To get the slider:
1. Go to Dashboard -> Pages -> Add New
2. Give it a title -> on the right side, there is a “Page Attributes” -> Template -> Select “Front Page” -> Publish
3. Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading -> Select “A static page (select below)” -> then select the page you have just created in step 2
4. Go to Dashboard -> Post -> Add New ->
Create a post with a title, your images and anything you want like normal.
-> on the right side, there is a “Location” -> select “Featured” -> Publish
The new post will show up in the slider. To put it in recent articles, change to “Primary”. To put it in more articles, change to “Secondary”.
You HAVE to update them manually every time.