Content Slider Block – bring your content to life with slides vs Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks

Turn static pages into engaging, swipeable stories – build professional content sliders right inside the block editor, no code required. Plugin Demo | Documentation | Pricing Why Content Slider Block? Content Slider Block adds a dedicated slider block to the Gutenberg editor so you can showcase content professionally – each slide with its own background (vibrant gradient, captivating image, or sleek color), plus a title, description, and call-to-action button. Customization is at the core of the plugin. Flexible typography settings let you fine-tune every text element, buttons are fully stylable with link behavior, padding, and borders, and you control exactly where content sits on each slide – you can even drag it into position. Responsive column options keep your sliders looking sharp on desktops, tablets, and phones. Advanced slider options – autoplay, loop, touch move, slide speed, and transition effects like Slide, Fade, and Creative – help you build sliders that leave a lasting impression. Whether you’re a blogger, marketer, or business owner, Content Slider Block lets you tell your story your way. Free Features Flexible Slide Backgrounds: Set a color, gradient, or image background for each slide. Rich Slide Content: Add a title, description, and button to every slide. Typography Controls: Set typography for the title, description, and button. Button Styling: Specify link tab behavior, padding, and border for the button. Drag-and-Drop Content Position: Set different positions for slide content, or simply drag it into place. Color Controls: Different colors for slide title and description, plus button colors and hover colors. Responsive Columns: Apply different column counts per device, with column gap, width, and height controls. Slider Options: Loop, Touch Move, Slide Speed, and Autoplay. Transition Effects: Slide, Fade, and Creative effects. Pagination & Navigation: Show/hide both and configure their dynamic styles, including clickable pagination and dynamic bullets. Pro Version – More Effects & Control Upgrade to Content Slider Block Pro for advanced slider behavior and device-level control. Pro features include: Sortable: Reorder slides with drag and drop. Border: Border style options on every single slide. Advanced Autoplay: Delay time, Disable on Interaction, Reverse Direction, Pause on Mouse Enter, and Stop on Last Slide. Free Mode & Sticky: Free Mode on drag, with a sticky option. Extra Effects: Cube, Coverflow, Flip, and Cards. Keyboard & Mousewheel Control: Slide with the keyboard or mousewheel. Device Visibility: Show/hide pagination and navigation on tablet and mobile. Wrapper Styling: Background and padding options for the slider wrapper. Shortcode: Use your slider anywhere with a shortcode. How to Use Content Slider Block Install and activate the Content Slider Block plugin. Open a page or post in the Gutenberg editor. Add the Content Slider block from the “Content Slider Block” category. Adjust slides and styles from the right-side settings sidebar. Publish – your slider is live! Use Cases Hero Sections: Rotate headlines, offers, and calls to action at the top of your pages. Promotions & Campaigns: Highlight sales and announcements with bold CTA buttons. Image Showcases: Present photos and visuals in a swipeable carousel. Feature Highlights: Walk visitors through product or service features slide by slide. Storytelling Pages: Guide readers through content in a sequenced, visual way. User Feedback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ simple and effective ❛❛very simple very effective please keep updating it Best Regards❜❜ –tarekelnemrawy Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? 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: Content Slider 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

This plugin was previously called Spectra. It’s now Spectra Legacy. Nothing on your website has changed. Your blocks, pages, settings, and content all continue to work exactly as they did before. There’s nothing to migrate and nothing to configure. Spectra Legacy vs. Spectra Blocks We’ve split Spectra into two products. Spectra Legacy is this plugin — built for existing Spectra users. It receives security and compatibility updates and full support, but no new features. Spectra Blocks is a new, separate plugin where all new feature development happens, aimed at new installs and anyone who wants ongoing additions. If you’re already using this plugin, no action is needed; installing Spectra Blocks is entirely optional whenever you’re ready. If you’re already using this plugin, you don’t need to do anything. If you want new features as they’re released, you can install Spectra Blocks separately, whenever you’re ready. There’s no deadline and no required migration. What’s included Spectra Legacy includes the full block library your site is already built on: layout tools, content and post blocks, form and SEO blocks, social blocks, and site tools like Popup Builder and Coming Soon mode. Blocks included Core — Container, Heading, Image, Icon, Buttons, Info Box, Call To Action, Countdown Content — Sliders, Content Timeline, Google Maps, Inline Notices, Tabs, Taxonomy List, Price List (Loop Builder in Spectra Pro Legacy) Post — Counter, Modal Popup, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Post Timeline Social — Instagram Feed, Blockquote, Social Share, Team, Testimonials Forms — Contact form, newsletter signup, suggestion form, reCAPTCHA (registration/login forms in Spectra Pro Legacy) SEO — FAQ, How-To, Review, Table of Contents Dynamic content — Archive feed filtering by date, author, category, and post type Site tools — Popup Builder, Coming Soon mode, block animations, local Google Fonts, global styling defaults About the AI block The AI block previously included in this plugin is now called ZipAI. It still works in Spectra Legacy for compatibility. New AI features are being built in Spectra Blocks going forward. Compatibility Works with most standard WordPress themes, including Spectra One, Astra, Blocksy, and GeneratePress. Compatible with common plugins including WooCommerce, SureCart, Gravity Forms, LearnDash, MemberPress, and Yoast SEO. See our documentation for the full compatibility list. Support & community Spectra Legacy is actively maintained — security patches, compatibility updates, and support all continue. This plugin is not deprecated. Support forum: use the Support tab on this page Documentation: wpspectra.com/docs Facebook Group: Web Creators by Astra Facebook: Spectra X (Twitter): @wpspectra Contribute Spectra is open source. Browse the code or contribute on GitHub: brainstormforce/wp-spectra Credits Our external packages use Rating Star Component that are distributed under the terms of the ISC. While Slick, Lottie and Striptags is distributed under the terms of the MIT. Additionally, we incorporate FontAwesome v6 under the CC BY 4.0 License, and dnd kit licensed under the MIT License.