[Resolved] Recommended way to add blog post carousel

[Clare]

I’m trying to figure out how to add a blog post carousel right beneath my header, like this website: http://www.laurafadora.com
Do you have any recommended plugins where I’d be able to do that? I have Elementor Pro, but it doesn’t have anything (that I know of) for building a clean blog post carousel.

[Leo]

Hi there,

I would recommend checking out Tom’s WP Show Posts: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-show-posts/

Should be able to achieve something similar.

Let me know if this helps.

[Clare]

Thanks for the suggestion – would I need Pro? Also, looks like Tom was planning on adding a carousel feature last year, but didn’t see anything as to if it had ever been added: https://wpshowposts.com/support/topic/suggestion-horizontal-ajax-pagination/

[Leo]

Sorry I missed the carousel part.

The page you linked looks like it’s just 4 static posts though?

The feature hasn’t been added yet unfortunately.

[Clare]

Oops, my bad – I hadn’t double checked and assumed it was a carousel. This site is a carousel for sure: http://mayholicdesign.com
Any recommendations to achieve this?

[Tom]

The beta version of WPSP Pro has a carousel feature, but it still needs a little work.

If you Google “WordPress post carousel”, you should find quite a few plugins which may be worth checking out.

[Clare]

Thanks Tom and Leo for input! I couldn’t find wordpress post carousel widget I liked enough, so I decided to have a static post at the top, like in the very first example given. However, I ran into another header/post grid problem.
I used Elementor Pro to create the static, horizontal grid post (like the first link), but I can’t figure out how to place it on my blog, below my logo header, but above my list of posts.

[Leo]

Should be the After Header hook:
http://demo.generatepress.com/hook-locations/
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-overview/

With the blog page condition:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-hooks-conditional-tags/#blog-posts-page

Let me know if this helps.

[Clare]

Got it! But it’s showing throughout the website, even though though I only want it on the blog page. Here’s my code:

<?php if ( is_home() ) : ?>
[elementor-template id=”2783″]
<?php endif; ?>

[Leo]

Can you double check if you checked Execute PHP in hooks?

[Clare]

That solved it! I was uneasy about checking that, since I don’t know much about PHP (I did little PHP work via a plugin earlier today and it caused my site to totally fail)
Thank you!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

[Berto]

Hi Tom,

Has the carousel featured been added to pro? I don’t use WPSP but I am thinking of using this for a new project

[David]

Hi there,

Carousel is available in WPSP Pro Beta version.

[Berto]

Brilliant, thank you.

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