[Support request] Custom Carousel Slider with WP Show Posts

Hi there,

I assume the Carousel is running Javascript ? And if it is – then thats not going to work on AMP Pages – as that won’t run 3rd party JS.

WP Show Posts Pro had a carousel feature but the plugin was deprecated as we’re rebuilding it in GenerateBlocks.
So for now i don’t have a solution, you would need to look for a post carousel plugin i am afraid

Hi there,

the carousel and slider options will be added to a future GenerateBlocks Pro update.
The current schedule is to release GB 1.5 on 21st June. With an update to GB Pro 1.2, which will just prepare the Pro plugin for the Query Block. Carousels and other interactive features will come later.

Unfortunately we don’t have this kind of documentation.

i just spent a lot of time trying out slider plugins – with emphasis on how good they work with generateblocks.
I settled with wp swiper – which basically lets you use any block in the slider (swiper on mobile). It doesnt have that much options – but simple animation etc. works.

So far i used it for some hero blocks which i simply copied into that slider after i designed them. Only problem was the background image – for some reason this gb backgrounds didn’t work as planned – but there is an option to add a background to the slide itself – which worked for me.

For the next update of my website i will add a news/blog section. For that i also plan to show some current posts in the slider. David already told me about the new/upcoming gb version. I think with this it may be possible to do the same: create a dynamic news “hero” -> and simply copy that code into a slide -> which then gets animated by wp swiper.

Maybe this idea also works for you.

Also: im not a fan to add to many functions to generateblocks. Same as e.g. an Accordion block. This somehow reminds me of the tons of other block plugins which are basically collections of blocks – using more mass then class.
There are already good open source options there – so imho its wasted time to add features that blow up the lightweight approach of generateblocks. Im not affiliated with wpswiper btw – but why not create a list of (open source) plugins like that – that work well with gb and extend its functionality – and recommend them if someone needs that functionn.
For most cases there are plugins based on fully fledged open source projects – wp swiper (which is still quite basic and hasn’t implemented a lot of features) e.g. is based on swiperjs which is used, developed and sponsored by tons of big companies. Gb can profit from projects like that – i was quite surprised that i could simply drag and drop a quite complex container in there – and it just worked (besides the background problem). So testing that plugins like that work well with gb instead to create your own feature seems to me like a valid approach. There probably also is a way to somehow add this as premium feature.
Hope this didnt sound like to much of a rant or hijacking this thread – i just want to say that in my opinion you can make gb profit from other existing plugins 😉