bxSlider integration for WordPress vs Easy BXSlider

bxSlider for WordPress integrates the great responsive content slider bxSlider jQuery plugin in your very own WordPress site. Galleries are turned into beautiful sliders, but you can also roll you own sliders using special shortcode. The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of sliders or galleries per page, you can have as many as you want! Why should you use this slider? I’ll quote the bxSlider’s website: Fully responsive – will adapt to any device Horizontal, vertical, and fade modes Slides can contain images, video, or HTML content Advanced touch / swipe support built-in Uses CSS transitions for slide animation (native hardware acceleration!) Full callback API and public methods Small file size, fully themed, simple to implement Browser support: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, iOS, Android, IE7+ Languages Easy Digital Downloads has been translated into the following languages: English (and British English) German Spanish Would you like to help translate the plugin into more languages? Join our WP-Translations Community. Features [gallery] and [bxgallery] shortcodes [slider] and [bxslider] shortcodes Template functions [gallery] and [bxgallery] shortcodes You can use the default WordPress [gallery] shortcode or use the additional [bxgallery] shortcode to create awesome dynamic galleries. These shortcodes take the following parameters: ids [a comma-separated list of image IDs]: This is usually inserted for you when you create the gallery from the media box. If you omit this parameter, all the images you have uploaded along with the post will be included in the gallery. exclude_featured [1 or 0]: if set to 1 and you did not specify specific ids as above, the post featured image will be excluded from the gallery. If you omit this parameter, it will default to the value set in the plugin settings page. hide_carousel [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the carousel with thumbnails will not be shown. If you omit this parameter, it will default to the value set in the plugin settings page. duration integer: the duration of slides in milliseconds speed integer: the speed of transitions in milliseconds extra_options comma-separated list of javascript options to be passed to bxSlider directly: this allows to directly specify some options for bxSlider if those options are not yet provided as settings or shortcode parameters by our plugin. For instance: [bxgallery extra_options=”pager: false, “] transition ‘fade’, ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’: the type of transition between slides adaptive_height [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the height of the slider/gallery will automatically adjust to the content of the current slide auto_start [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the slideshow will automatically start after the page has loaded. shuffle [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the images will be shown in random order [slider] and [bxslider] shortcodes You can also build your own custom sliders, with any content you’d like in them. Here is an example: [slider] This is my first slide. I can contain any html you like. [next-slide] And the shortcode above has made this text be the second slider. [next-slide] And thus we are now having the third slide of this slider. Below we close the initial shortcode to notify the end of the slider. Simple, isn't it? [/slider] The shortcode accepts the following parameters: duration integer: the duration of slides in milliseconds speed integer: the speed of transitions in milliseconds extra_options comma-separated list of javascript options to be passed to bxSlider directly: this allows to directly specify some options for bxSlider if those options are not yet provided as settings or shortcode parameters by our plugin. For instance: [bxgallery extra_options=”pager: false, “] transition ‘fade’, ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’: the type of transition between slides adaptive_height [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the height of the slider/gallery will automatically adjust to the content of the current slide auto_start [1 or 0]: if set to 1, the slideshow will automatically start after the page has loaded. Template functions The plugin also provides template functions to be used in your theme files. Those functions are all static methods of the class BXSG_ThemeUtils. To be safe, in case the plugin is not active, you should check that the class exists before calling the functions: 1. Post gallery 1 ) ); ?> Hint: you can pass the shortcode parameters as an array to customize the output

Taking the BXSlider to the next level for WordPress! Easy to update and maintain slides, as simple as adding and removing pages to your WordPress site – that is it! This plugin is layered on top of (read as they are required) two separate plugin’s, plus the ability to join them together and make that all work as a simple system… The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of sliders per page, you can have as many as you want! The plugin is based on the premise that you create a hierarchy of pages, and the plugin will read the pages BELOW (has Parent of) the referenced page in the “ref” tag. The plugin will get the pages and dynamically add them to the slider for you, no counting pages or needing to manually adjust the slider when you want to change content. Why should I use this plugin? Single shortcode – fast implementation time Powerful, yet simplistic in use No learning curve to use of this plugin – just use it to enhance/simplify your usage of BXSlider Example of usage: [ez_slide parent=”1043″] -> optional shortcode-> [/ez_slide] This insertion would take all pages below (has Parent of) page 1043 (found at the end of your Permalink when editing pages): — Main Page —— Slider Reference Page (1043 above) ——— Slide 1 ——— Slide 2 ——— Slide 3 ——— Slide X The above is the structure I use in order to keep track of things cleanly, your reference can be anything that has sub-pages – even the main page. It is up to you. Sorting: The plugin, by default, inserts slides according to the name they hold, in ASC order. I use Slide_1, Slide_2, etc in order to make sure I know what slide come next. Shortcode parameters: ref: The referecne to the page that is the Parent (ex: 1043 above) {default = 1000} sorting: “ASC|DESC”. The sort type you want {default = ASC} sort_column: “column name”. Sort the column you want to have the slides sorted on. {default = title} EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ sorting=”ASC” sort_column=”ID”] Plese see the Insert Pages plugin page for the specs on what each options means. Pass them in this manor: Insert Pages Options (optional): Send as: display=”title|link|content|all|{custom-template.php}” {default = content} EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ display=”title”] REQUIRED INSTALL If you do not install them, I can not call them 🙂 1. BXSlider Integration for WordPress – https://wordpress.org/plugins/bxslider-integration/ 2. Insert Pages – https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-pages/ If you download, please rate the plugin. This is one of the few feedback methods available. If you have a low opinion, please allow me to try to fix it first before leaving a bad review.