The News Slider widget allows you to display news posts as a slideshow in a widget area/sidebar. It displays a featured image, title, description and read more link to the news posts for each slide.
In this article, we’ll explain how to display a news slideshow through the News Slider widget in the Jupiter WordPress theme.
Creating News Posts
News posts are created separately in the News post type. To find more information about creating news posts, read the News shortcode article, and then continue to the next section.
Displaying a News Slideshow
In order to display a news slideshow in a widget area/sidebar, and you need to add JP – News Slider widget to a widget area / sidebar then configure its settings.
To add the widget:
Setting | Description |
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Title | Displays a title at the top of the widget. If left empty, it will show the Latest News title. |
Number of News | Determines the number of news posts to be shown in the slideshow. |