{"id":2809,"date":"2021-10-13T07:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T07:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2021-10-13T07:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T07:06:44","slug":"what-is-an-image-slider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-an-image-slider\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is An Image Slider?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An <strong>Image Slider<\/strong> is an animated WordPress design element used to display videos and images on a website. Like a slideshow, <strong>Image Sliders<\/strong> show one video or image at a time. The content changes when visitors click to see the next slide, or it changes automatically after a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to Use an Image Slider?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Freelancer or business sites often use sliders to showcase their most important work or portfolio in an eye-catching, attention-grabbing way. Sliders come with arrows, thumbnails, or buttons to allow visitors to see a specific image or control what they see. The aim is to engage them with targeted content, like promoting a unique offering, so that they stay on a page longer than average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t use sliders for a specific purpose, you can annoy visitors, lower conversion rates, and cause &#8220;banner blindness,&#8221; where viewers see a spam-looking ad. To avoid this, consider using image sliders to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Display news updates<\/li><li>Make unique content stand out<\/li><li>Help visitors quickly choose options&nbsp;<\/li><li>Display photo galleries<\/li><li>Present professional portfolios<\/li><li>Showcase current&nbsp;eCommerce&nbsp;sales<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Take note; some image slider plugins are slow and not cross-device compatible. Make sure you choose one that doesn\u2019t dilute your message and SEO impact, affect loading times, look bad on mobile, cause user confusion, and harm your key messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Image Slider is an animated WordPress design element used to display videos and images on a website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,30],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-elementor","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2809\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}