bxSlider for WordPress integrates the great responsive content slider bxSlider jQuery plugin in your very own WordPress site. Galleries are turned into beautiful sliders, but you can also roll you own sliders using special shortcode. The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of slider
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 3.5.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 27, 2026
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Aboutthistool.
bxSlider for WordPress integrates the great responsive content slider bxSlider jQuery plugin in your very own WordPress site. Galleries are turned into beautiful sliders, but you can also roll you own sliders using special shortcode. The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of sliders or galleries per page, you can have as many as you want!
Why should you use this slider? I’ll quote the bxSlider’s website:
Fully responsive – will adapt to any device
Horizontal, vertical, and fade modes
Slides can contain images, video, or HTML content
Advanced touch / swipe support built-in
Uses CSS transitions for slide animation (native hardware acceleration!)
Full callback API and public methods
Small file size, fully themed, simple to implement
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Features
[gallery] and [bxgallery] shortcodes
[slider] and [bxslider] shortcodes
Template functions
[gallery] and [bxgallery] shortcodes
You can use the default WordPress [gallery] shortcode or use the additional [bxgallery] shortcode to create awesome dynamic galleries. These shortcodes take the following parameters:
ids [a comma-separated list of image IDs] : This is usually inserted for you when you create the gallery from the media box. If you omit this parameter, all the images you have uploaded along with the post will be included in the gallery.
exclude_featured [1 or 0] : if set to 1 and you did not specify specific ids as above, the post featured image will be excluded from the gallery. If you omit this parameter, it will default to the value set in the plugin settings page.
hide_carousel [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the carousel with thumbnails will not be shown. If you omit this parameter, it will default to the value set in the plugin settings page.
duration integer : the duration of slides in milliseconds
speed integer : the speed of transitions in milliseconds
extra_options comma-separated list of javascript options to be passed to bxSlider directly : this allows to directly specify some options for bxSlider if those options are not yet provided as settings or shortcode parameters by our plugin. For instance: [bxgallery extra_options=”pager: false, “]
transition ‘fade’, ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’ : the type of transition between slides
adaptive_height [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the height of the slider/gallery will automatically adjust to the content of the current slide
auto_start [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the slideshow will automatically start after the page has loaded.
shuffle [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the images will be shown in random order
[slider] and [bxslider] shortcodes
You can also build your own custom sliders, with any content you’d like in them.
Here is an example:
[slider] This is my first slide. I can contain any html you like. [next-slide] And the shortcode above has made this text be the second slider. [next-slide] And thus we are now having the third slide of this slider. Below we close the initial shortcode to notify the end of the slider. Simple, isn't it? [/slider]
The shortcode accepts the following parameters:
duration integer : the duration of slides in milliseconds
speed integer : the speed of transitions in milliseconds
extra_options comma-separated list of javascript options to be passed to bxSlider directly : this allows to directly specify some options for bxSlider if those options are not yet provided as settings or shortcode parameters by our plugin. For instance: [bxgallery extra_options=”pager: false, “]
transition ‘fade’, ‘horizontal’ or ‘vertical’ : the type of transition between slides
adaptive_height [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the height of the slider/gallery will automatically adjust to the content of the current slide
auto_start [1 or 0] : if set to 1, the slideshow will automatically start after the page has loaded.
Template functions
The plugin also provides template functions to be used in your theme files. Those functions are all static methods of the class BXSG_ThemeUtils . To be safe, in case the plugin is not active, you should check that the class exists before calling the functions:
<?php if ( class_exists( 'BXSG_ThemeUtils' ) ) { // Do something with the BXSG_ThemeUtils class } ?>
Hint: you can pass the shortcode parameters as an array to customize the output
See it in action
A closer look.
bxSlider integration for WordPress screenshot 1
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Gettingstarted.
Nothing special, just upload the files, activate and you can then visit the settings page if you want. Really, it’s just like any other simple plugin.
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Frequently asked questions.
Why isn’t bxSlider’s XXXXX option available in the plugin’s settings page or shortcode?
I have not yet found the use of all the bxSlider options. If you need to access any of them, please open a new topic in the plugin support forum, I will add that option as soon as possible.
You can in the meantime use the shortcode parameter “extra_options” (or the setting to have those parameters set for every gallery/slider).
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