Carousel Addon
The Carousel Addon adds a Carousel element to the Gridder. A carousel can contain images, mp4 videos, YouTube / Vimeo videos, text slides, project thumbnails or product thumbnails.
Get the Addon
Buy the Carousel Addon, then install it as a WordPress plugin.
Add a Carousel
After installing and activating the addon, the + Carousel button appears in the Gridder toolbar. Click it to open the Carousel modal.
The "+ Carousel" button appears in the Gridder toolbar
Edit Carousel Modal
In the Edit Carousel modal you can add images, videos, text slides or project / product thumbnails as slides. The + Video button covers both .mp4 files from the Media Library and YouTube / Vimeo videos via URL.
The Carousel modal is where you add slides and choose carousel behavior
You can toggle Random Order, Autoplay, Free Drag and Show Multiple Slides, choose the transition type (Slide, Fade or None) and decide whether slides use a custom aspect ratio or a fixed height like 100vh.
Lay Options → Carousel Addon
Global settings live in Lay Options → Carousel Addon. These settings define the default look and behavior for carousel navigation, captions, numbers and buttons.
The Carousel Addon options page
- General controls transition defaults, drag behavior, looping, autoplay and random order.
- Captions controls caption placement, typography and spacing.
- Numbers lets you show slide numbers such as "1/4" and style them.
- Circles adds small pagination dots below or above the carousel.
- Arrows and Buttons control previous / next navigation.
- Phone lets you adjust carousel behavior and navigation for smaller screens.
For the general Gridder element explanation, see Carousel in Gridder Elements. For the addon product page, see Carousel Addon.