value on slider images, uses WP Alt value
Fix: fixed several minor bugs
1.1
Added Pro freatures to free version
Fixed Multi-site menu display
Updated FlexSlider and FitVids versions
Fixed preview of edited page
Fixed alt= tags
1.0.10
Tweaked Custom Per-Slider CSS box (Pro)
Tweaked some option wording
Fixed problem with minimized script file
1.0.8
Fixed “Enter” on text input areas issue triggering submit
Added support for Sliding Thumbnails for Posts Sliders
Added max-height for thumbnail pager images
1.0.6
Show recommended plugin only if user can activate plugins
Fixed animation time issue
1.0.5
Fixed auto-update issues with Pro version
1.0.4
Fixed arrow spacing when margins specified for slider
Added Per-slider custom css (pro)
Added selection of left/right arrows (pro)
Added show arrows in upper right corner (pro)
Added always show arrows (pro)
Added disable arrows slide-in effect (pro)
1.0.3
Fixed activation order issues with Show Posts and Show Sliders
1.0.2
Temporary work around for requirement that Weaver Show Posts be activated first.
1.0.1
Added arbitrary link option for images defined in a post (Pro)
When Video, will not use FI for image for all slides
Fixed opacity for slider pager when above
1.0
First release.
Category rankings
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Weaver Show Sliders stands in the Slider category
Weaver Show Sliders ranks #74 of 619 apps in the Slider category, placing it in the top 12% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Weaver Show Sliders?
Weaver Show Sliders is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 6 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Slider 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 wpweaver.
Who uses Weaver Show Sliders?
Currently around 900 active stores have installed Weaver Show Sliders. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Slider category on WordPress.
Where does Weaver Show Sliders rank on WordPress?
Weaver Show Sliders currently sits at position #74 in the Slider category on WordPress. That places it in the top 12% of 619 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.