{"id":76380,"date":"2012-04-17T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=76380"},"modified":"2012-04-17T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T00:02:12","slug":"soliloquy-the-best-responsive-jquery-slider-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/soliloquy-the-best-responsive-jquery-slider-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Soliloquy: The Best Responsive jQuery Slider Plugin for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adding a slider to your WordPress site should be easy, right? If you&#8217;re depending on using a plugin from the WordPress repository, sometimes it can turn into a downright nightmare. Hacking the plugin to look and work like you want it to can be quite a chore &#8211; that is assuming that you have the skills to do it.<\/p>\n<h3>Introducing Soliloquy: A slider plugin that just works!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soliloquywp.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soliloquy<\/a> is a game-changing slider plugin for WordPress, created by <a href=\"http:\/\/thomasgriffinmedia.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Griffin<\/a>. It&#8217;s completely responsive using the FlexSlider jQuery script. The code foundation has been hardened with security and fully audited by WordPress core developer Mark Jaquith.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Soliloquy really stand out from the crowd? <strong>Speed, Scalability and Interface.<\/strong> The plugin is packed full of features and options, everything you could ever want from a slider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Speed:<\/strong> Soliloquy only loads the files it needs &#8211; when it needs them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO-Friendly:<\/strong> Each image and link can have its own title, and images can have their own alt tags.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scalability:<\/strong> Soliloquy can handle as many sliders as you want on a single page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interface:<\/strong> Smooth drag-and-drop interface enhanced by Ajax to sort and organize your images.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsiveness:<\/strong> Each Soliloquy slider responds and adjusts to any environment on the fly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>User AND developer-friendly:<\/strong> Tons of hooks and filters so that you can extend its functionality, and includes both PHP and Ajax APIs for creating addons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compatible with WordPress MultiSite:<\/strong> Works perfectly when network-activated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the convenient drag-and-drop media uploader for slides:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76398\" title=\"drag-and-drop-media-upload\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drag-and-drop-media-upload.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1280\" height=\"627\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slider management includes options to easily change the default size, transition, speed, animation, automation, navigation, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76412\" title=\"slider-management\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/slider-management.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1265\" height=\"908\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you need lightbox support, Soliloquy also has a full-featured Lightbox Add-on:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76407\" title=\"lightbox-addon\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/lightbox-addon.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"720\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>That sounds good, but is it really the best?<\/h3>\n<p>After testing Soliloquy, I conclude that this is by far the easiest to use and one of the most tastefully designed sliders available for WordPress users. The sleek interface and full usage of WordPress&#8217; capabilities blows every other slider plugin out of the water.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to create and add a quick slider with six slides in two minutes flat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76421\" title=\"soliloquy-test\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/soliloquy-test.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"659\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soliloquy is <a href=\"http:\/\/soliloquywp.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">priced<\/a> at just $20 per year for a single support license and $100\/yr for developer support, which includes priority ticketing.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling with sliders from the WordPress repository and you can never quite get them working like you want, stop wasting your time and get <a href=\"http:\/\/soliloquywp.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soliloquy<\/a> today. It&#8217;s such a delight to use that you&#8217;ll likely opt to use it every time you need a slider in WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new slider plugin for WordPress blows every other plugin out of the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4099,"featured_media":76414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[679,4088,8158],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-76380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plugins","tag-jquery","tag-responsive","tag-sliders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216578,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76380\/revisions\/216578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76380"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=76380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}