Blog Carousel
A sliding carousel of blog posts with a date badge, excerpt, and optional Read More link.
Blog Carousel pulls in your latest posts and slides through them a few at a time, useful for a "Latest News" section on a homepage.
Add it
In WPBakery, click Add Element and pick Blog Carousel from the Highend Shortcodes tab. Or use the shortcode (see Shortcode).
Settings
2visible_itemsHow many posts show at once, from 2 to 8.
10total_itemsHow many posts to pull into the carousel. Enter -1 for all posts.
excerpt_lengthNumber of words in the excerpt. Leave empty to use the sitewide Excerpt Length (20 words by default).
3000carousel_speedAutoplay interval in milliseconds.
Enableauto_rotateTurns autoplay on or off. The carousel is still swipeable and has next/previous arrows either way.
Enableread_moreShows or hides the Read More link under the excerpt.
categoryLimit posts to one or more categories. Enter category slugs separated by commas, e.g. news, updates. Leave empty for all categories.
DateorderbyOptions: Date, Title, Random, Comment Count, Menu Order.
DescendingorderDescending or Ascending.
Common settings
Blog Carousel also has the Entrance Animation, Entrance Delay, and Extra class name fields shared by most elements.
Whether each slide shows a date badge and comment count is controlled sitewide by Display Date and Display Comments Count in Theme Options > Blog Settings. There's no per-carousel toggle for these.
Shortcode
[blog_carousel visible_items="3" total_items="10" category="news" orderby="date" order="DESC" carousel_speed="3000" auto_rotate="yes" read_more="yes"]All attributes are optional. Omitting excerpt_length falls back to the theme's Blog excerpt length option, not a fixed number.