Description
Amitry Product & Category Slider is a fast, responsive slider for WooCommerce that lets you showcase products or product categories in a clean, customizable carousel. Build a WooCommerce product slider or a category carousel in minutes with a Gutenberg block, an Elementor widget, or a simple shortcode, with no code required.
Whether you want to highlight featured products on your homepage, scroll through best sellers, or guide shoppers into product categories, this plugin gives you a lightweight, mobile-friendly slider that loads only where you use it.
Live demo: see the product slider, category carousel and every premium design in action at https://slider.amitry.de/
Why choose this WooCommerce slider
- No code needed – add a slider with a block, widget or shortcode
- Product slider and category slider in one plugin
- Fully responsive – separate settings for desktop, tablet and mobile
- Lightweight and fast – assets load only on pages with a slider
- SEO-friendly – server-side rendered HTML, content visible without JavaScript
- Works with any theme – block themes (FSE) and classic themes
- Translation-ready – ships with a .pot file
Three ways to add a slider
- Gutenberg block – drag the Amitry Slider block into any page or post with a live preview
- Elementor widget – a dedicated Amitry Slider widget appears in the Elementor editor
- Shortcode – drop
[amitry_slider]into any content area
Popular use cases
- Homepage product slider – feature your best products front and center
- New arrivals carousel – show the newest products in your store automatically
- Best sellers slider – highlight your top selling WooCommerce products
- Sale and deals slider – display on-sale products, with an optional countdown timer in Pro
- Featured products showcase – present a hand-picked selection of products
- Product category carousel – help shoppers browse your store by category
- Related products slider – keep visitors shopping on single product pages
- Shop and landing page carousels – add a product carousel anywhere with the block, widget or shortcode
Product slider
Pull products from any of these sources:
- Newest products
- Best selling
- On sale
- Featured
- Top rated
- Manual selection
- By category
Show or hide each element: product image, title, price with sale strike-through, sale badge, rating stars, short description, stock status and an add-to-cart button.
Category slider
- Show all product categories with an optional exclude list
- Sort by name, product count or menu order
- Hide empty categories
- Falls back to the first product image when a category has no thumbnail
- Optional product count per category
Layout and design
- Two card styles: Clean Card and Minimal
- Rounded, square or circle image shapes
- Adjustable columns per device, gap, card padding, radius and shadow
- Hover effects: lift, zoom and shine
- Full navigation set: arrows, dots, scrollbar, progress bar, slide counter and keyboard control
- Autoplay with delay, loop and pause-on-hover
Block editor integration
The Gutenberg block has a clean two-panel sidebar: a Settings panel for the data source, layout, behavior and navigation, and a Styles panel for card style, colors, shadows and hover effects. A live server-side preview shows exactly what visitors will see.
Shortcode examples
[amitry_slider type="products" filter="newest" count="12"]
[amitry_slider type="products" filter="sale" slides_desktop="4"]
[amitry_slider type="categories" sort="count"]
All block options are available as shortcode attributes.
Performance
- CSS and JavaScript load only on pages where a slider is rendered
- Optional query caching for product and category queries
- Swiper is bundled locally – no external CDN requests
WooCommerce compatible
- HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatible
- Cart and Checkout blocks compatible
- Works with the latest WooCommerce and WordPress
Go further with Pro
A separate Pro add-on extends the free plugin through documented hooks. Pro adds premium designs (Overlay, Circle, 3D Carousel, Masonry), hover image swap, automatic New and Bestseller badges, AJAX add to cart, a Quick View popup, a sale countdown timer, a wishlist with a dedicated page, a stock progress bar and a low-stock label. The free plugin works fully on its own; Pro requires it and hooks in through the public hook API.
See the live demo at https://slider.amitry.de/ and get Pro at https://amitry.de/amitry-product-category-slider/
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Amitry Product & Category Slider Display WooCommerce products or product categories as a responsive, customizable slider.
Installation
- Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
- Install the plugin from the WordPress plugin directory, or upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- Add the Amitry Slider block to any page, drop the Elementor widget into a section, or use the
[amitry_slider]shortcode. - Set global defaults under Settings -> Amitry Slider.
FAQ
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Does this plugin work without WooCommerce?
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No. WooCommerce is required because the plugin reads WooCommerce products and product categories.
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How do I add a product slider without code?
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Add the Amitry Slider block in the editor and choose Products as the type, or use the Elementor widget, or paste the
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Can I show product categories as a carousel?
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Yes. Set the slider type to Categories to display a category carousel with images, names and optional product counts.
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Is it compatible with HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage)?
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Yes. The plugin declares compatibility with
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Is it compatible with block themes (FSE)?
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Yes. The block uses server-side rendering and works in any theme that supports the block editor.
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Does it work with Elementor?
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Yes. A dedicated Amitry Slider widget is registered automatically when Elementor is active.
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Will the slider slow down my site?
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No. The slider only loads its CSS and JavaScript on pages where it is actually used, and Swiper is bundled locally instead of loaded from an external CDN.
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Is the slider responsive on mobile?
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Yes. You can set a different number of slides per view for desktop, tablet and mobile.
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Is it translation-ready?
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Yes. The plugin uses standard WordPress internationalization and ships with a .pot file in
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Is there a live demo?
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Yes. You can see the product slider, category carousel and all premium designs in action on the live demo: https://slider.amitry.de/
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Can I create a featured products slider?
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Yes. Choose Featured as the product source to build a featured products slider. You can also pull from newest, best selling, on sale, top rated, manual selection or a specific category.
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Can I show products from a specific category?
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Yes. Set the product source to a category to show products from that category, or use the category slider to display your product categories as a carousel.
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Does the slider support autoplay and infinite loop?
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Yes. You can enable autoplay with an adjustable delay, pause on hover and seamless infinite looping.
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Can I customize the slider design and colors?
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Yes. You can choose a card style, image shape, columns per device, gaps, shadows and hover effects, plus colors for titles, prices and buttons.
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Does it work on the WooCommerce shop and product pages?
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Yes. You can place a slider on any page or post, including the homepage, shop page, single product pages and landing pages, using the block, the Elementor widget or the shortcode.
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Contributors & Developers
“Amitry Product & Category Slider for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
4.0.3
- Improved: Expanded documentation with popular use cases and additional FAQs
- Added: Link to the live demo
4.0.2
- New: Lift + Zoom hover effect (combines the card lift with the image zoom)
- New: Support section on the settings page with review and donation links
- Changed: Refreshed plugin directory tags
4.0.1
- New: Elementor widget with full option parity to the block (block, Elementor and shortcode share one render engine)
- Changed: Lowered the minimum PHP requirement to 7.4 for wider hosting compatibility
- Improved: Documentation and minor refinements
4.0.0
- Rewritten with a cleaner, faster architecture
- New: Shine hover effect
- New: Per-device scale control (desktop, tablet, mobile)
- New: Two card styles (Clean Card, Minimal), with hooks for add-ons to add more
- New: Public hook API for add-on integrations
- New: Settings page with global defaults, shortcode generator, performance, cache and help sections
- Improved: Block editor sidebar split into Settings and Styles panels
- Improved: Only relevant options are shown in the block sidebar
- Improved: All block attributes preserved for backward compatibility with existing pages
3.0.2
- Previous stable release