Open the slide editor, scroll to the Click action<\/strong> section, paste the URL, choose whether it opens in the same tab or a new tab, and toggle nofollow<\/code> if needed.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere do I paste the shortcode?<\/h3><\/dt>\nAnywhere shortcodes work: Gutenberg shortcode block, Classic Editor, Divi text module, theme template files (use the PHP snippet from the General tab), etc. You can also skip the shortcode entirely and use the built-in Lexiata XSlider<\/strong> Gutenberg block or Elementor widget \u2014 both let you pick the slider from a dropdown.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I embed a slider by name instead of its ID?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Give the slider an Alias<\/strong> on its General tab (for example hero-slider<\/code>), then use [lex_xslider alias=\"hero-slider\"]<\/code>. Handy when you rebuild a slider on another site and want existing shortcodes to keep working.<\/p><\/dd>\nWill updating the plugin change my existing sliders?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. Updates keep your saved sliders, slides and settings exactly as they are.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Is the plugin translation-ready?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. All strings use the lexiata-xslider<\/code> text domain. Place .mo<\/code> \/ .po<\/code> files in wp-content\/languages\/plugins\/<\/code> or under the plugin's languages\/<\/code> folder.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes the plugin store data outside the WordPress database?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. Slider projects are stored as a custom post type, and slides + settings are stored in wp_postmeta<\/code>. No external requests, no analytics, no tracking.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow can I customise the slider visually?<\/h3><\/dt>\nOpen the slider's Developer<\/strong> tab and add space-separated classes to the wrapper in Slider CSS classes<\/strong>. Then style those classes from Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Additional CSS<\/strong> \u2014 WordPress' built-in tool for custom CSS.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere is the unminified front-end code?<\/h3><\/dt>\nThe front-end files in assets\/frontend\/<\/code> are minified for speed. The readable sources are in assets\/frontend\/src\/<\/code> \u2014 set SCRIPT_DEBUG<\/code> to true<\/code> in wp-config.php<\/code> to load them instead.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it work with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Frontend assets are static files with cache-friendly versioning, and the slider markup is fully server-rendered.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
1.6.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Compatibility: tested with WordPress 7.1 (always-iframed block editor, 40px admin controls, jQuery UI 1.14).<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the Gutenberg block could not be selected in the editor (no toolbar or settings sidebar). Wide\/Full alignment now also works on the front-end.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: slides could not be reordered by dragging the grip handle. Reordering now works with mouse, touch and keyboard (Alt + \u2190 \/ \u2192).<\/li>\n
- Fixed: horizontal sliders showed an empty slide on right-to-left (RTL) sites.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: keyboard arrows no longer block page scrolling, typing in form fields or the browser's Back shortcut, and only the hovered or focused slider reacts.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: on phones, scrolling the page over a slider no longer stops autoplay for good.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: unticking \"Hide on\" devices for arrows is now saved.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: after using arrows, bullets, keys or swipe, autoplay waits a full slide duration before moving on.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: lazy sliders taller than the screen never started; a lazy threshold of 0% now works.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: a right-click could leave the slider stuck in drag mode; a keyboard \"click\" on a slide link right after a swipe was ignored.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: settings dropdowns had no arrow and fields were misaligned on WordPress 7.x; duplicated slides now appear next to the original.<\/li>\n
- Improved: responsive images (srcset\/sizes) for Media Library images; the Media Library alt text is used when a slide's alt text is empty.<\/li>\n
- Improved: the next and previous images are preloaded (no blank slide mid-transition); autoplay pauses while the slider is off-screen or focused by a keyboard user.<\/li>\n
- Improved: accessibility \u2014 hidden slides are skipped by screen readers and the Tab key, labelled form fields, keyboard access to slides, tabs and copy buttons, focus kept inside dialogs.<\/li>\n
- Improved: performance \u2014 minified front-end files (about 6KB gzipped in total), the slider list for the block editor is no longer queried on every page load, no page-wide touch listeners.<\/li>\n
- New: embed a slider by alias \u2014
[lex_xslider alias=\"hero-slider\"]<\/code>.<\/li>\n- New: duplicate a whole slider and copy its shortcode right from the dashboard.<\/li>\n
- New: colour pickers for arrow and bullet colours; \"Edit this slider\" link in the block settings.<\/li>\n
- Removed: the \"Force full width\" and \"Limit slide width\" toggles, which never affected the slider. Saved settings are kept.<\/li>\n
- Security: hardened request handling and output escaping; admin notices are now per user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed: a packaging issue in 1.5.0 that prevented the Gutenberg block and Elementor widget from loading. Both now work as intended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: Gutenberg block<\/strong> \u2014 pick a slider from a dropdown, with an in-editor preview. The shortcode keeps working everywhere.<\/li>\n
- New: Elementor widget<\/strong> \u2014 drop a slider into any Elementor layout with a live preview.<\/li>\n
- New: a \"Report a bug\"<\/strong> tool in the admin header (opens a pre-filled email with environment info).<\/li>\n
- Improved: the settings editor now saves the whole slider from a single screen \u2014 no more lost changes when switching tabs, and no more misleading \"unsaved changes\" prompts.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: autoplay no longer stops permanently after a single click, and respects the configured delay.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: dragging past the first or last slide no longer exposes an empty area behind the slider.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: drag\/swipe listeners are cleaned up correctly when a slider is removed (single-page apps \/ page-builder previews).<\/li>\n
- Fixed: border-radius preset labels are now legible; the \"New project\" dialog no longer closes on an accidental background click.<\/li>\n
- Compatibility: WordPress 7.0 block editor; asset cache-busting so updates always reach the browser.<\/li>\n
- Housekeeping: documentation accuracy and internal cleanup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Initial public release.<\/li>\n
- Custom Post Type for slider projects with private admin-only visibility.<\/li>\n
- 8-tab settings editor: General, Size, Controls, Animations, Autoplay, Optimize, Slides, Developer.<\/li>\n
- 4 slide animations: Horizontal, Vertical, Fade, Zoom fade.<\/li>\n
- 4 arrow styles: Default, Circle, Square, Minimal \u2014 with adjustable size, colour, and per-device visibility.<\/li>\n
- 4 bullet styles: Dot, Bar, Pill, Square.<\/li>\n
- Border-radius control (0\u2013100px) with 5 presets \u2014 Sharp, Subtle, Soft, Rounded, Pill.<\/li>\n
- Image and Blank slide types with click-through URLs (target tab + nofollow support).<\/li>\n
- Touch swipe and mouse drag navigation that works across all animation types.<\/li>\n
- Keyboard arrow navigation (activates on hover, focus, or viewport visibility).<\/li>\n
- Drag-to-reorder slides in the admin editor with mobile touch support.<\/li>\n
- Duplicate slide, delete slide, live preview.<\/li>\n
- Vanilla JS frontend engine \u2014 no jQuery dependency, ~5KB minified.<\/li>\n
- Lazy initialisation with IntersectionObserver \u2014 slider boots only when scrolled into view.<\/li>\n
- First-slide LCP optimisation via
fetchpriority=\"high\"<\/code>.<\/li>\n- Multisite-aware uninstall \u2014 cleans up all sites' data on plugin deletion.<\/li>\n
- Accessibility: ARIA roles, focus-visible outlines,
prefers-reduced-motion<\/code> support.<\/li>\n- Translation-ready \u2014 all strings use the
lexiata-xslider<\/code> text domain.<\/li>\n- Shortcode
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