General Slider vs Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress

General Slider is a fast, modern slider for WordPress. Create a slider once, then place it anywhere with a block or shortcode — no page builder and no coding required. Use it as a hero slider, image carousel, testimonial slider, logo carousel, product showcase or fullscreen banner, in the block editor, with a shortcode, or as an Elementor widget — on any block or classic theme. It’s ideal for WooCommerce product sliders, Full Site Editing layouts, portfolios and landing pages. Browse the demo gallery — see every ready-made slider you can import in one click · Read the full guide — setting up a slider, the block and shortcode options, and how the assets stay off pages that have no slider · Development on GitHub — report issues or contribute. Why General Slider? Lightweight and fast — no jQuery on the front end (built on the Splide engine) Accessibility-first — keyboard, screen reader, play/pause and reduced-motion support Works with any theme — block (FSE) or classic Beginner friendly — build sliders from the WordPress admin, no code Block, shortcode and Elementor — add a slider anywhere Loads only where needed — assets are added only on pages that show a slider Perfect for Business and agency websites Portfolios and landing pages Hero sections and fullscreen banners Image and logo carousels Testimonials and team showcases Product showcases and WooCommerce banners Getting started Install and activate General Slider. Go to General Slider > Add New, add your slides, or import a ready-made demo from the Demo Library. Add the General Slider block to any page, or paste the shortcode. Done. Features Editing Reusable sliders — build slides manually, or pull them dynamically from your posts, pages or WooCommerce products Per-slide image or background video (self-hosted MP4/WebM, YouTube or Vimeo) Sub heading, heading, text, button and a whole-slide clickable link Categories, a duplicate action and custom CSS per slider Start from a ready-made demo when creating a new slider Display Gutenberg block, shortcode and Elementor widget Five design presets — Hero, Split, Minimal, Testimonial and Fullscreen Navigation & frame skins — Classic, Soft, Stories, Stories Progress (auto-filling segments), Numbers, Vertical, Corner, Neon, Minimal, Pill, Outline, Retro, Glass and Dark looks for the arrows, dots and slider frame; mix any skin with any preset Text entrance animations — fade, fade up/down, slide from left/right or zoom, staggered across the sub heading, heading, text and button Device-specific settings — different slides-per-view, gap, height, arrows, dots and content visibility for tablet and mobile Slide or fade transitions, autoplay with a pause control Multiple slides per view (carousel) with adjustable gap Thumbnail navigation and Ken Burns zoom Overlay (solid or gradient), image fit, focus point and accent colour Performance No jQuery on the front end Conditional asset loading — nothing loads on pages without a slider Lazy-loaded images, with the first slide eager and high-priority for a better LCP Sliders initialise only when scrolled into view RTL ready Accessibility Full keyboard navigation and screen-reader labels Play/pause button for autoplay Respects the reduced-motion setting For developers Filters: general_slider_settings, general_slider_slides, general_slider_config, general_slider_html, general_slider_presets, general_slider_skins, general_slider_dynamic_query_args and general_slider_dynamic_slide Register your own design preset or navigation skin, or reshape a dynamic slider’s query and slides Demos & migration Demo Library — import ready-made sliders, images included, in one click Export any slider as a portable demo package (.zip) JSON import / export, plus global default settings for new sliders External services This plugin includes an optional Demo Library that loads ready-made sliders from a remote service hosted on GitHub Pages: devmonowar.github.io/wp-plugin-demo-library It connects to this service only when you: open the Demo Library screen — to download the list of demos and show their preview images; and click Import Demo — to download that demo’s data and images into your site’s Media Library. These are plain, read-only requests for files. No personal data is collected or sent, and no request is made unless you use the Demo Library. The service is provided by GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc.) — terms of service — privacy statement.

Responsive WordPress Slider Plugin We believe that you shouldn’t have to hire a developer to create a WordPress slider. That’s why we built Soliloquy, a drag & drop slider plugin that’s both EASY and POWERFUL. Soliloquy allows you to create beautiful responsive image and video sliders for your WordPress site in minutes, not hours! Add carousel sliders and much more in no time. User experience is our #1 priority. That’s why we put in extra effort to ensure that Soliloquy is the best responsive image slider for WordPress. This means that your slideshows will always look great on all devices (mobile (iOS or Android), tablet, laptop, and desktop). Soliloquy is highly optimized for web and server performance because we understand the importance of speed when it comes to SEO and conversion. According to multiple independent speed tests, this is the fastest plugin in the market of its kind. Soliloquy Pro This plugin is the lite version of the popular Soliloquy Pro plugin. The Pro plugin comes with all the features you will ever need including templates and sliders for: PDFs, WooCommerce, featured content, carousel, Lightbox, thumbnail navigation, Instagram, image protection, and tons more. Click here to purchase Soliloquy now! Soliloquy has been downloaded over 1,500,000 times. Here’s why smart photographers, designers, and developers love Soliloquy, and you will too! Drag & Drop Responsive Builder We were tired of bloated and buggy plugins. That’s why we built Soliloquy to adapt to your workflow. By using our easy to use drag and drop builder, you can upload your images, rearrange them. You can also add slider blocks built for the new WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg block editor. But don’t just take our word. See what one of the WordPress experts are saying: I used to custom build rotators for every project since I hadn’t found a tool with the flexibility I needed. Now I have Soliloquy. It works great out of the box, has an easy-to-use interface, and gives you the power to customize everything with hooks and filters. Bill Erickson – WordPress Consultant Responsive, SEO Friendly and Optimized for Speed Soliloquy is 100% responsive and mobile-friendly by default. We also optimized every query on the front-end and the back-end to ensure maximum speed. We made Soliloquy the most SEO friendly plugin with proper HTML markup, fast speed, and Google friendly display. Themes You can use the many pre-made templates. On top of our themes, you can use custom CSS to customize anything. See the demo of our WordPress slider themes. WooCommerce Products Easily create product slideshows with just a few clicks. You can filter by category, price, availability, featured, or another criteria. You can also include or exclude specific products. Watch the WooCommerce product slides video. Featured Content Slideshows for blog posts, products, testimonials, photo galleries, and more. Almost anything based on your website’s content. Watch the WooCommerce featured content video. Lightbox For your images, photos, and galleries. Opens your images in a full screen mode that’s easy to browse on all devices. Yes, it’s 100% mobile friendly. See the Lightbox demo. Carousel You can create slideshows for carousel images, videos, or even complete gallery carousel. See the Carousel demo. Dynamic Slides Automatically create slideshows from blog posts, testimonials, Instagram images, and galleries. Slides with Thumbnails Add thumbnail images as your navigation. You can configure the size, position, and more. See the Thumbnail slides demo. Instagram Slides A slideshow based on your Instagram photos, photos that you like, or even photos with specific tags. You can have as many photos that you like. You can even display photo captions. See the Instagram slides demo. PDF Slides Great for showing your presentation slides on your website. See the PDF slides demo. Video Slides Show videos from multiple sources: YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, and even self-hosted videos. See the Video slides demo. Custom HTML Slides Slideshows for Quotes, mixed-content, and others using HTML. See the HTML slides demo. Transition Effects Soliloquy comes with numerous transitions that you can choose from. You can have a fade image transition, horizontal scroll image transition, vertical scroll image transition, ticker scroll image transition, and more. You can also auto play, control your transition speed, and more. Schedule Addon The schedule feature is great for holiday sales and special events. Pinterest Media button Allows users to easily share your images on Pinterest. See the Pinterest demo. Easy to Customize and Extend You can easily customize Soliloquy with our built-in templates or create your own. But we also knew that our developer friends may want to extend it further. That’s why Soliloquy comes with tons of hooks and filters (and yes it’s all very-well documented). See why one of the leading WordPress developers love Soliloquy: Soliloquy is just as easy to use as you’d hope, and its underlying code is solid. It follows WordPress coding conventions, is securely coded, and blends into the WordPress UI perfectly. I’ll definitely be recommending Soliloquy to anyone who needs a WordPress slider plugin! Mark Jaquith – Lead Developer for WordPress Full Soliloquy Feature List Guttenberg Blocks for WordPress 5.0 Drag & Drop Builder 100% Responsive – Mobile Friendly Beautiful Templates for Customization Featured Content – Easily create slideshows based on blog posts, pages, products, testimonials, and other custom post types. WooCommerce – Create beautiful product slides for your WooCommerce store. Lightbox – Create Lightbox slideshows for your photos and galleries. Carousel – Create responsive carousels for your images, photos, videos, and galleries. Thumbnails – Add thumbnail images as navigation. Instagram – Import images from Instagram. PDFs – From your presentation slides and other PDF files. Pinterest – Easily add Pinterest “Pin It” buttons. CSS Styles – Customize with custom CSS. Image Protection – Protect your images with Soliloquy protection addon. Schedule Slides – Easily schedule items to display at specific time intervals. Default Settings – Speed up your creation with customized Default settings. Want us to add something else? Suggest a feature and we’ll get it added! We have used many sliders in the past building client WordPress sites and now only use Soliloquy. It is designer/developer friendly to customize and easy for our clients to use once the site is their hands. We don’t even consider using anything else. Brian Bourn – Expert WordPress Consultant Demos Soliloquy is truly the perfect combination of Easy and Powerful. While Soliloquy offers tons of features, below are some of the most requested demos. Carousel Demo Featured Content Demo Lightbox Demo Video Demo Instagram Demo PDF Demo Custom HTML Slideshow Demo Slideshow with Thumbnails Demo See the full list of Soliloquy Demos Credits What’s Next If you like Soliloquy, then consider checking out our other plugins: Envira Gallery – Best WordPress Gallery Plugin WP-PDF Embedder – Best WordPress PDF Embedding Plugin Notes In v2.0 of Soliloquy Lite, we introduce a big plugin architecture change. You need to make sure you click on the link and follow the instructions on the screen when updating. The pro version of Soliloquy has many more features and enables you to do so much more than Soliloquy Lite, such as add images from your Media Library and use your own custom videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Wistia!