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RoyalSlider WordPress Plugin Review
The Royalslider is one of the more popular content sliders. It’s an interface that makes slide shows possible so that the website page displays pictures or a block of text one at a time.
Developers especially like its powerful API, the access to build tool from the HTML version, and there’s an unminified version of the script so that they can see what’s going on easily and debugging is also made easier.
Web designers love the WYSIWIG animated blocks editor, the ability to edit the slide markup in admin, and the possibility of adding their own skins.
As for photographers, they appreciate the ability to upload images in bulk, the option of connecting to Flickr or 500px, the “lazy loading” process, and the SEO-friendly images.
The Royal slider comes with 11 templates. You can make a custom slider or a slider from your posts, and you can also create a 500px, Flickr, or a default WordPress gallery.
Embedding the slider to the site is also easy, and it can be done in several ways. You can use PHP, drop the Royalslider widget in a widget area, or place the RoyalSlider shortcode in the content of your page or post.
There’s seems to be no limit as to what content you can add to your slide. They can be images, HTML text, or video. The block editor is WYSIWYG, and you can also put shortcodes from your theme.
It’s also mobile friendly and responsive, as every slider element can be resized and they can contain any HTML. It’s also touch-enabled, and it features native-style touch navigation for Android, Blackberry, and iOS. It even supports Windows 8 IE10 gestures.
While the templates give you an impressive head start since they seem to offer the most common configurations for sliders, you can easily tweak them to get exactly what you want. And if that’s not enough, it’s also quite easy to create templates of your own!
Perhaps the most obvious drawback about the Royalslider is that you have to pay for it. If you want a free content slider, there are lots available.
Many web designers understand the usefulness of a content slider. It can act as an automated slideshow with the graphics and text sliding at a specified speed. It can also enable website visitors to scroll through the content no matter how much of it is there, and the home page remains professional and clean.
