Carousel Block – Showcase Images in Elegant Sliding Displays vs Vertical News Scroller

Turn static image lists into elegant, swipeable carousels your visitors love to browse – right inside the Gutenberg editor, no code required. Plugin Demo | Documentation | Get Pro Version Why Carousel Block? Rows of static images take up space and get skipped. Carousel Block turns them into a sleek, dynamic slider that captivates your audience – add the block, drop in your images, and publish a beautiful, responsive carousel in minutes. Everything is configured visually from the block sidebar: reorder slides with drag and drop, add captions and links, fine-tune autoplay and navigation, and choose from Slide, Fade, and Creative transition effects. Responsive controls let you set width, height, and column count separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile, so your carousel looks right on every device. Free Features Reorder Slides: Rearrange slides or images without deleting and recreating them. Captions: Add a caption to each slide image. Click Action: Make any slide linkable with a click action. Responsive Controls: Customize width, height, and column number for different devices. Caption Styling: Customize text alignment, typography, overlay colors, text and background colors, and padding. Slide Link Target: Choose whether links open in the same tab or a new tab. Slider Options: Control loop, speed, autoplay, autoplay delay, pagination, and navigation. Effects: Explore Slide, Fade, and Creative transition effects. Slider Style: Set background and padding for the slider. Pro Version Need more control? Carousel Block Pro unlocks advanced interactions, effects, and per-device display options. Pro features include: Image in Lightbox: Open the slide image in a lightbox. Link on Caption: Set the slide link on the caption. Touch Move: Control the slider with touch gestures. Advanced Autoplay: Disable on interaction, pause on mouse enter, reverse direction, and stop on last slide. Free Mode: Drag slides freely, with an optional sticky behavior. More Effects: Cube, Coverflow, Flip, and Cards transitions. Mousewheel Sliding: Move through slides with the mousewheel. Per-Device Pagination & Navigation: Show or hide pagination and navigation on tablet and mobile. Dynamic Bullets: Enable dynamic pagination bullets. Advanced Captions: Show captions on hover, position them outside the image, and change vertical alignment. How to Use Carousel Block Install and activate the Carousel Block plugin. In the Gutenberg editor, add the Carousel block from the “Widgets” block category. Add your images and arrange the slides. Adjust settings from the right-side settings sidebar. Publish – your carousel is live! For installation help, click on the Installation tab. Use Cases Image Galleries: Present photo collections in a compact, swipeable format. Client Logo Sliders: Showcase partner and client logos in a rotating strip. Portfolios: Highlight projects and creative work slide by slide. Promotions: Feature linked banners for products, offers, or landing pages. Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? Do you have a feature request? Please share your feedback with us. Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin- B Blocks – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg. Check out our other WordPress Plugins- Html5 Video Player – Display videos as single and playlist in multiple skins. PDF Poster – Display/Embed PDF files with different styles. Html5 Audio Player – Listen audios with awesome visuals. StreamCast – Customizable radio player with different skins. 3D Viewer – Embed 3D models and 3D products with interaction. Advanced Post Block – Show posts and custom posts in different layouts. Source Code You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: Carousel Block on GitHub Third-Party Libraries This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries. Swiper Source: https://swiperjs.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper License: MIT – https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper/blob/master/LICENSE Purpose: Modern touch slider used for Slider and News Ticker components. Freemius Lite SDK Source: https://bplugins.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent. External Services: Communicates with api.bplugins.com (activation events) and wp.freemius.com (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy. bpl-tools Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls. External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

Vertical News Scroller turns any sidebar, footer, or page section into a live scrolling news ticker – no coding required. Add unlimited news items, choose how they scroll, and drop the scroller in with a widget, shortcode, or the native block editor. Whether you’re running a news site, a school or club website, a business homepage with announcements, or just want a “what’s new” ticker that doesn’t take up much space, this plugin gets it on your page in a couple of minutes. Live Demo Vertical News List Shortcode Demo Why people use it Two scroll styles – a smooth jQuery slide-up scroller, or a simple continuous marquee-style scroll Works everywhere – native Gutenberg block, classic widget, or shortcode – use whichever fits your site Reliable on modern themes – built on a lightweight v3 scroll engine that fixes the inconsistent behavior older ticker plugins are known for Full control – set scroll speed, direction, height, width, and whether to show the news content or just the title Custom links – send each news item to any URL, opening in the same tab or a new one Lightweight – no bloated settings, no tracking, no ads Want more? The Pro version adds unlimited news categories, automatic RSS feed integration (pull in headlines from any site), thumbnail images, custom colors and fonts, 4 visual style presets, a lightbox preview popup, and colored item labels (News/Event/Announcement/Notice). See the full comparison at Vertical News Scroller Pro. Features Add unlimited news items from a clean admin screen Two scroll styles: smooth jQuery scroller or classic marquee-style scroll Native Gutenberg block – search “News Scroller” in the block inserter Classic widget support – drag and drop into any widget area Shortcode support for placing the scroller anywhere Lightweight v3 scroll engine (default) – reliable scrolling across most themes, with v1/v2 kept for backward compatibility Control scroll speed, direction, height, width, and padding Choose to show full news content or just the title Add a custom link to any news item, opening in the same tab or a new one Two visual styles (Default and Card) to match your site No coding knowledge needed – works out of the box Responsive admin layout Pro Version Features Unlimited news categories – organize news by section instead of one combined list Automatic RSS feed integration – pull in headlines from BBC, Reuters, or any site and mix them with your own news Thumbnail image support for every news item 4 visual style presets: Default, Card, Minimal, Headline Lightbox preview popup – readers preview a headline without leaving your page Colored item labels: News, Event, Announcement, Notice (with customizable text) Custom title/content colors and font sizes News list shortcode (static list, no scrolling) for archives and footers Manual news ordering and mass reorder Turn any existing post or page into a news item with one checkbox Role and capability support for multi-author sites Multisite compatible No ads, ever Get Support License This plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. But you can make some donations if you realy find it useful.