The best marketing strategy for your business could be building a good website that will highlight all the features that is offered by your product and attracting more visitors. Aside from that, you should always make sure that the invoices you are sending your customers have the right template, like a freelancer invoice template, for a more professional looking bill. If you are just a startup then you cannot invest more money for building up a new website. It is always good to start with WordPress Slider Plugins that are available for free. This Slider WordPress Plugins will help you to represent your website in a better way. There are so many free Slider Plugins that are available but people believe in the fact that the Slider Plugins available for free comes up with so many disadvantages.
Free WordPress Slider Plugins: Misunderstood by many!
It is in fact human tendency to keep on judging things when they are offered for free. They keep on comparing the free things with the one that might cost you. To highlight some of the facts related to free WordPress Slider Plugins are:
WordPress Slider Plugins that are offered for free does not work properly as compared to the Premium Sliders.
Free Plugins are not well tested and there are no updates that are offered for them.
The code for such free plugins are not well executed and that might be very buggy.
There will be many free WordPress Plugins that might offer you with the same features with no uniqueness.
It is not right to say that all the Free WordPress Plugins will have all the features same as compared to the Premium Plugins. But there are still a few free WordPress Plugins that will not only guarantee you with the features that are same with the Premium Sliders but also with time to time updates. One of such WordPress Plugin is the Smooth Slider.
If you don’t believe us that we are the best Free WordPress Slider Plugin then see our Downloads figure that will make you believe us!!!
Free WordPress Plugin that has crossed 5,00,000 Downloads:
Smooth Slider is the WordPress Plugin that has crossed 5,00,000 downloads in a very short span of time. The figures for download itself shows the fact that people has trusted this plugin and the count is still increasing. Smooth Slider is the responsive WordPress Slider for Featured Content, Videos and Media images.
Great Features offered by Smooth Slider:
Able to create multiple sliders and able to add them for posts or pages using ID
Easy to implement it on the front end due to Short codes and Widgets
CSS can be easily customize
Responsive design that works well with all the devices
Search Engine Optimized Slideshow
One can have full control for the looks through the Settings Panel
Easy to Import and Export the settings
Creating Custom Sliders very easily
One can choose the design from Multiple designs that are available
Able to create multiple image size slider
Different transition effects that are available
Very easy to implement it though one does not have any technical knowledge
and the list goes on…
Smooth Slider is one of the WordPress Slider Plugin that is offering you the same features as that of the Premium Slider Plugin. There are many Sliders that will offer you with all the features that are as listed above but that will be a Premium Slider. To get a slider that will change the look of your website and that is offered for free is really great news for the startups and for the ones that are hesitant to invest much. The team also provides 24/7 support to the users and there is a update from the team very frequently which is commendable.
Are you looking for a full-screen image or video slider to grab visitors attention? Then you must try Cosmo Slider for WordPress. We are grateful to introduce the new version of Cosmo Slider v3.1. An amazing slider which will give your site a more dynamic feel and make your contents awesome.
New Features in Cosmo Slider WordPress Plugin
Cosmo Slider 3.1 comes with new exciting features. Lets talk about those features first,
Full-screen mode: This will fill your screen with slider. You can set your slider to full screen . There is an option for full screen in setting panel this will allow you to enable full screen mode. Full-screen slider represents your site, attractively. Whether you are visiting the site on a laptop, Smartphone or desktop, the slider will always remain in full screen in the area above fold.
Slide expiry date: You can decide up to which date your slide should display in slider. You can set an expiry date for each slide. This is very useful feature for those who wanted to show slides for some period. After the expiry date that slide will not be visible in slider. Perfect feature to highlight time-bound posts, banners or events.
Display slider on pages: If you wanted to set a different slider for particular page then you can set it. This feature will make it easy to change sliders according to your pages. You just have to enable this option from Edit post panel. You can embed different sliders on different pages without touching the shortcodes or template tag.
Cosmo Slider looks amazing on Smartphones and tablets. It makes better to browsing your site on a smartphone by providing an elegant feel and will adjust to the width of a smartphone.
Touch Enabled swipe gestures: You can change slides just by touching the screen. You don’t have to navigate the slides using navigation buttons only.
Option to Show/Hide: If you don’t want to see the slider on mobile devices, then you can set this option as well. The option will not just hide the slider but will optimize the page to even skip the slider PHP code altogether.
Bug Fixes in Cosmo Slider v3.1
Apart from the new features, we have also issued some fixes in Cosmo Slider v3.1.
Recurring Events: In previous version of Cosmo Slider we noticed recurring events are occurring repeatedly now we have fixed with it. You can see recurring events will be displayed only once in slider.
Publish date of slide: This can be a new option we have added. In Cosmo Slider 3.1 you can see publish date of each slide. This is useful for administration purpose.
Font size on a smartphone: This will adjust font size on mobile devices.
We hope you will enjoy new Cosmo Slider v3.1 with this new features and create your site more eye-catching. Let us know your thoughts about the update and features. If you want any specific feature in this design, kindly put the request via comment form below.
Free Update for Existing Users
If you have already purchased Cosmo Slider and using it on your WordPress installation, you can update to v3.1 for free. Like other SliderVilla sliders, Cosmo also comes with lifetime free updates. If you have populated the license key field on settings page, you can use auto-update option of WordPress to update the plugin to its latest version. In case of any issue, feel free to contact our support team.
In the process of keeping our WordPress sliders bug free and feature rich, this week we released two updates. Indexo Slider version 1.2 and Pinwheel Slider version 1.3.1 is available to download and update. The measure change in Indexo 1.2 is the fix for ‘pure image slider’ option. Apart from that, there are many other new features and fixes. Read more about the Indexo 1.2 on its changelog page.
In Pointelle 1.3.1, we have fixed the responsive design issue and tested the same on multiple devices including iPhone, Nexus 5 and iPad. Read the changelog of Pinwheel to know more about the changes and fixes.
Updates are Free for Existing Customers
All SliderVilla updates are available for free for lifetime. It means, if you purchase Indexo Slider from us, you will get all future updates without any extra charges, and we also do not charge any recurring fee. To update the plugin to its latest version, you need to download the .zip file of the slider plugin either using the download link in your receipt email or from “My Downloads” page. Unzip and upload the folder to ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder on hosting server and overwrite the existing folder over there. Deactivate and re-activate the plugin.
Finally, we have released an update for Flashcard Slider WordPress Plugin to make it responsive as well as SliderVilla Add-ons compatible. With this update, now all SliderVilla Sliders are responsive and can be used with Add-ons to enhance the existing slide fetching capability. The new customers will automatically get the latest version after successful purchase, and our existing customers can download the latest version i.e. v1.1 from their download area using the membership access details.
Checkout the demo of responsive design of Flashcard on this page. The responsinator page will how you Flashcard slider running on multiple device sizes like iPhone 3/4/5, Android Samsung Galaxy, iPad tablet etc. The Flashcard Slider will also adjust and run perfectly fine on other devices like Windows Phone (Lumia) and BlackBerry.
Apart from the responsive design and add-on compatibility, we have also provide other new features in this update. Now one can click and open the ‘read more’ link in new tab (if target=”_blank” is enabled) on settings page or Flashcard Meta box. Rename the default ‘Flashcard Slider’ to any name that you want and add posts to that. The slider name ks present on “Sliders” sub-page available on the dashboard.
Once you are done with the customization, you may choose to disable the Flashcard Slider preview on the settings page. We have provided an improved UI for the admin page where you can browser multiple tabs for so many settings. To read more about the Flashcard version 1.1 changes/fixes, please read the changelog of the plugin.
How to update to Flashcard Slider 1.1
New customers will automatically get the latest version after successful purchase, but if you have already purchased Flashcard Slider from SliderVilla, here is the procedure to update to the version 1.1. All updates are free to download for existing customers. All you have to do is go to the “My Downloads” page and download the Flashcard Slider (zip file) from there. You can also download the latest version from the receipt that you had received after the purchase. Upload and overwrite the unzipped folder in ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder on your server and re-activate the plugin.
Please let us know your feedback about this update and also feel free to post your queries (if any) on the support forum.
A new version of Indexo Slider is released with lots of new features and improvements. We have added an option to make Indexo a responsive slider with single click on the settings page. This newly released version 1.1 is also compatible with SliedrVilla Add-ons wihc means you can get the benefits of add-ons on Indexo. For example, using Taxonomy Add-on you can create a slider with posts from multiple categories or from custom taxonomy.
Indexo 1.1 is also having inbuilt Light-box effect to open the large image in stylish Lightbox.
Apart from the above features, it is now having option to open the links in new window (using target=”_blank”) for individual slides. Video embed capability is also added in Indexo, and now you can use the custom field “indexo_media” to insert a video inside Indexo Slider. Indexo Slider navigation title and navigation thumb URL are now available as fields in Indexo Meta Box, that means you don’t have to add these fields using custom field anymore.
Read the change-log of Indexo Slider to know more about the changes and improvements in version 1.1
How to update to Indexo Slider 1.1
New customers will automatically get the latest version after successful purchase, but if you have already purchased Indexo Slider from SliderVilla, here is the procedure to update to the version 1.1. All updates are free to download for existing customers. All you have to do is go to the “My Downloads” page and download the Indexo Slider (zip file) from there. You can also download the latest version from the receipt that you had received after the purchase. Upload and overwrite the unzipped folder in ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder on your server and re-activate the plugin.
Please let us know your feedback about this update and also feel free to post your queries (if any) on the support forum.
We are pleased to announce that the new version of Pointelle Slider is released and is available to download. This new version 1.6 is having lot many features and new options. Here are few important features introduced in version 1.6,
Responsive Design – Pointelle Slider is now responsive. We have added an option on the settings page to enable the responsive design (in case you are using a responsive theme). The responsive design option page is having width customization boxes specially provided to make your slider the best looking on iPhone, Samsung Galaxy Smartphones, iPad and other tablets. Here is a demo of responsive Pointelle Slider visible on different device sizes.
Lightbox Effect – Now you can choose to add Light-box Effect on Pointelle Slider images and videos and let your visitors enjoy the slides in full screen window.
target=”_blank” – Option on the settings page as well as on individual slides page (meta box) to open the links in new window or tabs.
Slide Navigation Title and Navigation URL – Now you can add the Slide Navigation Title and Thumb Image URL in the Pointelle Slider meta box. No need to add these values through custom fields.
Disable Settings Preview – If you want to disable the Slider Preview on the Pointelle Slider settings page, you can do so. The option is available in the ‘Slider Preview’ tab.
Apart from the above features, there are more customization option and fixes provided in this update. You can read the changelog to know more about the changes in this new version.
How to update to Pointelle Slider 1.6
New customers will automatically get the latest version after successful purchase, but if you have already purchased Pointelle Slider from SliderVilla, here is the procedure to update to the version 1.6. All updates are free to download for existing customers. All you have to do is go to the “My Downloads” page and download the Pointelle Slider (zip file) from there. You can also download the latest version from the receipt that you had received after the purchase. Upload and overwrite the unzipped folder in ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder on your server and re-activate the plugin.
Please let us know your feedback about this update and also feel free to post your queries (if any) on the support forum.
