Responsive slider / slideshow
Responsive banner slider / slideshow plugin allows you to display simple image slider with text overlay on your website using short-code or template tags easily.
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- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Low rating so far — 1.7/5 from only 3 reviews
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Responsive slider / slidesh… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| custom post type slider | >100 |
| responsive slider | >100 |
| responsive slideshow | >100 |
| slider | >100 |
| slideshow | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 1.7 from 3 reviews
About Responsive slider / slideshow
From the official readme · v1.1Description
Responsive banner slider / slideshow plugin allows you to display simple image slider with text overlay on your website using short-code or template tags easily.
Features of this plugin
- Responsive and mobile ready.
- Smooth transition and easing effects. (Fade, Scroll left, Cover, Blind, Easing out etc.
- Support all major browsers.
- Easy to install and manage.
- Auto play that can be stopped upon user interaction.
- Short-code for pages and posts.
- Hyperlink options to each posts.
- Option to set post order, no of posts, caption position, colour etc.
- Customisable through settings and CSS
- Touch swipe for mobile devices.
- Translation ready.
- Left, right and paging controls.
- Light weight.
- Easy customisable.
Responsive slideshow – Pro
Please, click here to check the pro version.
Short admin panel overview of the pro version, video does not contain any sound.
Features of the premium plugin
- Easy to install and manage.
- Responsive Design.
- Multiple image and video (Youtube and Vimeo) sliders.
- Supports Touch interaction. (Touch swipe)
- Smooth transition and easing effects. (Fade, Scroll left, Cover, Blind, Easing out etc.
- Auto play that can be stopped upon user interaction.
- Support all browsers: Firefox, Chrome, IE, Safari etc.
- Multi-Language ready with WPML.
- Compatible with any theme or plugin.
- Hyperlink options to each banner/ slide.
- Variable or Fixed Image Height.
- Lightbox functionality for images.
- SEO friendly.
- Add a loader (progressbar) to a slideshow.
- Easy to customise to compatible with your own website’s style.
- Light weight. (Smaller file size which load faster.)
- Ability to sort the banners /slides.
- Add HTML captions to each seperate slide with customizable styling and positioning per slide.
- Widget enabled.
- Template tags for use any where you like.
Installation
Installation Instruction & Configuration
1.You can use the built-in installer. OR
Download the zip file and extract the contents. Upload the ‘responsive’-slideshow folder to your plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/).
2.Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3.Log into Admin panel and go to Settings > Responsive Slideshow to change values.
4.On your left side of the admin area click on Slideshow to manage slides.
Configuration
To display the slider, you can use any of the following methods.
In a post/page:
Simply insert the shortcode below into the post/page to display the slider:
[responsive-slideshow]
Function in template files (via php):
To insert the slider into your theme, add the following code to the appropriate theme file:
Changelog
Version 1.1
Bug fixes for improved quality and performance.
Added options to change background and font colour from the backend.
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Responsive slider / slideshow: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Responsive slider / slideshow free?
Yes. Responsive slider / slideshow is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Responsive slider / slideshow safe to use in 2026?
Responsive slider / slideshow shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 1.7/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 22/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Responsive slider / slideshow?
Responsive slider / slideshow is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 20,789 times since it launched in July 2014. It was downloaded 78 times in the last 30 days.
Does Responsive slider / slideshow work with WordPress 7.1?
Responsive slider / slideshow is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Responsive slider / slideshow last updated?
The latest version, 1.1, was released on March 2, 2018 (9 years ago).
Who makes Responsive slider / slideshow?
Responsive slider / slideshow is developed and maintained by subhansanjaya.
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