Media is a big part of my life. Showing friends a slideshow of a weekend excursion is a common occurrence. When blogging these photos, displaying them in a long gallery doesn’t always make sense.There wasn’t any other option to show off the images uploaded to your WordPress.com blog until now.
Today, we’re rolling out 100% JavaScript powered slideshows. But, why did I bother to mention that they’re JavaScript powered? Most importantly, because we’re consuming the web in different ways. Our JavaScript powered slideshows will work in any browser that supports CSS and JavaScript – even the iPad and iPhone!
The slideshows are simple and straightforward. Upload your photos as a gallery, then click the “Insert slideshow” button, or use the [slideshow] shortcode. The slideshow automatically adjusts its dimensions to fit your blog’s theme.
Without further ado, here are some pictures I took while visiting some zoos over the years.
This feature is currently only available on WordPress.com. A WordPress.org/self-hosted plugin will be available soon.
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GREAT JOB. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you !!!
Can this be turned into a sidebar widget yet? Is that in the planning? Now THAT would be spiffy! We use my website as an employee engagement tool – so to make it eee-even spiffier, if the photos were clikable through to links or especially posts, I would give you a foot massage.
Thank you!
I like this. Now there’s no need for me to create a .gif file to make a slideshow for my posts.
this is very useful for me, I like posting photos, instead of putting it in a grid form, i can now present it through slides, thanks. I must try this one.
yesss! finally!
i already missed this feature sooo much. can’t wait to give it a try, as soon, as i have the time.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
Nice but is it possible to change the black background, the speed of the slideshow…
Thanks.
Yeahhhhh! This will be great – never did like the gallery options.
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This is real good.
Thanks.
Thanks – I have been waiting for this. Looking forward to trying it out.
Wow..it’s very great feature. thanks
Thank you! This improvement might prove useful at some point, can´t wait to try it out at some point 😉
I can’t wait to try this. I will need to get out and take pictures of the spring flowers and make a slide show of them. I hope I can figure this out.
Awesome to the Max! That is great feature for pictures of my spring break 😀
Love it! If we can customize how long the images are displayed, I’ll jump for joy.
Fantastic feature that I will definitely use – Thank you 🙂
It is great, and I’m already using it. I think it is a little slow… or maybe it is my connection…
This is great! I have just done my first slideshow and it adds a great touch to my site!
SWEET!!! I hated having ot post them all, and took so much time, and s omuch space
Nice feature …. Is the slide show autoresize (according to the image)? and Is there any option to set how large is the slideshow frame?
It automatically conforms to the width of your theme, and there is currently no way to set a custom width.
Real cool feature. Can’t wait to try it. Honestly, I was waiting for something like that.
Oh wow. Wow. WOW. I was about to attach dozens of photos. A new and faster era for my blog, I guess, commences soon. Yay 🙂
On a sidenote, those are amazing photographs without the flash reflections which frustrate me so much.
Is it possible to exclude photos from the slideshow like you can with the regular gallery? I have a couple of photos in posts that wouldn’t really fit in with a slideshow.
Not yet. Right now, slideshows automatically include all images attached to the post.
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Way to go wordpress!!!
Bravo. Such a nice & effective widget making wordpress users and yendyspeaking blog look professional. Million thanks.
Looks & sounds excellent! I’m in, and will make a slide show soon.
Thanks Noël!
Wow, this couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m doing a blog and I wanted a slide show for the final entry! Thought I would have to go to Photobucket or something, but if WP has one, all the better! Thanks!
I can’t believe I didn’t use WordPress sooner – and now all these great new features. Thanks!
Thanks a lot
You don’t have any idea how wonderful and helpful is this new feature, I was waiting and hope to have this for a long time.
I tried it and it’s working flawless.
com and see it yourself
thanks again and waiting for more improvement
I like your pictures, and wow its nice to have slideshow in blog, I will try that!
Yes! This is just great, thank you!
I’ll have to try this out. I’ve been wondering about how to post a gallery page for awhile now.
So happy and thank you very much for posting this!!! 🙂
Excellent, I will attempt this later, thanks.
Great! Always wanted to put a slideshow up, and now WordPress is applying this feature. Thanks!
As a publisher of a couple of blogs about ART….this is fab and I’ll be using it a ton.
Oh yes! WOW! I will most certainly use this. I can’t wait! Thank you.
Wow! I’ll try! I’ll try! Thanks!
Hey That’s great bonna!!! Not only nice pictures, furter a very nice possibility to share them with your friends. THANKS!!!!!
Ok.. I will try out… seems to be really nice this new plug in, hopefully will works easy !!!! THANKS
Thanks a lot! I will definitely use it!
I tried it with my art studio photos so I could show my readers the bagua layout—love it!
I’ve been wanting to do this; now I know how. Much thanks!
Wow, thats pretty cool. Going to give it a try 😀