Rockon Owl Slider

Rockon Owl Slider is a simple, responsive WordPress slider plugin built on Owl Carousel 2, a touch-enabled jQuery plugin.

Slides are a custom post type, so you create them the same way you create any post. Each slide uses its featured image as the background, its title and excerpt as the caption, and can carry an optional link that opens in the same tab or a new one.

Add the slider anywhere with the [ROCKON_OWL] shortcode.

Features

• Unlimited slides
• Touch and swipe enabled
• Responsive, with fluid slide heights on phones and tablets
• Responsive images with srcset, so phones do not download desktop-sized files
• Slides managed as a custom post type
• Slide image, title, description and link
• Option to open a slide link in a new tab
• Autoplay, pausing on hover and on keyboard focus
• Keyboard navigation with the left and right arrow keys
• Respects the visitor’s reduced-motion preference
• Optional maximum slider width, set in the Customizer
• Assets load only on pages that actually contain a slider

Usage

1. Go to Rockon Owl Slider > Add New Slide in the admin menu.
2. Give the slide a title, set a featured image, and add an excerpt for the caption.
3. Optionally add a link in the Slide Link box below the editor.
4. Publish, and repeat for as many slides as you need.
5. Add the shortcode [ROCKON_OWL] to any post or page.

To output the slider directly in a theme template file:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[ROCKON_OWL]' ); ?>