Articles in SiteOrigin Tag — Blog — Smart Slider 3 — WordPress Plugin Extending the world of WordPress and Joomla. Take your website to the next level with our plugins. Download Smart Slider 3 today and get started building beautiful sliders with confidence using our advanced editor. Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:39:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Smart Slider 3 and Page Builder by SiteOrigin https://smartslider3.com/blog/page-builder-siteorigin-smart-slider-3/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:42:13 +0000 https://smartslider3.com/?post_type=blog&p=5928 Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the most popular content editor plugins for WordPress. In just a few clicks, this free drag-and-drop page builder tool can turn the WordPress content editing experience into something much more creative, powerful, and fun. So if you want to create custom post and page designs for WordPress website, […]

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Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the most popular content editor plugins for WordPress. In just a few clicks, this free drag-and-drop page builder tool can turn the WordPress content editing experience into something much more creative, powerful, and fun.

So if you want to create custom post and page designs for WordPress website, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is one of the best options out there.

However, this tool can be made even better by using it alongside other plugins, including Smart Slider 3. In this guide, we’ll show you how the free version of Smart Slider 3 can be used to add stunning slideshows to the custom content designs that you’ve created with page builder.

What Makes Page Builder by SiteOrigin so Good?

As mentioned, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is a hugely popular page builder plugin. With over 1 million active installations, more than 14 million downloads, and a 4.9 out of 5 stars rating based on 925 user reviews. Page Builder by SiteOrigin is not only the most popular page builder plugins, but also one of the most popular WordPress plugins of all time.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Layouts
Page builder by SiteOrigin Layouts

Once the plugin is live on your website, you can start creating custom layouts for your WordPress posts and pages. There’s also a library of pre-built page templates that make it easy to get started. Furthermore, the plugin includes a selection of widgets that can be added to your designs to help you create pages that contain useful elements like regular buttons and call-to-actions, hero images, post carousels, pricing tables, and much more.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Visual Editor
Page builder by SiteOrigin Visual Editor

As all the design work takes place through an intuitive visual editor, you should be able to produce something stylish with page builder regardless of your level of design experience.

Creating Page Builder by SiteOrigin Sliders

One useful feature of this plugin is the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget. By installing the free widgets add-on pack for the plugin, you’ll be able to create custom image and video slideshows for your posts and pages.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Slider Preview
Page builder by SiteOrigin Slider Preview

As you might expect, the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget is easy to use, giving you a quick way to create interactive slideshows that display images and videos. Through the slider widget controls, you can set a background image or video for your sliders as well as a foreground image. The sliders can also be set to take visitors to a custom URL when clicked. The other Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widget controls cover the transition speed, the amount of time each slider is displayed for, and the properties for the navigation controls.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Slider Settings
Page builder by SiteOrigin Slider Settings

The free add-on pack also includes a layer slider widget which is a more powerful tool for creating slideshows for your WordPress website. Through this module, you can use the Page Builder by SiteOrigin editor to design your slides.

Just like creating a regular page design with Page Builder by SiteOrigin, each slide can include any of the other widgets. This allows you to add a wide range of content to your presentations. The Page Builder by SiteOrigin sliders can be set to fill the entire browser window or can instead be inserted into your post and page layouts as well as displayed in the widget areas of your website. Thanks to this, you could use the plugin to create a mini content slider for your website’s sidebar or design a full-width content slideshow for the header of your homepage.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Layout Slider
Page builder by SiteOrigin Layout Slider

So if you’re looking for a quick way to add basic image and video sliders to your website, as well as create custom content slideshow presentations, Page Builder by SiteOrigin and its free add-on are certainly up to the task.

Page Builder by SiteOrigin + Smart Slider 3

However, if you want to get even more creative with Page Builder by SiteOrigin and sliders, you’ll be pleased to learn that you’re not limited to the built-in slider functionality of this plugin. Like many of the best WordPress page builder, Page Builder by SiteOrigin integrates with Smart Slider 3.

Page builder by SiteOrigin Smart Slider Widget
Page builder by SiteOrigin Smart Slider Widget

Once the Smart Slider 3 plugin is active on your site, you can easily insert any of the slideshows you’ve built with this tool into your custom content designs.

You can then choose which of your Smart Slider 3 sliders to display in your page layout through the Page Builder by SiteOrigin Smart Slider widget. This integration makes it possible to not only create your own advanced slideshows for your website but also make use of the library of free slider templates available to Smart Slider 3 plugin users.

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Reasons to use Page Builder by SiteOrigin and Smart Slider 3 Together

Although SiteOrigin does have two slider widgets, they are quite basic. However, by installing the free version of Smart Slider 3 on your WordPress website, you can start incorporating some great looking and feature-rich slideshows into your website.

As mentioned, even the free version of Smart Slider 3 includes an impressive selection of slideshow templates. Therefore, if you’re looking for some inspiration for your own slider designs or a faster way to create slideshows for your site, these templates are a great reason to use Page Builder by SiteOrigin and Smart Slider 3 together.

Smart Slider 3 - Slider Templates
Smart Slider 3 – Slider Templates

As well as the slider library, the free and premium versions of Smart Slider 3 have other features and functionalities that aren’t part of the Page Builder by SiteOrigin slider widgets. So if you do choose to use these two plugins together, you’ll be able to use layers in your slide designs, apply a range of animation effects, and control the slider autoplay and other useful feature options.

Smart Slider 3 Slide Editor
Smart Slider 3 Slide Editor

If you need even more power, then upgrading to Smart Slider 3 Pro is an affordable option that enables the extra layers and animation effects, increases the number of slider templates and the size of the slide library, and gives you the option of using dynamic content in your sliders, including content from Flickr, YouTube, and your own WordPress website.

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Conclusion

As we’ve just seen, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is a powerful free page builder plugin for WordPress. While it does have some built-in slider functionality if you really want to reap all the benefits of using sliders on your website, then installing the free or premium version of Smart Slider 3 vastly increases your options and capabilities when it comes to adding slideshow presentations to your WordPress website.

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