Black Friday Super Sale! 🔥 Enjoy a jaw-dropping discount of up to 50% OFF on all Smart Slider plans. Hurry, before the offer ends on November 29th!

Buy Now

Articles by Raelene Morey

Raelene Morey is the Chief Bird at Words By Birds , an agency that helps WordPress businesses make better content. Computer science grad turned newspaper journalist and ex-managing editor at WPMU DEV. Raelene has been developing WordPress sites for over 10 years.

7 News Slider Designs to Inspire Your Next Web Design Project

7 News Slider Designs to Inspire Your Next Web Design Project

If you run a news website or online magazine, or you simply publish new content on a regular basis, one of the best ways you can display your latest content is with a news slider.
How to Create a Stunning Avada Slider for WordPress

How to Create a Stunning Avada Slider for WordPress

Are you thinking about creating an Avada slider for your WordPress site? Avada is the most popular premium theme for WordPress, providing powerful multipurpose options and tools for creating any kind of website.
Smart Slider 3 and WPBakery Page Builder

Smart Slider 3 and WPBakery Page Builder

WPBakery Page Builder is the best-selling plugin on CodeCanyon and has been for many years now for good reason: it adds simple drag and drop functionality to any WordPress theme.
How to Add WordPress Sliders to Twenty Nineteen

How to Add WordPress Sliders to Twenty Nineteen

Twenty Nineteen is the new default theme for WordPress and has been designed to show off the power of the new block editor.
How to Create Beautiful WordPress Landing Pages That Convert

How to Create Beautiful WordPress Landing Pages That Convert

How do you convince visitors to your site to convert? With a WordPress landing page.
20 Premium WordPress Plugins to Look Out For in 2024

20 Premium WordPress Plugins to Look Out For in 2024

Wondering what premium WordPress plugins are worth your time and money? It’s easy to get swept up searching through the 54,000 free plugins available in the WordPress repository.
Gutenberg and Smart Slider 3: How to Add Sliders to WordPress

Gutenberg and Smart Slider 3: How to Add Sliders to WordPress

Soon the Gutenberg editor will officially become part of WordPress core. What does this mean for sliders in WordPress?
Hero Sliders in Web Design: Ideas, Examples and Inspiration

Hero Sliders in Web Design: Ideas, Examples and Inspiration

One of the biggest trends in web design and WordPress in recent years has been the use of big images.
The 8 Best Quality WordPress Themes with Sliders

The 8 Best Quality WordPress Themes with Sliders

Strong imagery is a must for any website, but even more so if you have a commercial need to promote your work or sell your products online.
How to Create a Simple Image Slider with Smart Slider 3

How to Create a Simple Image Slider with Smart Slider 3

When someone lands on your website, it’s important to grab their attention right away.
13+1 Design Predictions for WordPress Themes in 2018

13+1 Design Predictions for WordPress Themes in 2018

Around this time of year, articles predicting web design trends are a dime a dozen, they’re everywhere.
Why the Research Against Sliders is Wrong (and They Don’t Suck)

Why the Research Against Sliders is Wrong (and They Don’t Suck)

I’m tired of all the negative talk around sliders so I’m just going to leave this here… Yes, I know it’s the Squarespace homepage and yes, I’m well aware that this blog is on a site for a WordPress plugin.