Custom Post Carousels with Owl
Custom Post Carousels with Owl
Description
This plugin uses the Owl-Carousel-2 jQuery plugin to create carousels (sliders) from any built in or (public) custom post type in WordPress. You can use this plugin to make:
- Image Carousel from Media Library
- Product Carousels (Choose WooCommerce Products)
- Featured Product Carousels
- Carousels from Posts or Products by ID
- Taxonomy (Category/Tag) Carousels
- Carousel from Any Custom Post Type
- Latest Posts
- WooCommerce Reviews
- More
Easy to use controls allow for customization of each carousel with options to show or hide Titles, Featured Image, Call to Action buttons (links) and more.
This plugin is simple and without on screen nags, promotions or upsells.
Please note. There is not a lot of stylesheet attached to the layout. If you don’t have basic skills, this might not be the plugin for you.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload
owl-carousel-2.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Click on the menu item called
Carousels - Create your carousel.
- Copy the Shortcode and place in your page or post, or place
<?php echo do_shortcode('[dd-owl-carousel id="1" title="Carousel Title"]'); ?>in your templates
Screenshots
Faq
Make sure you insert the shortcode created by the plugin.
Yes, you can use as many as you want. Each one will have it’s own CSS ID so you can target them in your custom CSS files if you need to.
Yes, there are 2 hooks. One is before the carousel contents, and the other is after the contents. There will be more enhancement to this at a later date.
- dd-carousel-before-content
- dd-carousel-after-content
These hooks pass 1 parameter which is $carousel_ID if needed.
Example to add pricing for WooCommerce Carousels – Add to your theme functions.php :
<?php
function add_wc_price_to_carousel(){
global $post, $woocommerce;
$product = wc_get_product( $post->ID );
if ($product) {
echo '<p class="price">$' . $product->get_price() . '</p>' ;
echo '<a href="'.get_permalink( $post->ID ).'" class="btn btn-primary ">Shop Now</a>';
}
}
add_action('dd-carousel-after-content', 'add_wc_price_to_carousel', 10);
Yes, there is currently one filter.
- dd_carousel_filter_query_args
This filter passes 2 variables. $args the current arguments of the WP_Query and $carousel_id which is the ID of the carousel you want to filter.
Example to create your own custom Query – Add to your theme functions.php :
<?php
add_filter('dd_carousel_filter_query_args', 'filter_carousel', 10, 2);
function filter_carousel($args, $carouselID){
if ($carouselID == 9803){
$args = array(
'post_type' => array( 'post' ),
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' => 'AND',
array(
'key' => '_chosen_store',
'value' => '1',
'compare' => '>=',
'type' => 'NUMERIC',
),
),
);
return $args;
}
}
There are currently several filters available to you. You can apply these in your theme’s functions.php
dd_carousel_filter_excerpt($excerpt, $carousel_id)$excerpt: string the excerpt$carousel_idint the post ID of the carousel.
dd_filter_owl_carousel_script($owl_script, $carousel_id)$owl_scriptstring the jQuery function that invokes the Owl Carousel$carousel_idint the post ID of the carousel.
dd_carousel_filter_title_heading($heading)$headingstring – use any additional valid HTML tag to wrap the title that isn’t already present.
dd_carousel_filter_prevanddd_carousel_filter_next- This might be helpful to include a fontawesome or other icon set as the Prev/Next buttons
dd_carousel_filter_caption($the_caption, $caption)$the_caption– The HTML wrapper and caption for an image carousel$captionThewp_get_attachment_captioncaption for the image
Example of script filter:
<?php
apply_filters('dd_filter_owl_carousel_script', 'my_filter_owl_carousel_script', 10 , 2);
function my_filter_owl_carousel_script($script, $carousel_id){
// Do stuff
return $script;
}
?>
Reviews
WOW
By bodopio on October 14, 2023
Excellent plugin with a lot of options. Worked for me immediatley without any problems. I show posts as a enterprise history. Thank you for this.
The donat button shows me the duckdiverllc.com site. But how can I donate?
Unwillingness of developer to improve plugin
By Lee (leecollings) on November 3, 2021
Eccellente
By webigelv on October 6, 2021
Great Stuff !
By iceninexp on July 17, 2021
Life Savior
By ShriniKannan (shrini) on June 30, 2021
Great Plugin
By emanuelesviluppoweb on June 29, 2021
Wonderfull plugin, great support
By javierpernettr on April 13, 2021
Great Plugin!
By giabalc (giavalts) on April 9, 2021
No
By pamplemuss on March 29, 2021
Fast and efficient support
By halukkuruoglu on March 28, 2021
Changelog
1.4.12
Fix featherlight.js to prevent XSS being passed through the data-featherlight param. Fixes CVE-2024-5667
1.4.6
Various fixes for sanitiziation filters.
1.4.4
Allow SVG in Prev / Next buttons
1.4.2
Security fixes
1.4.1
Add image alt text (if added to image in media library)
1.4
Added Lazy Loading as an option to all carousels (enabled by default). It is recommended you review your carousels to ensure settings are as you expect. Combined and minified front end styles.
1.3.1
Fix image issue on Taxonomy Carousel
1.3
Add “Media/Image” Carousel with choose media items. Additional filters added for convenience.
1.2.6
Add two additional filters dd_filter_owl_carousel_script and dd_carousel_filter_excerpt
Fix for CPT adding meta to all posts.
1.2.5
Fix Random
1.2.4
Fix for Elementor
1.2.2
Fix missing param in filter
1.2.1
Fix – Admin enqueue stylesheets only on carousel pages/edit.
1.2
Add Parameter to action hooks for carousel ID.
1.1.1
Minor fix on admin switching between Product choices.
1.1
Added Taxonomy Carousel and filter for main Query.
1.0.8
Fix issue with multiple WC Categories
1.0.7
Add multi selection for Taxonomy Terms.
1.0.6
Add Placeholder image for no-image
1.0.4
Fix Error with AQ Resize
1.0.3
Add Thumbnail Image Sizes
1.0.2
Allow for empty excerpt under title.
1.0.1
Change admin script to only enqueu on carousel custom post type.
1.0
Initial Release



