One of the best options available in MetaSlider is called “Image Animation”. This allows you to add dynamic elements to the transition between slides in your slideshow. Instead of simply moving from one slide to another, you can use “Image Animation” to add a dynamic effect when one slide leaves the screen and a new…
Here at MetaSlider, we’re obsessed with site speed. We work hard to make sure MetaSlider is the fastest slideshow plugin and we’re always optimizing our site. This month, I’ve been talking with Gerard Blanco from Accelera who’s an expert on building fast WordPress sites. We ended up talking so much that I asked him to…
WordPress 6.5 arrived in April, and the headline feature is a Font Library. This allows you to manage fonts in a similar way to how you manage images in the Media Library. Using the Font Library, you can install local fonts and Google Fonts. You can also apply them to different parts of your site…
The Events Calendar plugin is the most popular way to show events in WordPress. MetaSlider is the most popular way to create slideshows in WordPress. Together, The Events Calendar and MetaSlider make a great combination! In this guide, we’ll show how to build an Events Calendar slideshow.
The March releases of MetaSlider Free and Pro are available now. These versions have useful features for all MetaSlider users. Both versions have improved “Loop Continuously” features so that your slides can loop without stopping or reversing direction. There are also mobile improvements. The Pro version of MetaSlider has new sample slides and upgrades to…
We had a request from a MetaSlider user this week. They wanted to add the date and time to their slideshow. They were showing slides in a large screen in their offices and wanted visitors to see some great images and the time of day. This is possible with MetaSlider Pro and a third-party plugin….
We get many questions from MetaSlider users about the speed of their sites. MetaSlider users ask us about how to improve their scores for Core Web Vitals, Google Lighthouse, Page Speed Insights, and more. They want to know if MetaSlider is the fastest slideshow plugin. This is important because having a fast slideshow is a…