Title: Slide Crafter Reborn Author: Thomas Lloancy Published: 27 June 2025 Last modified: 25 August 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/slide-crafter-reborn/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3320282) ![](https://ps.w.org/slide-crafter-reborn/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3320282) # Slide Crafter Reborn By [Thomas Lloancy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/slide-crafter-reborn.1.7.0.zip) * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/#installation) * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slide-crafter-reborn/) ## Description **Slide Crafter Reborn** lets you create and manage responsive sliders as a custom post type. Features include: – **WordPress Posts Source**: Pull any public post type (posts, pages, custom types) into a fully dynamic slider — content updates automatically as you publish. Filter by category, choose ordering, and set the post count. No HTML required. – **Parametric Customization**: Configure slides per view, spacing, loop, pagination, navigation, autoplay, speed, animation type, and custom CSS. – **Responsive Sliders**: Powered by Swiper, ensuring compatibility across devices. – **Dynamic Cards**: Add up to 10 cards with a user-friendly repeater interface.–** WooCommerce Integration**: Automatically pull featured products into a slider. –** Shortcode and block**: `[slidecrafterreborn_slide id="X"]` still works. From 1.7.0 you can also insert the **Slide Crafter** Gutenberg block and pick a slider. – ** Accessibility**: Keyboard navigation, labelled controls, and autoplay that pauses when the visitor prefers reduced motion. – **Lazy-loaded images**: Off-screen slide images use `loading="lazy"` so the first visible slides load first. ### Source Code Non-minified source code is available at: https://github.com/tlloancy/slide-crafter- reborn To build the plugin: ## Screenshots [[ ## Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. * Slide Crafter Insert a Slide Crafter Reborn slider. Choose a slide created under Slides. ## Installation 1. Upload the `slide-crafter-reborn` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate the plugin via the WordPress ‘Plugins’ page. 3. Create sliders under the “Slides” menu in the WordPress admin. ## FAQ ### How do I customize sliders? Open a slide under **Slides**. The settings sidebar controls slides per view, spacing, loop, pagination, navigation, autoplay, speed, and animation. Add up to 10 HTML cards (or use Posts / WooCommerce as the data source). ### How do I put a slider on a page? Use `[slidecrafterreborn_slide id="123"]` (the ID is shown in the Slides list and in the editor) or add the **Slide Crafter** block and choose that slide. ### Why did autoplay stop? If the operating system or browser has **prefers-reduced-motion** enabled, autoplay is disabled so the slider does not move on its own. Arrows, pagination, and keyboard still work. ### Do all slide images load at once? Images in the first visible slides (based on “slides per view”) load eagerly. Images further along the carousel use `loading="lazy"`. The Swiper library itself is unchanged. ### Is it secure? Card HTML is passed through `wp_kses_post`. Custom CSS is restricted to a property allow-list. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors and Developers “Slide Crafter Reborn” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Thomas Lloancy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) [Translate “Slide Crafter Reborn” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/slide-crafter-reborn) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slide-crafter-reborn/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/slide-crafter-reborn/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/slide-crafter-reborn/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/slide-crafter-reborn/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Change Log #### 1.7.0 August 25, 2026: * Compat: Tested up to WordPress 7.1. * Performance: `loading=" lazy"` (and `decoding="async"`) on slide images; the first visible slides stay eager so the carousel does not wait on every image. * Accessibility: `prefers-reduced- motion` turns autoplay off; Swiper keyboard control; region/carousel ARIA and labelled prev/next. * Editor: Gutenberg block `slide-crafter-reborn/slider` (`block.json`, dynamic render). The shortcode is unchanged. * Design: Slide editor uses native WordPress admin controls (notices, `.button`, no purple/gold glow on admin chrome).* Docs: `docs/USER-GUIDE.md` (English) and `docs/MODE-DEMPLOI.md` (French). * The bundled Swiper build is not replaced or refactored. #### 1.6.0 June 2026: * New Feature: **AI Card Generation**. When the WordPress “AI” plugin is active with a configured connector (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google AI), a new panel appears above the card editor letting you describe your slider in plain language and generate all cards in one click. * The panel gracefully falls back to a setup guide (with a direct link to install the AI plugin) when no AI connector is configured.* Generated cards are sanitized through the same wp_kses pipeline as manually entered cards. #### 1.5.0 May 26, 2026 — WordPress 7.0 release: * New Feature: **WordPress Posts as a dynamic source**. Any public post type (posts, pages, custom post types) can now feed a slider automatically. Configure post type, number of posts, ordering (date, title, random, recently modified), and optionally filter by category. The slider updates itself as you publish — zero HTML required. * The Data Source selector now includes“ WordPress Posts (dynamic)” alongside Manual and WooCommerce modes. * Admin: new settings panel for post source (post type, count, order, category) with live preview that refreshes as you change options. * Fix: Removed the redundant “Slide Title” sidebar field. The native WordPress title field is now the single source of truth; the AJAX save reads from it directly. * Fix: Leaving the edit page after a successful AJAX save no longer triggers the “changes may not be saved” browser alert. * Tags updated to reflect the new dynamic posts capability. * Tested up to: WordPress 7.0. #### 1.4.4 April 29, 2026: * Fix: Corrected AJAX product search filtering. The search term is now properly captured using $_REQUEST, ensuring results match the user’s input( e.g., searching for “honey” no longer returns “carrots”). * Improvement: JavaScript Localization. Placeholders and messages are now dynamically handled via wp_localize_script for full translation support. #### 1.4.3 April 26: * Fix: Woo Features on preview and shortcode are now correctly synchronized. #### 1.4.2 * Fix: Replaced obsolete copy clipboard API that is not compatible with Brave Browser #### 1.4.1 * New: Added a copy button to easily copy the shortcode #### 1.4.0 * New Feature: Added “Import WooCommerce Product” in Manual Mode. You can now fetch any product to generate a rich HTML card (title, image, price, and link) that remains fully editable. * Fixed: Resolved rendering glitches and layout breaks when switching between transition effects (Fade, Cube, Slide) in the real-time preview. * Improvement: Cleaned up the product HTML template to ensure consistent image sizing and proper link wrapping. #### 1.3.0 * New Feature: Added WooCommerce integration. You can now pull “Featured Products” automatically. * New Feature: Real-time preview switching between manual HTML cards and dynamic products. * Improvement: Deep refactor of the admin JS to handle Swiper instance destruction and reconstruction for a smoother UI. * Fixed: Corrected CSS layout issues when switching slider sources without page refresh. #### 1.2.0 * Major architecture update: Migrated data storage from wp_options to wp_postmeta for better performance and scalability. #### 1.1.1 * Fixed a regression in shortcode result display. #### 1.1.0 * Improved code display. * Simplify code especially for css encapsulation purposes. #### 1.0.5 * Removed or commented `wp_cache_flush()` in `includes/cpt.php` to prevent interference with WordPress cron tasks, improving reliability of scheduled tasks. #### 1.0.4 * Fixed debug log pollution by restricting logging to ERROR level by default, downgrading non-critical logs to DEBUG. #### 1.0.3 * Fixed fatal error caused by duplicate `slidecrafterreborn_unescape_html` function definition by removing it from `meta-boxes.php`. #### 1.0.2 * Fixed excessive escaping of special characters in card content, ensuring proper display (e.g., `d'affinage` instead of `d\'affinage`). * Optimized debug logging to reduce log pollution by making logs conditional on WP_DEBUG and introducing log levels. * Added cleanup for unnecessary HTML tags ( , empty < p>) in card content. * Added database cleanup script to fix existing escaped content on plugin activation. #### 1.0.1 * Fixed shortcode is displayed properly as in the preview. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release with parametric slider creation and Swiper integration. * Fixed missing form elements error in admin.js. * Corrected CPT mismatch from scrslide to scr_slide. * Ensured continuous preview looping with Swiper. * Polished UI with gold accents and smooth transitions. * Optimized save system using wp_options. ## Meta * Version **1.7.0** * Last updated **1 month ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/) * Tags * [carousel](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carousel/)[Dynamic](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dynamic/) [posts](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[responsive](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/responsive/) [slider](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slider/) * [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/slide-crafter-reborn/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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