Bamboo Slides
This plugin adds a ‘Slide’ post type to WordPress. These work like normal posts, and can be grouped into ‘Slide Groups’ which work just like post categories. Once you have created all your slides in the appropriate…
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- Small user base (40+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.0 (latest is 7.1)
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Rankings
Where Bamboo Slides stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| banners | >100 |
| shortcodes | >100 |
| sliders | >100 |
| slides | >100 |
| slideshows | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Bamboo Slides
From the official readme · v1.9.8Description
This plugin adds a ‘Slide’ post type to WordPress. These work like normal posts, and can be grouped into ‘Slide Groups’ which work just like post categories. Once you have created all your slides in the appropriate groups, you can add a slider to any page or post by using the bamboo-slides’ shortcode. You can have multiple sliders on one page, and they can be anywhere you like, so they work just as well for footers as they do for banners.
Each slide can contain any type of content that a post can, and depending on the chosen mode, the slides will be switched , faded, or slid into view. Slides can also have a feature image, which if supplied will be used as the background image for the slide.
Usage
Insert the ’bamboo-slides’ shortcode into your content as follows:
[bamboo-slides group=homepage slides timer=4 buttons=on indicators=on mode=fade]
All of the attributes are optional, with the following possible values:
group
Selects the group of slides to display, if not set all the slides will be displayed regardless of which group they are in
timer
Number of seconds to wait between each slide, if set to 0 the slides will only change when the buttons are used
buttons
If this is set then the slides will have buttons enabling the user to advance the slides manually
indicators
If this is set then the slides will have indicators at the bottom indicating the current slide
mode
switch Simple switch from one slide to next
fade Fade each slide in and out
slide_left Slide from right to left
slide_right Slide from left to right
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Bamboo Slides: quick answers
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Is Bamboo Slides free?
Yes. Bamboo Slides is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Bamboo Slides safe to use in 2026?
Bamboo Slides shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 40+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Bamboo Slides?
Bamboo Slides is active on 40+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 9,312 times since it launched in August 2014. It was downloaded 56 times in the last 30 days.
Does Bamboo Slides work with WordPress 7.1?
Bamboo Slides is officially tested up to WordPress 5.0.29, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Bamboo Slides last updated?
The latest version, 1.9.8, was released on March 2, 2018 (9 years ago).
Who makes Bamboo Slides?
Bamboo Slides is developed and maintained by Bamboo Manchester.
What are the best alternatives to Bamboo Slides?
The most popular alternatives to Bamboo Slides are Announcement & Notification… (2K+ installs), AdPlugg WordPress Ad Plugin (400+ installs) and Ad Commander (200+ installs).
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