MySlideShow

A Simple WordPress plugin which provides you with simple shortcode to help you display a slide show anywhere on your site. The plugin was developed during the WordPress training program provided by rtCamp. Requirements for the plugin were provided by rtCamp which can be found here.

• For Developers
• For Users
• Screenshot(s)

For developers:

Here are the main directories/files:

• admin: contains all the admin side functionality files
  • assets: contains images
  • css: contains admin side styles
  • js: contains admin side scripts
  • partials: contains helper functions that render content(mostly contains html and less php) on admin side
  • class-myslideshow-admin.php(file): contains the core admin side functionality class which has all the custom functions
• includes: contains loader class file and activator and deactivator class files
  • class-myslideshow.php(file): contains the class which contains for all the hooks and filters. also loads all dependencies
• languages: contains pot template for localization
• public: contains all user side functionality files
  • css: user side styles
  • js: user side scripts
  • partials: contains helper functions that render content(mostly contains html and less php) on user side
• myslideshow.php(file): main file from where the execution starts

There are no third party plugins/libraries used and working demo can be found here

For users:

Activation:

This plugin is not available on WordPress marketplace hence you will have to manually upload this plugin to your website's directory.

1. Click on Clone or download button at top right in this directory to download a zip file of this entire directory on your computer.
2. From your FTP client or your cpanel go to your WordPress website's root directory and navigate to the plugins folder at wp-content>plugins
3. Create a new folder named myslideshow inside plugins folder and copy all content of the zip file that you downloaded from github
4. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and navigate to plugins
5. There should be a new plugin available named MySlideShow. Click on active to activate it.

Using the plugin:

1. The plugin comes with a shortcode that allows you to display a fully responsive image slide show anywhere on your website
2. All you have to do is use the shortcode [slideshow]
3. Before using the shortcode, add images that you want to display on the website in slideshow settings available in your admin panel
4. The shortcode will be usable in comments, excerpts and post content based on your current theme's support

Screenshot(s):

The slideshow control panel-

Sample slideshow displayed on a post-