Lexiata XSlider

Lexiata XSlider is a tiny, blazing-fast image slider plugin built from scratch. Total footprint: under 200KB on disk, with a frontend payload around 8KB (CSS + JS combined). No bundled libraries, no jQuery on the front-end, no third-party services.

Why XSlider?

Most slider plugins ship with hundreds of templates, layer animations, and features you will never use — and your visitors pay for every kilobyte. XSlider keeps only what you need:

• Clean image sliders with optional click-through URLs
• Horizontal slide and fade animations
• Autoplay, drag, keyboard navigation
• Arrows + bullets, fully customisable
• SEO-friendly markup with proper alt text and ARIA roles
• Lazy initialisation (the slider boots only when scrolled into view)
• Custom CSS field for fine-tuning
• Shortcode + PHP function for use in any builder (Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, classic editor, etc.)

Built for WordPress agencies and freelancers by Suresh L. Bamunusinghe at Lexiata.lk — battle-tested in production sites.

Key features

• Up to 8 settings tabs — General, Size, Controls, Animations, Autoplay, Optimize, Slides, Developer
• Image and Blank slides — Blank slides support a custom background colour
• Clickable URL per slide — Set link, choose target tab, optional nofollow
• Drag-to-reorder slides in the editor
• Duplicate slide with one click
• Live preview in the slide editor
• Click-to-copy shortcode and PHP code
• Fully accessible — keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, focus rings
• Mobile, tablet, desktop arrow visibility controls
• No external dependencies — pure vanilla JS frontend (~5KB)