Ajax Post Carousel WordPress Plugin
Widget that displays posts as a carousel, using jQuery. It preloads a few posts and Ajax is used to load more posts as the carousel advances.
With Ajax Post Carousel you can display posts as a carousel using jQuery for animations. The widget only preloads a few posts and Ajax is used to load more posts as the carousel advances (this is very useful when you have hundreds of posts).
The featured thumbnail of each post is used for the carousel, so at least WordPress 2.9 is required. The widget can be totally customized using CSS. Only the basic styles are defined so the carousel works properly.
Features
- Posts can be selected from a category, a custom taxonomy or a post type.
- Configurable number of posts shown in the carousel and number of preloaded posts (visible posts + posts loaded in the background)
- Posts can be loaded in random order or using the default order (From most recent to oldest)
- Carousel can be an endless loop
- Title and excerpt can
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Usage of Ajax Post Carousel over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 45 to 29 — down 16 (-35.6%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 29 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 31 | -1 |
| May 2024 | 32 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 32 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 32 | -1 |
| February 2024 | 33 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 36 | -4 |
| December 2023 | 40 | -2 |
| November 2023 | 42 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 42 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 44 | -1 |
| August 2023 | 45 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 45 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 45 | — |
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