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Lightweight responsive slider for WordPress. Powered by Splide.js.

Description

Create beautiful, fast, responsive sliders without the bloat.

Features

• Custom Post Type based slider management
• Drag & drop slide ordering
• Background image or color per slide
• Content overlay with headline, subheadline, description
• Call-to-action: full slide link or button
• Splide.js powered — lightweight and accessible
• Shortcode: [lw_slider id="123"]
• Gutenberg block
• Responsive: separate mobile/desktop min-height
• Autoplay, loop, fade/slide transitions
• Keyboard navigation and swipe support
• Accessibility: prefers-reduced-motion support
• Duplicate slider with one click
• No bloat, no upsell, no tracking

Part of LW Plugins - lightweight WordPress plugins.

Installation

1. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/lw-slider/
2. Activate the plugin
3. Go to LW Plugins → Sliders → Add New

Or: composer require lwplugins/lw-slider

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I display a slider?

Use the shortcode [lw_slider id="123"] or the Gutenberg block.

What JavaScript library is used?

Splide.js — a lightweight, accessible slider library (~30KB).

Changelog

1.0.9

• Fix: the release package and Composer dist no longer ship tests, docs or development configuration

1.0.8

• Update: Tested up to WordPress 7.1.

1.0.7

• New: LW Site Manager integration - slider abilities for AI agents
• New: lw-slider/list-sliders - list all sliders
• New: lw-slider/get-slider - get slider details with slides

1.0.6

• Fix: Smarter autoloader fallback - supports root Composer dependency installs

1.0.5

• Fix: Graceful error when autoloader is missing (admin notice instead of fatal error)

1.0.4

• Add hide on mobile option

1.0.3

• Fix slider height — min-height now passes through full Splide element chain

1.0.2

• Content area inherits min-height from slider for full coverage

1.0.1

• Gutenberg block with slider selector and per-block override settings
• Slides now fill full width and height even without link/content
• Slide duplication support
• Fixed Splide.js theme CSS loading

1.0.0

• Initial release
• CPT-based slider management
• Drag & drop slide ordering
• Splide.js frontend rendering
• Shortcode and Gutenberg block support