Recent Posts Slider Released V0.6.2

Issues which were fixed are :
1. As wordpress 3.2.1 is released so now there is no need add different Jquery file. So, conflict with various plugins like NextGen, Lightbox, Fancybox etc. is resolved.

2. Modify the way it creates posts thumbnail so hoping to get least issues related to product thumbnails. But only with the images hosted on same server. If you trying to use images hosted on another server, thumbnail will not be created. (So, please take the backup before upgrading to new version)

3. Slider speed issue when you came to tab after some time.

New features added are :
1. Completely remove pagination.
2. Add Post Date.
3. Set custom link text in place of read more.
4. Show excerpt with html tags.
5. Define your own css.

Thanks all for using the plugin, for your suggestions & bugs pointing :)
If you found any issues with this version do let me know.

Recent Posts Slider Released V0.6

As you guys know it creates the thumbnail of post image automatically according to slider size. For this it first check the custom field & if not mentioned then look for the first image of post. Now a new feature is added to check featured image too. So, now it will first check for the custom field then featured image & then first image of the post.

Fixed IE issue too. Those facing problem in IE please update to latest version & don’t forget to leave feedback whether it started working or not.

Some new features are on the way.

Recent Posts Slider Released V0.5

Some new features are added in this version. Also resolved some issues as reported by users. Thanks all.

New features are :

  1. A facility to show both excerpt & thumbnail in the slider is added.
  2. An option is added to alter post title color.
  3. Option is added to control slider speed.
  4. A facility is added to define excerpt in words if the plugin manually creates more or less words.
  5. Now you have two options to show pagination on slider, either numbers or circles.

Some more updates are on the way.

Recent Posts Slider Released V0.3

A widget support is added to easily add the slider in the widget area.

Earlier it creates the thumbnail of the first image from the post, their is no such option to show the thumb of any other image. Now in this version you can specify particular image by adding a custom field as rps_custom_thumb and specifying image path as its value.

Do let me know are these useful to you. Some more updates in queue based on the feedbacks received. Thanks all for your suggestions.

How to use

In order to display the recent posts slider, you have three options

1. Simply place <?php if (function_exists(‘rps_show’)) echo rps_show(); ?> in your theme.
2. Add the shortcode ‘[rps]‘.
3. Using widget.

Posted in rps

How to install & configure

1. You can use the built-in installer.
OR
Download the zip file and extract the contents.
Upload the ‘recent-posts-slider’ folder to your plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/).
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.


And now go to Settings and then Recent Posts Slider to configure any options as desired.