Lexiata XSlider is a tiny, blazing-fast image slider plugin built from scratch. Total footprint: under 200KB on disk, with a frontend payload around 8KB (CSS + JS combined). No bundled libraries, no jQuery on the front-end, no third-party services.

Why XSlider?

Most slider plugins ship with hundreds of templates, layer animations, and features you will never use — and your visitors pay for every kilobyte. XSlider keeps only what you need:

Clean image sliders with optional click-through URLs
Horizontal slide and fade animations
Autoplay, drag, keyboard navigation
Arrows + bullets, fully customisable
SEO-friendly markup with proper alt text and ARIA roles
Lazy initialisation (the slider boots only when scrolled into view)
Style via CSS classes + the WordPress Customizer (Additional CSS)
Native Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, shortcode, and PHP function — insert a slider in any editor or builder

Built for WordPress agencies and freelancers by Suresh L. Bamunusinghe at Lexiata.lk — battle-tested in production sites.

Key features

Up to 8 settings tabs — General, Size, Controls, Animations, Autoplay, Optimize, Slides, Developer
Image and Blank slides — Blank slides support a custom background colour
Clickable URL per slide — Set link, choose target tab, optional nofollow
Drag-to-reorder slides in the editor
Duplicate slide with one click
Live preview in the slide editor
Click-to-copy shortcode and PHP code
Fully accessible — keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, focus rings
Mobile, tablet, desktop arrow visibility controls
No external dependencies — pure vanilla JS frontend (~5KB)