Algori Video and Image Slider Plugin

Algori Video and Image Slider is a Gutenberg Block Plugin that enables you easily add video and image sliders to your website.

Capture your site visitors’ attention with compelling image slideshows, hero images/videos, header sliders and image carousels. This will boost user engagement and increase revenue for your site.

This free plugin has a lot to offer. Even more can be found in the Premium version of this Plugin, please see all features of the Premium plugin here.

Features of the free image slider

1. Hide/Show Navigation Dots
2. Hide/Show Navigation Arrows
3. Enable/Disable Slideshow Autoplay
4. 1 slider dot style
5. 1 slider arrow style

Features of the premium version

1. 14 different slider dot styles
2. 14 different slider arrow styles
3. Add text with call to action button on top of slider
4. Hide/Show Navigation Dots
5. Hide/Show Navigation Arrows
6. Enable/Disable Slideshow Autoplay
7. Hide/Show Pause Autoplay on Click
8. Disable/Enable Right to Left Direction
9. Enable/Disable Vertical Direction
10. Enable/Disable Slide Fade
11. Enable/Disable Lazy Load
12. Enable/Disable Center Mode
13. Disable/Enable Infinite Slider Loop
14. Adjust Slider Animation Speed
15. Adjust Slider Autoplay Speed
16. Show multiple slides
17. Scroll multiple slides
18. Show slides in rows
19. Adjust slider video settings ( autoplay, muted, controls, loop, and much more … )
20. Set left, right, center, wide and full width alignments for image slider.

Most of these features are enabled by default and can’t be disabled or adjusted in the free version. We released a Premium Plugin with many more exciting features that will enable you to adjust all the slider settings as you wish.

Have a look at the Premium Plugin here.

How to use

1. After installing and activating the “Algori Image and Video Slider” plugin in your WordPress website.
2. Navigate to your blog post or page and use the Gutenberg editor to add an “Image & Video Slider” block.
3. Use the “Image & Video Slider” block to upload images/videos or choose images/videos from the media library to create your image slider or image carousel.
   PS: In order to choose multiple images in the media library press keyboard button “Ctrl” on Windows or “Command” on Mac, then click on your images to select them.
4. At this point, you can adjust your slider settings using the Gutenberg block inspector section.
   • Hide/Show Navigation Dots
   • Hide/Show Navigation Arrows
   • Enable/Disable Slideshow Autoplay
5. Click “Publish” to view your new web page with an image slider.
6. Congratulations 😀

1. Download the plugin, unzip it and move the unzipped folder to the “wp-content/plugins” directory in your WordPress installation.
2. In your admin panel, go to Plugins and you’ll find “Algori Image & Video Slider” in the plugins section.
3. Click on the “Activate” button to use your new plugin right away.
4. Go here for a guide on how to add video and image sliders to your WordPress site.
5. Done 🙂
6. PS: Remember to click the Enable auto-updates link for this plugin so that you don’t miss cool new features as they come in.

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   Admin View - Algori Video and Image Slider Gutenberg Block in action. ( Upload a video and image then adjust slider settings. )

1.0.6 – Aug 23 2020

• Added block preview using example metadata
• Updated Algori Video and Image Slider namespace
• Replaced block category ‘common’ with ‘media’
• Added block.json for WP block directory

1.0.5 – June 22 2020

• Replaced deprecated wp.components.IconButton with wp.components.ToolbarButton.

1.0.4 – Jan 30 2020

• Upgraded cgb-scripts from 1.13.0 to 1.22.0
• Updated deprecated wp.editor.BlockControls to wp.blockEditor.BlockControls.
• Updated deprecated wp.editor.MediaPlaceholder to wp.blockEditor.MediaPlaceholder.
• Updated deprecated wp.editor.MediaUploadCheck to wp.blockEditor.MediaUploadCheck.
• Updated deprecated wp.editor.MediaUpload to wp.blockEditor.MediaUpload.

1.0.3 – May 09 2019

• Added dynamic video mime type detection for video slides
• Added message with video download link in case browser doesn’t support the HTML5 video tag
• Added Spinner to show loading is in progress instead of blank slider

1.0.2 – May 04 2019

• Fixed media type verification bug on upload
• Upgraded cgb-scripts from 1.11.1 to 1.13.0
• Improved documentation to match WP standards
• Added MediaUploadCheck wrapper onto MediaUpload to make sure the current user has Upload permissions
• Added algori in the block keywords

1.0.1 – Nov 29 2018

• Removed ‘wp-blocks’ dependency from both external algori_image_video_slider-*-css
• Removed MediaPlaceholder labels name
• Added MediaPlaceholder labels instructions
• Changed all documentation from “Algori Image and Video Slider” to “Algori Video and Image Slider” for SEO purposes
• Added Social call to action into README.md

1.0.0 – Oct 30 2018

• Initial Release