WordPress Slide Shows

October 22, 2011 by  
Filed under Design

Modern websites should be bold and dynamic, and one way to accomplish that is having a slideshow on you home page. I have built dozens of sites, and have tried many different slideshow plugins, but seem to always go back to these two. Aside from creating a custom slideshow from scratch, these 2 sliders are easy to use, inexpensive (both have free options), and look great.

If you need to show just pictures in your slideshow, Meteor Slides is a great choice. It’s real easy to add and delete slides and you can even change the order of the slides. It offers different transitions, it’s easy to add the slide show to your site, and you can have more than one on your site.

If you need to combine html and graphics, you might want to try Slidedeck. It has a nice free version, and you can upgrade to more options for a reasonable price. It has a slider option, or you can just use it as a regular slide show. And there are more options than I can list here.

Hope this helps!