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Smart Slider 3 by Nextend is the perfect slider solution for Joomla, that contains 4 slider types and is totally responsive. Create beautiful sliders & animated blocks with the next generation visual editor. Awesome sliders, no compromises! Smart Slider 3 is the top rated slider extension for Joomla with more than 900.000 satisfied users.

INTRODUCTION

Smart Slider 3 is a brand new and intuitive Joomla extension to create sliders which was never possible before with any slider extensions. Besides that Smart Slider gives you the tool to create YouTube and Vimeo slides, create slides from your Joomla articles. Even more it has a complete easy-to-use slide editor with different layers. Don't hesitate install the Smart Slider 3 and enjoy the next generation Joomla experience.

MOST POWERFUL FEATURES

  • User-friendly Editor - Anyone can build with Smart Slider. The interface comes with drag&drop builder and live preview.
  • Totally integrated with Joomla - module, shortcode and ACL
  • Fully responsive and touch friendly - Sliders can be enjoyed in any environment, be it a mobile, tablet or desktop.
  • 4 slider types - Simple slider, Showcase slider, Carousel slider and Block type. You can create whole landing pages easily with blocks.
  • Dynamic Slides - Available sources are listed below
  • Customizable controls - Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Indicator, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows, Full screen and custom HTML
  • Slide backgrounds - Lot of super smooth background animations and Ken Burns effect
  • Layers - Build unique design with varied layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube, Input, List, Icon, Caption, Transition, Iframe, HTML5 video, Audio, Counter, Circle counter, Progress bar, Image box, Animated heading, Highlighted heading, HTML and Area
  • Font and Style manager system - Change easily all the details that really matter in typography and style.
  • Powerful layer animation system to give layers motion and transitions. The possibilities of what you can build are endless. Even more you can create different type of layer animations: In, Loop and Out
  • In-built lightbox
  • Complete detailed documentation
  • Tutorial videos - https://smartslider3.com/videos/
  • Sample sliders - more than 100 sliders to start

DYNAMIC SLIDER SOURCES

Generate sliders from external sources. Add dynamic content to each slide such as:

Joomla specific generators: Joomla articles, K2 items, Ignite Gallery, EasyBlog posts, Phoca Gallery, redSHOP products, VirtueMart products, Joomshopping products, MijoShop products, EasyDiscuss, Eshop, HikaShop, JEvents, Flexicontent, RSEvents, Event Booking.
Social generators: Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Vimeo.
Other generators: Images from folder, RSS generator, Text/CSV generator

SUPPORT AND SERVICES

We are committed to top-notch customer support because we know if you have problem with Smart Slider 3, you need a solution as soon as possible.

FEATURES

  • Create a new project or start one of our templates
  • Import and Export sliders
  • Intuitive slide creation: choose images, select Joomla Article or create a blank canvas
  • Static overlays
  • Dynamic slides - use different dynamic sources for the same slider
  • YouTube, Vimeo and Video slides
  • Bulk actions for slides - delete, duplicate, publish and unpublish
  • Publish slider with module, shortcode or PHP
  • Touch Swipe, scroll, keyboard navigation
  • Auto, full-width and full page responsive layout
  • Optimized for any screen sizes and touch devices
  • 5 Slide switching animations: Horizontal, Vertical, Fade, Crossfade and No animation
  • More than 30 Slide background animations: Scale to left, Zoom, Fade, Curtain to left, Puzzle, Scale to top, Scale to bottom, Curtain to bottom, Curtain to top and much more
  • Autoplay configurations
  • Add different slider controls and change the styles and positions
  • Slider controls: Arrows, Bullets, Autoplay, Indicator, Bar, Thumbnails, Shadows, Full screen - design your own or use pre-set
  • SEO and script optimized
  • Export slider as HTML
  • Hardware Accelerated 2D and 3D Transforms
  • Slide link: Choose your post or page to create permalinks to articles
  • Slide background image with transparent color overlay
  • 5 Slide background image fill mode: Fill, Fit, Stretch, Center and Tile
  • 22 Layers: Image, Heading, Text, Button, Vimeo, YouTube, Input, List, Icon, Caption, Transition, Iframe, HTML5 video, Audio, Counter, Circle counter, Progress bar, Image box, Animated heading, Highlighted heading, HTML and Area
  • Visual slide editor with zoom and desktop, tablet and mobile modes
  • Undo and redo in slide editor
  • Default positioning for responsive content
  • Absolute positioning for decorative elements
  • Advanced layer snap in visual slide editor
  • Adaptive layer font sizing
  • Layer aligning: left, center, right, top, bottom
  • Layer sizing: fixed and auto adjusted
  • Layer cropping: visible, hidden and scroll
  • Hide layers on specific devices
  • Slide thumbnail image
  • Layer animation builder
  • Live Timeline
  • Built-in lightbox
  • Popular effects: Ken Burns, Parallax, Particle and Shape divider
  • Slide background image optimization and lazy loading
  • Premium support
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Brilliant module!



Posted on 30 April 2015
Functionality
Such an easy and excellent module to have
Ease of use
Really easy, plenty of documentation if you ever get stuck
Support
Support was absolutely brilliant. When i had an issue i was responded to very quickly, politely and friendly!
Documentation
The documentation is easy to understand although there could be some more documents for various other simple issues.
Value for money
Considering the fucntionalities that this module is capable of it is excellent value for money

All in one really smart slider!



Posted on 10 April 2015
Functionality
It has so many options, well categorized, many effects,examples etc.
It comes as a component with a very nice and clear control panel.
Ease of use
Easy. Even for me that I am not a power user.
Support
Score 100 is poor to describe their support! Fast,kind and detailed answers to all my questions.
Documentation
All of your questions will find the answers in the documentation. Well organized with pics and examples. Very detailed documentation
Value for money
Sure!
I used this to: News slider for my homepage.

Functionality AND Support



Posted on 04 April 2015
Functionality
Given it's great versatility, I bought a Lifetime Subscription. I've used it on 5 sites already, Joomla (and that OTHER platform).
Ease of use
Fantastic import function of many demo sliders makes it easy to start from a known place.
Support
Went to bed on a Friday night with a question/issue, woke up to an answer. What a relief! Surpassed my expectations on a weekend.
Value for money
Given that I've found enough reasons to use it on 5 sites already with different types of shows, well worth the price of a Lifetime license.

awesome slider



Posted on 19 March 2015
Functionality
probably the best slider. so many features. you can fetch almost any ext.-content (e.g. from youtube, twitter, facebook)
Ease of use
realy eye-friendly backend. well designed!
Support
best support! amazing!
Documentation
huge step-by-step documentation.
Value for money
worth every euro:)
I used this to: rebuilt website.

Extraordinary results with Smart Slider 2



Posted on 05 March 2015
Functionality
This fast loading slider comes with absolutely a huge range of customizable functionality, and with no needs for html/css coding at all.
Ease of use
Extremely convenient to setup, truly without any need for coding.
Support
Best support you can find! Response within few hours - knowledgeable and professional!
Documentation
The product is very intuitive, but it is also well documented, not least Youtube videos.
Value for money
Great value for money - both with respect to the output, but also due to little time-consumption.
I used this to: Rebuilt of web-site to become more exiting and professional with a dynamic layout.

Best. Slider. Ever.



Posted on 01 March 2015
Functionality
Most features I've ever seen in a slider, everything I've wanted to build SS could do it. SS can even export to HTML for static website use.
Ease of use
SS is actually incredibly impressive with how easy it is to use considering how much amazing power and functionality that it is.
Support
The support is fantastic. They answer every question promptly and when I requested a feature they had it already built within 2 weeks.
Documentation
SS documentation is fantastic, they explain everything very clearly so you can easily learn anything you need and they have a great API.
Value for money
The price is reasonable and the Lifetime price is a bit high for a slider but SS is so good I think it is well worth it.
I used this to: sliders on EVERY site I build. I have tried many slider extensions and while they are decent, Nextend's SmartSlider is BEST I've ever used and is now a baseline for me on the quality of extensions. I started using SS in 2013 and I hope to use Nextend products for years to come.

Best Slideshow extension out there



Posted on 13 February 2015
Functionality
The extension has so many excellent features in the slider. You name it, it can do it.
Ease of use
This was extremely easy to use
Support
Incredible service. They just go far beyond what is normal service. They are AWESOME.
Documentation
Value for money
Excellent value

Incredible user-friendly extensive slider



Posted on 30 January 2015
Functionality
It is amazing how many features are available in this slider. This slider combines almost all existing sliders in one extension.
Ease of use
Very user friendly. Sometimes a bit overwhelming, but still very easy to use for both beginner as advanced users.
Support
Amazing! Fast (within 1 hour response for 2 seperate questions) and helpful (both times problem solved with the response).
Documentation
Clear documentation (including images) with lots of topics. I had trouble though finding certain functionality as section might be unclear.
Value for money
Value for money is definitely good. Only bad thing is that subscriptions are required in most cases. I would have preferred 1-time-payment.
I used this to: Gallery purposes and as attractive slider in header of website.

The best slider by far



Posted on 28 January 2015
Functionality
Extraordinary features which makes this the most flexible and dynamic slider I have found. light years ahead of the others I have tried.
Ease of use
When you take into account how many features this has, the back end is surprisingly intuitive.
Documentation
Very comprehensive. Bravo!
Value for money
Superb. Simply the best value for money of any extension I have bought (and I have bought a few!)

beautifull slider with amazing options



Posted on 26 January 2015
Functionality
Does what it is supposed to do.
Ease of use
So many options available.
Support
When you have a question or issue, these guys really help you out.
Documentation
The documentation is perfect for finding the answer you need.
Value for money
Worth every penny
I used this to: a commercial website with multipla sliders with animations. This component does it all. If you are looking for a good slider: stop searching because you found it!

Smart Slider

Version:
3.5.1.30
Developer:
NEXTEND
Last updated:
Nov 09 2025
1 month ago
Date added:
Nov 19 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Paid download
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Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J6
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