{"id":5704,"date":"2020-10-12T11:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/?p=5704"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:39:11","slug":"wordpress-sliders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colibriwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-sliders\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Sliders: a Zoom In. How to Build Them, Tips, Tricks and Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can call them WordPress sliders, carousels, slideshows. In the end, they have the same scope: presenting information in a visual, engaging, more appealing way. They can help users better navigate your website…but<\/span><\/p>\n

(there\u2019s always a but, isn\u2019t it?)<\/span><\/p>\n

they can have some downsides.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to be objective here, so I\u2019m going to present the good, the bad, and the ugly of WordPress sliders. In the end, you decide whether you\u2019re a match or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article I\u2019m going to talk about:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Website sliders: why the love, why the hate?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. What can you include in your WordPress slider?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Common sliders for B2B websites<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Common sliders for B2C websites<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  5. How to build WordPress Sliders<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. 2 WordPress Slider plugin recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Best case practices for sliders\u2019 use<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Conclusion<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Let\u2019s get going!<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Website sliders: why the love, why the hate?<\/span><\/h2>\n

    This debate hasn\u2019t been settled yet. Somehow I understand the arguments from both sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Why do some designers hate sliders?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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    • Sliders can affect website loading speed, meaning that you can hurt your conversion rates and affect your organic rankings.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Not all sliders are mobile responsive.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • People react to sliders as they react to ads: with banner blindness.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Some websites just clutter the info that they don\u2019t know where to put, in a slider. This creates a bad user experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
    		Why do some designers love sliders?<\/strong><\/p>\n