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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
Functionality
Has never let me down. Haven't had any issues creating the type of slides I want. There are tons of options and I haven't even begun to dig.
Ease of use
Easy to setup and use out-of-the-box. Tons of features to get creative.
Support
Responsive support and a newsletter than contains tips/tricks and other useful information.
Documentation
Fully documented and easy to understand. I'm an English speaker.
Value for money
Awesome
I used this to: Educational website front page slider.
Functionality
has everything I need and worked flawlessly with my template where others even the template makers didn’t.
Ease of use
Drag and drop what else can you say
Support
Responded very fast to my questions
Documentation
Large Library of topics and for a little $$ one on one help
Value for money
This would take to long to explain but for 25.00 you can't beat it.
I used this to: Home page

Absolutely Brilliant



Posted on 27 January 2017
Functionality
Wish I had found this extension years ago! It's so versatile and feature rich. Support is also excellent and very fast.
Ease of use
There is a slight learning curve, but that is only because it is so feature rich. The documentation is good and support excellent
Support
Very fast, very helpful. Thanks to the team for all their help :)
Documentation
It is good, it could do with a few more specific setup videos (to explain all of the examples), but that is just constructive criticism
Value for money
Excellent value for money
I used this to: Creating dynamic product sliders for my e-commerce websites (as it has a generator setup for JCart, my e-commerce platform of choice). But you can use it on any type of website, it is so versatile.

Great extension!



Posted on 23 December 2016
Functionality
This component is great, really great!!!
Ease of use
simply fantastic!
Support
Documentation
Value for money
Correct!
Functionality
This slider plugin did everything I needed. It has an incredible array of settings and I was able to exactly match it the site design.
Ease of use
Incredibly easy to use. Beautifully logical and intuitive. I was using it within minutes.
Value for money
Exceptional value for money. I did consider coding this myself in javascript but for what it does, the price is definitely worth it.
I used this to: My client wanted a carousel showing the distributors of his product. Each small image is a logo and they move across the screen. Each logo has to be a clickable link to take you to the distributor's website. I had this all set up very quickly and easily.
Functionality
It is simple, we can do everything, very very powerfull and it has powerfull integrations
Ease of use
very simple, documentation is great
Support
Support ? the best, yes the best, they are very good
Documentation
good
Value for money
Let try, with this module, no need to purchase others lol
I used this to: a jobboard, a store and a forum

Simply perfect!!



Posted on 08 October 2016
Functionality
The functionality is incredible. Any idea you have for a slider can be implemented using this superb component.
Ease of use
I found Smart Slider very easy to use. The developer has obviously given a lot of thought into the admin UX and it really shows. Well done!!
Support
I have had no need for support so far, which is a great testament to the developer.
Documentation
The documentation is concise and very well laid out. Again the developer has taken the time to give us a complete package.
Value for money
Cheap at the price!!
I used this to: Smart Slider 3 is being used to best emphasise the brand and character of a site. I can develop and customise the slider to the look and feel of that site, giving functionality and a superb UX. I cannot recommend Smart Slider enough, BUY IT NOW!!!
Functionality
it gave me a new scope of design, i design my websites like i would design a flyer on Illustrator, really changed the way i make sites.
Ease of use
While you have to get use to it, once you undestand the concepts (they have great tutorials) it becomes easy to use and design is fun.
Support
Beyond anything you could ask for, they are very professional, with instant replies, really fantastic support!
Documentation
Every single topic is documented with tutorials and videos.
Value for money
For what you get, a new and fun way to design websites, its perfect for the money you pay.
I used this to: Every single website, since it gave them life with great animations to their content. I'm really happy with this extension, i'm a graphic designer and i don't like to deal with code i just want to create! This extension gave me everything i need for that and much more, fantastic!

Graet extension



Posted on 14 September 2016
Functionality
I use it for sliders, banners. With this program I do not need expensive program like Adobe flash
Ease of use
Very easy to use
Support
Best support I have. I buy many extension, but Nextend has best support
Documentation
Very well documentation, video tutorials, and sample sliders to learn
Value for money
Great
I used this to: News site

Love this comp and



Posted on 03 September 2016
Functionality
many functions perfect for my website
Ease of use
very intuitive and easy to use
Support
Excellent and quick response. I receive help from Ramona when I had a glitch with the core banner application.
Documentation
very clear
Value for money
excellent
I used this to: Sliders and animated websites

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
Includes:
c m
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J6
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