sliderCat is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by damiroquai.
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sliderCat 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 damiroquai — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How sliderCat works
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Plugin is built using WordPress custom post type and custom taxonomy to store slideshows, individual slides and their settings. Featured images are used as Slide images, Title and Content Boxes are used like an animated objects. Tag slugs are used as categories to group slides into separated slideshows and than show them with Shortcode in content. Youtube and Vimeo slides are supported in responsive 16:9 format. Using default but extended WordPress post system you can quickly create multiple animated sliders in just a few minutes.
sliderCat Settings
There are three group of settings, General Settings, individual Slideshow Settings (edit slideshow) and individual Slide Settings (add / edit slide).
General Settings are located in Dashboard / sliderCat / General Settings.
General Settings:
Enable / Disable (sliderCat CSS, animation CSS, jQuery Flexslider script, jQuery Easing script, jQuery MouseWheel script),
Thumb, Medium and Large Image Size (width, height, crop).
Slideshow Settings – Each slideshow have separate options which can be accessed in Dashboard / sliderCat / Slideshows / your slideshow name (Edit). Choose between fade or slide effect, direction, enable or disable video… Also your Shortcode will be shown here, so you can copy it and use in your content (multiple slides per page are possible).
Slideshow Settings:
Name, Slug, Select Image Size, Select Transition (fade or slide), Transition Speed in mS, Direction, Easing, Reverse, Pause Button, Smooth Height, Randomize, Video, Carousel Item Width, Carousel min. Items, Carousel max. items, Enable Mousewheel, As Navigation For, Sync.
Slide Settings located in Dashboard / sliderCat / Add New Slide (or All Slides / Edit Slide).
Slide Settings:
Title, Content Boxes x 2, Slideshows(tags), Featured Image(slide image), Overall Slide Duration in mS, Slide Link URL, Link target, Youtube / Vimeo URL,
Title: (Enable Title, Link URL, Link Target, Position, Font Color, Size, Wrap, Max Width, Custom Class, In Animation, In Animation Delay, Out Animation, Out Animation Delay),
Content x 2: (Position, Font Color, Size, Wrap, Max Width, Custom Class, In Animation, In Animation Delay, Out Animation, Out Animation Delay).
Scripts used and thanks to:
jQuery FlexSlider v2.2.2 by WooThemes, Animate.css by Daniel Eden, jQuery MouseWheel 3.1.12 by Brandon Aaron, jQuery Easing v1.3 by Tyler Smith.
Plugin Home: http://wordpress.transformnews.com/plugins/slidercat-responsive-shortcode-slideshow-783
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What is sliderCat?
sliderCat 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 damiroquai.