Wordpress slider plugin

I’m looking to integrate a promo/slider type jquery plugin in the header to my personal wordpress site that I’ve been neglecting to finish while building html templates for this place…

I see a lot of WP files on this site that tie categories/tags to posts and display the last few in the promo/header slider area. Do most people just write a custom query dropping the title, image and information in the promo area or is there a decent (free) plugin that can be used for this?

Thanks for any tips, I appreciate it.

I personally use jFlow although its not a WP plugin its really easy to integrate:

http://www.gimiti.com/kltan/wordpress/?p=32

vSlider it is easy to use and can be integrated to anywhere. It can feature custom images or posts from a specific category. Download link: vSlider

jCycle is pretty nice, lots of transitions.

You can try Smooth Slider – Free Wordpress Plugin which is Image and Content jQuery Slider which is search engine optimized and fully customizable from the settings in admin panel. Some of the features are as follows:-

1. Search Engine Optimized Slideshow

2. Fully Customizable CSS

3. Choose Posts as Featured Posts on Single Click

4. Simple but Decent Slideshow

5. Match Slideshow With Wordpress Theme

6. No Need Of Knowledge of PHP , HTML or CSS

7. Easy To Install Plugin

8. Full Support Available

9. Readable by search engine as you can see the screenshot on Lynx browser available on our blog

10. Option for trasparent background, so that rounded corners can be supported

11. Slider Preview in admin panel

12. Can convert to pure image Slider

13. Facility to put Custom Images in place of navigation numbers

14. Remove all the posts from the slider at one go

Have a look at the demo page at Internet Techies

jFlow is great – Also check out the newer version is now called KarmicFlow (from the same author) – It’s also superbly easy to integrate – and I just used it on my PixelCraft HTML template (soon to be Wordpress).

jFlow is great – Also check out the newer version is now called KarmicFlow (from the same author) – It’s also superbly easy to integrate – and I just used it on my PixelCraft HTML template (soon to be Wordpress).

KarmicFlow looks pretty sweet, nice find

Is there a wp slider plug in that would support a short flash animation as the first slide, followed by stills? All those i’ve seen seem to be be just still pictures throughout.

Thanks,

Jimmy

Is there a wp slider plug in that would support a short flash animation as the first slide, followed by stills? All those i’ve seen seem to be be just still pictures throughout.

Thanks,

Jimmy

Basically any slider just outputs some html.

So you can have whatever you want in that HTML , even a FLASH animation (provided the FLASH is the correct size to fit in the slider).

Oh and guys, let’s not forget Chris’ AnythingSlider – it can be so easily integrated with WordPress (it’s not a WP plugin)

Is there a wp slider plug in that would support a short flash animation as the first slide, followed by stills? All those i’ve seen seem to be be just still pictures throughout.

Thanks,

Jimmy

Basically any slider just outputs some html.

So you can have whatever you want in that HTML , even a FLASH animation (provided the FLASH is the correct size to fit in the slider).

Oh and guys, let’s not forget Chris’ AnythingSlider – it can be so easily integrated with WordPress (it’s not a WP plugin)

Cheers!

Jimmy