The posts slider shows featured posts at the top of your blog page. It uses Jetpack Featured Content: any post with the featured tag appears in the slider. See the demo.
The slider shows on the blog page when it lists your latest posts, or on the page set as your posts page. It does not show on page 2 and later of the blog. It needs at least one tagged post. Each slide uses the post’s featured image as its background. A post without one gets a slide with no image.
Set Up the Slider
- Go to PluginsAdd Plugin. Install and activate Jetpack.
- Go to AppearanceCustomizeFeatured Content.
- In Tag name, enter a tag such as
featured. The tag name is case sensitive. - Click Publish.
- Go to Posts and edit a post to feature. Add the same tag and set a featured image.
- Repeat for each post that should appear in the slider.
The Featured Content section has two more settings:
- Do not display tag in post details and tag clouds. Hides the featured tag from post meta and tag clouds.
- Also display tagged posts outside the Featured Content area. Shows featured posts in the normal post list below the slider.
Video Walkthrough
Add the Slider With Page Builder
Use the Post Loop widget to put a posts slider on any page.
- In Page Builder, click Add Widget and search for Post Loop.
- Insert the widget and open its settings.
- In the Template list, select Posts Slider.
- Open Posts query to choose which posts appear.
In the block editor, add a SiteOrigin Layout Block first, then follow the same steps.
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