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Fast Carousel
Fast Carousel is a WordPress plugin for building responsive image carousels without writing code. It gives you several gallery types, style templates and navigation styles, so you can display a portfolio, product gallery or team photos in a sliding layout that fits your site.
- Version
- 1.0
- Released
- May 2, 2023
- Type
- WordPress plugin
- Licence
- GPL
- Included in
- Every plan, or $3.99 on its own
What’s new in Fast Carousel 1.0
Version 1.0 · May 2, 2023
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What it does
Showing a lot of images on one page can get cluttered fast. A carousel solves that by letting visitors scroll through photos in a compact space. This plugin lets you set one up without coding, choose how images open when clicked, and pick a visual style. You can open images in a lightbox such as Prettyphoto, Photobox or Magnificer Popup, run them as a Fotorama slideshow, or send each item to a custom URL.
Design settings cover ten style templates plus a no-style option if you want to apply your own CSS, eight navigation styles, thumbnails and color controls for a main color with opacity and a secondary color. Layouts are responsive, and you can set how many items appear on desktops, tablets and phones. Widget support lets you place carousels in sidebars, and RTL support with included .po and .mo files suits multilingual sites.
Best for
- Photographers and creatives displaying portfolio work
- Businesses presenting product galleries or team photos
- Bloggers and multilingual sites, including RTL languages
Features
Five gallery types
Choose Prettyphoto, Photobox, Magnificer Popup, Fotorama Slideshow or Custom URL to control what happens when a visitor clicks a carousel image.
Ten style templates
Pick from ten ready carousel designs, or use the no-style option when you want full control over the look with your own styling.
Eight navigation styles
Select from eight navigation styles so visitors can move through your images in a way that matches the rest of your site design.
Responsive item counts
Layouts adapt to desktops, tablets and mobile devices, and you can adjust how many items display at once on each screen size.
Custom colors
Set a main color with opacity and a secondary color so the carousel controls and accents match your brand palette.
Thumbnail previews
Turn on thumbnails to give visitors a quick preview of the gallery and a faster way to jump between images.
RTL and translation ready
Right-to-left support works with languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, and included .po and .mo files let you translate the interface.
Widget support
Place carousels in sidebars and other widget-ready areas of your WordPress site, in addition to regular page content.
Questions about Fast Carousel
Can I use this plugin to open images in a lightbox?
Yes. Several of the five gallery types are lightbox options: Prettyphoto, Photobox and Magnificer Popup. You can also use a Fotorama slideshow, or the Custom URL type to link each image to another page instead.
Will the carousels look right on phones and tablets?
The layouts are fully responsive, and you can adjust how many items show at once for desktops, tablets and mobile devices, so the carousel fits each screen size properly.
Do I need to know how to code to build a carousel?
No. Fast Carousel is built so you can set up a carousel without coding, using its style templates, navigation styles and color settings. A no-style option is there if you prefer to add your own CSS.
Does it work on sites in Arabic or Hebrew?
Yes. The plugin includes right-to-left language support for languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, and it ships with .po and .mo files so the interface can be translated.
Is Fast Carousel free?
The code of Fast Carousel is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. GPL Feast is a paid service: a plan or a single purchase gives you the download and automatic updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.
Which version of Fast Carousel is this?
Version 1.0, released May 2, 2023. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them, and members get them as automatic updates.
How do I update Fast Carousel?
Install the free GPL Feast Updater on your site and connect it with your API key. It installs new versions of Fast Carousel automatically and keeps a backup, so you can roll back.
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