Create richer WordPress sliders
MetaSlider Slideshow Pro is a paid edition for building responsive sliders, slideshows, carousels, and galleries in WordPress. It extends image-based presentations with additional video sources, dynamic content, custom HTML, animated layers, scheduling, and design controls. The plugin is intended for websites that want to present visual content, products, posts, or video in a structured, interactive format.
You can select images, photos, and videos from the WordPress Media Library, then arrange them with drag-and-drop editing. Each slide can include captions, links, and SEO fields. The resulting presentation can be used as an image slider, photo gallery, carousel, slideshow, or video-focused layout.
Paid capabilities
- Additional video sources: Add responsive high-definition video slides from YouTube, Vimeo, and TikTok, as well as external video services.
- Layer slides: Build CSS3 animated HTML layers with the built-in drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor.
- Post Feed slides: Automatically display the latest blog posts, events, or WooCommerce products in a slideshow.
- WooCommerce and post content: Create slides featuring WooCommerce products, single posts, or post feeds.
- External URL slides: Display images from non-WordPress sources, including CDNs or image hosts.
- Custom HTML: Add HTML-based slide content where a standard image or video slide is not enough.
- Premium themes: Choose from stylish, exclusive themes supplied with the Pro edition.
- Custom themes: Use the Theme Editor to build your own theme and adjust the appearance of the presentation.
- Scheduling and visibility: Set sliders to appear on specific dates, times, or days of the week.
- Thumbnail navigation: Add customizable thumbnail or filmstrip navigation for a gallery-style browsing experience.
- Premium support: Pro customers receive access to the professional support team.
Practical ways to use it
Use image slides to showcase photography, products, projects, or featured content. A post feed can keep a homepage presentation connected to current blog posts, events, or WooCommerce products without manually rebuilding every slide. Video slides can bring hosted content into the same presentation as images, while external URL slides can reference images stored outside the WordPress installation.
Scheduling is useful for time-sensitive presentations, such as content intended for particular dates, times, or days. Layer slides and custom themes provide additional control when a basic image-and-caption layout does not match the design of the page.
Editor and builder compatibility
MetaSlider presentations are compatible with the WordPress Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg, and with page-builder plugins including Elementor, Beaver Builder, Visual Composer, and Divi.
Installation and setup
Install the MetaSlider Slideshow Pro plugin in your WordPress site, then open its slider editor. Add media or another supported slide type, arrange slides with drag-and-drop, and configure captions, links, SEO fields, navigation, themes, visibility, and scheduling as needed. When the presentation is ready, place it within the compatible WordPress editor or page builder.
