Joomla Content Slider Module

The module also supports K2 content, giving you the flexibility to display both Joomla and K2 articles. With extensive backend configuration options, you can easily customize almost every element of the frontend, including titles, descriptions, images, navigation, animations, thumbnails, Read More links, colors, and more.

Whether you want to create a news slider, featured content showcase, or article presentation, Joomla Content Slider provides everything you need in an easy-to-configure module.

Features

• Joomla Content Support – Display articles and news from your Joomla categories.
• K2 Support – Display K2 content and news.
• Multi-Category Support – Select articles from multiple Joomla categories.
• Subcategory Support – Include articles from subcategories.
• Category Exclusion – Exclude specific categories from the slider.
• Flexible Article Ordering – Order articles by Joomla ordering, creation date, or modification date.
• Featured Article Filtering – Show all articles, only featured articles, or exclude featured articles.
• Author Filtering – Filter articles by author.
• Responsive Design – Compatible with responsive Joomla templates.
• Bottom Thumbnail Navigation – Display small navigation thumbnails below the slider.
• Customizable Thumbnails – Adjust thumbnail width, height, padding, and background color.
• Image Support – Display article images with customizable size, link, margin, and alignment options.
• WebP Support – Supports modern WebP image format.
• Remote Image Support – Use images hosted on remote servers.
• Intro / Full-Text Images – Choose between intro images and full-text images.
• Automatic Thumbnail Generation – Automatically generate thumbnails from article images.
• Image Mouseover Effect – Add an interactive mouseover effect to content images.
• Image Captions – Support for image captions.
• Title Limiting – Limit article titles by words or characters.
• Description Limiting – Limit intro text by words or characters.
• Read More Support – Show or hide the Read More link and customize its text, color, and position.
• Custom "More In" Text – Display additional text with customizable width, padding, and content.
• Fade Effect – Enable or disable the fade transition effect.
• Horizontal / Vertical Sliding – Choose the direction of the slide animation.
• Multiple Navigation Styles – Use thumbnails or numbers for bottom navigation.
• Multiple Animation Options – Customize animation type and speed.
• Click or Mouseover Events – Choose how visitors interact with the slider.
• Autorun – Automatically rotate through articles with a configurable delay.
• Pause on Hover – Pause the slider when the mouse pointer is over it.
• Keyboard Navigation – Allow visitors to navigate using the keyboard.
• Navigation Arrows – Show or hide Previous and Next buttons and customize their text.
• Initialization Delay – Set a delay before the slider is initialized.
• Customizable Frontend – Easily customize colors, spacing, typography, and other visual elements through backend settings and CSS.
• Open Links in Parent or New Window – Choose how article links are opened.

Admin Panel Options

Content Source

• Source From
• Joomla Categories
• Sub Categories
• Exclude Categories
• Number of Articles
• Limit for Each Category
• Filter by Author
• Featured Articles
• Articles Sorted By

Module & Layout

• Module Width
• Module Height
• Module Background
• Content Area Padding

Slider Settings

• Autorun
• Autorun Delay Time
• Animation Type
• Animation Speed
• Event Type
• Pause on Hover
• Initialization Delay
• Show Arrows
• Previous Text
• Next Text
• Allow Keyboard Navigation

Title & Content

• Show Titles
• News Title Color
• Title Limit Type – Words / Characters
• Title Limit
• Intro Text Option
• Show Intro
• Introtext Limit Type – Words / Characters
• Introtext Length
• Show Category Name
• Show Category Name as Link
• Show Date
• Show Author
• Introtext Color
• Strip Tags
• Open Link in New Window or Parent

Read More

• Read More Option
• Show Read More
• Read More Text
• Read More Color
• Read More Position

Image Options

• Show Image
• Grab Image from Fulltext
• Check Existing Image
• Image Float – Left / Right / None
• Image Margin
• Auto Generate Thumbnail
• Content Image Width
• Content Image Height
• Default Thumbnail
• Image Mouseover Effect
• Use Intro Image
• Use Caption
• Use Link A

Bottom Thumbnail Options

• Bottom Navigation Type
• Little Thumbnail Height
• Little Thumbnail Background
• Little Thumbnail Padding

"More In" Options

• Width of "More In" Text
• More In Text
• More In Text Padding

Version History

Version 1.8

• Fixed a Joomla 6 compatibility bug.

Version 1.7

• Added Joomla 6 support.

Version 1.6

• Added WebP image support.

Version 1.5

• Improved admin panel options and functionality.

Version 1.4

• Added Intro Image / Full-text Image options.
• Added Slide / Fade transition options.
• Added Horizontal / Vertical slide direction.
• Added Little Thumbnails / Numbers navigation at the bottom.

Version 1.3

• Added Show / Hide / Only Featured Articles options.
• Added support for responsive templates.

Version 1.2

• Added K2 support.

Version 1.1

• Added Remote Image support.
• Added Title Limit Type – Words / Characters.
• Added Introtext Limit Type – Words / Characters.

Version 1.0

• Initial release.