Free recent posts slider creator
WP Responsive Recent Post Slider/Carousel lets you create a slider or carousel of your recent posts. It offers four sliders and one carousel design. You can use it to help keep visitors on your WordPress site since it provides a visually appealing way for them to find your newest posts.
WP Online Support and Essential Plugin has developed this plugin, compatible with WordPress 4.0 and upwards, and tested up to version 5.8.1. You can download it for free in Dutch, English, and Turkish. You can also try All In One Slider: Responsive WordPress Plugin, GSlider: Gutenberg Slider Block For WordPress, or RoyalSlider WordPress Carousel instead.
Plugin features
The WordPress plugin supports Gutenberg blocks and lets you display recent posts as a slider or a carousel. It’s responsive, and you can also add them with the Gutenberg shortcode block. It can display media as a thumbnail or as a medium, medium-large, or full size. Its integration with Gutenberg blocks lets you add various sliders with different options to a page or post. It supports custom post types, and enables you to exclude specific posts based on their ID.
Slider and carousel parameters
When you use a shortcode to display a slider or carousel, you can set parameters like:
- Limit the number of posts
- Categories, and choose to show category name, date, or content
- Choose a media size and display page numbers and arrows
- Set up autoplay, autoplay interval, and the slide speed
- Limit the number of words to display
- Choose to show the author and read more options
- Select to lazyload images
Pro features
With a license, you get more design options for your slider and carousel. It also adds three widgets and visual composer support. The plugin then also supports Elementor, Beaver, Divi, Fusion and SiteOrigin, page builders.
Create irresistible sliders and carousels
WP Responsive Recent Post Slider/Carousel helps you create a slider or carousel of your recent posts, enticing your site visitors to explore and stay on your site longer. Beginners can add them with the slider or carousel block added to Gutenberg blocks. Advanced users can use the native shortcode block. Using shortcodes gives you more customization options.
The developer has tested the plugin up to WordPress 5.81 for the latest release, and he has updated the demo link.
