{"id":5226,"date":"2021-11-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvarotrigo.com\/epa\/jquery-carousel\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T18:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:05:58","slug":"jquery-carousel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alvarotrigo.com\/blog\/jquery-carousel\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Best jQuery Carousel plugins [2024]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are looking for a jQuery carousel<\/strong> for your website, you’ve come to the right place. We have made a list of the best carousels for jQuery to help you decide which carousel is the most appropriate for your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a carousel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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A carousel is basically a website element that displays the information in a set of elements that we can slide, fade or somehow move into view. It can be a slideshow of images, texts, videos, or a combination of all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They typically serve as a way to show more in less space as they usually include navigation controls so the visitor can move to the next or previous element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could say sliders are a specific kind of carousel where we display a single element at a time instead of multiple elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to choose the best jQuery carousel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There’s no such thing as the “best carousel,” as that will depend on your own needs, but there are definitely better carousels than others. Take a look at the best practices for Carousels UI<\/a> to learn more about those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some things to take into account when looking for a carousel are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One or multiple elements on the view<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do we need a single element at a time? Or multiple ones? Not all carousels support both, so this is an important thing to look at before choosing a carousel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responsiveness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do I need responsive configurations? Although most carousels will work as expected on mobile devices and small screens, we will need to take a look at the responsive options to see if they support more specific features, such as hiding certain elements on responsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Screen mode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Does it support full screen? If you are a photographer or you want to use a carousel as a whole page element this might be important for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configurable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Is it configurable? Usually, the more options a jQuery carousel plugin supports, the better. It means it can provide us with much more flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertical Carousel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you need vertical sliding, you’ll have to check for this feature as well as it’s not that common among jQuery carousels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best carousels plugins for jQuery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. fullPage.js<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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