How to Make a Slideshow on WordPress

Feb 3
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2021

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WordPress slideshows are design features that allow a showcase of images, videos, or other content to interact more effectively with your site visitors. Many sites use the slideshow on their homepage to inform the visitors what the site is about or promote their products.

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Making a WordPress slideshow

Since most the people managing WordPress site aren't good at coding,How to Make a Slideshow on WordPress Articles the easiest and fastest way to do is using a plugin. In this case, we are going to do the slideshow with the Smart Slider plugin but you can use any other similar plugin because all pretty much do the same.

After you have logged into your WordPress Dashboard go Plugins > Add New and in the search area type "Smart Slider 3". Then click install and activate the plugin. Smart Slider will facilitate your work making slideshows since with the plugins comes many pre-installed designs. You can edit the topography, and can even add even some of your posts or call to action buttons. 

Now to start making a slideshow, on your menu you will be able to see Smart Slider among the other options, click on it. If you have a clear idea of how your slideshow will look, will be much easier. Also, before starting make sure to have all your media files ready for upload. Then click New Project and upload all your images. If it takes too long, you might consider canceling the process and compressing them. tinypng.com is a free online app that will compress your images without lowering their quality.

On the Template Library are more than 180 pre-designed slideshows that you can choose from. Scroll down and choose which suits your site and click Import. After you have imported the slideshow to your site, start edit all the elements if needed. Take some time to "play" with the fonts, colors, sizes, and even animations. After you are satisfied with the result click Save on the top-right of the page.

That’s it, I hope it was helpful!

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