Custom Content Carousel

The short answer is, this plugin doesn’t have a carousel feature, unless you’re using a theme with Bootstrap. However, I wrote another plugin with jQuery to use with Custom Content Shortcode. I do it like this, to generate each slide:

[slider]
    [loop type="book" num="5"]
        [slide]
            [content field="title"]
            [content field="thumbnail"]
        [/slide]
    [/loop]
[/slider]

Currently I’m in the process of building a whole library of features to be used with Custom Content Shortcode – for example: responsive layouts, tabs, lightbox, slider/carousel, scroll to top button, etc. It will be called Custom Toolbox, and I’m building a website for it as we speak.

I’m a bit torn on how I should offer the slider module. Since you’re in need of it right now, I thought I could make it a free plugin here on the WordPress plugin directory. At the same time, it’s part of a premium product that I’m building. What are your thoughts on this?

Actually I was looking to tie it into the carousel option in the shortcodes ultimate if possible. Basically I’m trying to get a 4 item carousel (4 showing at one time, sliding by 4) for use with the wp-property plugin. I get the desired look using the carousel feature of shortcode ultimate, but only if I use gallery photos only.

Any thoughts on using the loop to fill the shortcodes ultimate carousel with at least featured images from a custom post type?

I looked into Shortcodes Ultimate – free and full of features.

The carousel shortcode takes slides from the gallery, and as far as I could see, it doesn’t allow for putting any other content in each slide. It would require a customization – the function get_slides looks like it accepts custom post types (and their featured images) but the carousel shortcode doesn’t have that parameter.

So, probably the fastest solution is to ask the developer as a support/feature request.

I love the idea of Custom Content Carousel – it’s a logical extension of loop and content shortcodes. I’ve got it pretty much built, and rethinking my strategy on how to release it. Free and open-source is ideal, but my time is not so free.

Thank you for the input, please let me know if I can help any further.

Depending on the price, I might be willing to purchase, as I know how valuable time for this can be. Thank you so very much for pointing me in the right direction.

Sure, I’d be happy to work with you on the content carousel. It’s actually a good incentive for me to get the module ready for general use, and it’d be great to hear your opinion on what features would be useful. If you’re interested, please write me at this address: miyarakira(at)gmail.com

Hei there, found this thread on my search for custom post type carousels and was wondering if there are any news on this?
Cheers,
Felix

Hi Felix, please see the beta version of the carousel here: eliotakira.com/plugin/carousel

Hello Eliot,
great to hear, will have a look.
Although I found another solution for now, this might be handy some day.

Cheers,
Felix