Responsive Nivo Slider 2.0 is a full rebuild for Joomla 4, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6. It replaces the legacy jQuery Nivo Slider stack with a fast, accessible, vanilla-JS experience powered by the Web Asset Manager. Familiar module settings stay in place, so upgrades keep your slides, folder paths, and motion options.

Use it for homepage heroes, campaign banners, portfolio strips, travel galleries, or product highlights. Visitors get clear motion, readable captions, and controls that work with mouse, keyboard, and touch.

Why site owners choose it

• Vanilla JavaScript: light footprint, no jQuery, no third-party Nivo library
• Four core effects: Fade, Slide, Fold, and Zoom, plus Random for variety
• Legacy effect mapping: older Nivo names such as sliceDown or boxRain still save and map cleanly
• Pagination that fits the layout: compact dots or a visual thumbnail strip
• Theme presets: Default, Light, and Bar shells you can match to the section
• Flexible image sources: build slides one by one, or load every image from a folder
• Captions and links: overlay copy with colour, font, and opacity controls, plus optional per-slide URLs
• Controls everywhere: arrows, keyboard left/right, and touch swipe
• Autoplay when you want it: pause on hover, random start, and reduced-motion friendly fallbacks
• Responsive by design: width/height controls, height auto mode, and mobile-tuned stage sizing
• Joomla 4 / 5 / 6 ready: namespaced services and versioned Web Asset Manager assets

Built for real websites

Agencies need heroes that look current without a heavy script stack. Marketers need captions and links for campaigns. Photographers and travel sites need folder-based galleries that stay easy to refresh. Responsive Nivo Slider covers those jobs with one module and clean front-end code.

Use Default for a dark rounded frame, Light for brighter sections, and Bar when captions should sit in a solid strip. Pick Fade for subtle changes, Slide for directional motion, Fold or Zoom for stronger emphasis, or Random to mix them. On phones, captions scale down, arrows stay tappable, and fixed-height stages settle into a comfortable 16:9 band.

Highlights at a glance

| Capability | What you get |
|---|---|
| Motion | Fade · Slide · Fold · Zoom · Random |
| Themes | Default · Light · Bar |
| Pagination | Dots or thumbnail strip |
| Controls | Prev / next · keyboard · swipe |
| Content | Individual slides or folder source |
| Captions | Overlay text, colours, font, opacity |
| Links | Optional per-slide URLs, same window or new tab |
| Layout | Width, fixed height, or height auto |
| Extras | Optional resize cache, Additional CSS |
| Compatibility | Joomla 4 / 5 / 6 · PHP 8.1+ · vanilla JS · Web Asset Manager |

What's included

• Module: Responsive Nivo Slider with General, Slides, and Advanced settings
• Install package: mod_rnivo_slider_2.0.zip
• Front-end assets: scoped CSS variables and vanilla slideshow script (rnivo-slider.css / rnivo-slider.js)

Quick start

1. Install mod_rnivo_slider_2.0.zip via System → Install → Extensions
2. Content → Site Modules → New → Responsive Nivo Slider
3. Add individual slides, or point Source to an image folder
4. Choose Theme, Transition Effect, and Pagination type
5. Set Width and Height (auto works well for fluid layouts)
6. Assign position and menu items, Hide Title, Publish, Save
7. System → Clear Cache

Perfect when you want

• A homepage or landing hero that advances through strong imagery
• Thumbnail browsing for galleries and portfolio strips
• Captioned promo slides with optional click-through links
• An upgrade path from jQuery Nivo Slider without keeping that dependency

Responsive Nivo Slider 2.0: modern motion, familiar settings.