As of April 2026, Easy Nivo Slider is a WordPress nivo plugin with 200 active installations and a 2.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 96K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: oik-nivo-slider.
2.3/53 reviews
200active installs
96K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Easy Nivo Slider allows you to easily add the awesome Nivo Slider to any post, page, or sidebar without writing any code. This plugin generates the slideshow for you, allowing many customizations including size, speed, type of animation, navigation behavior, etc. Select which images are used in the slider – all images attached to a post/page, featured images from a category/custom post type/taxonomy/term, or images in a NexGen gallery.
Define up to three slider configurations, setting the slider size and navigation behavior. Then add as many sliders as you want using those configurations, customizing each one for image selection, animation, and speed.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
= 1.6.1
* Corrected a typo causing problems with plugin activation
= 1.6
* Added automatic sizing for “current post” sliders.
* Added thumbnail navigation for sliders.
= 1.5
* Added the Custom Image Sizes plugin by Filosofo to support resizing the sliders
= 1.4
* Added NextGen gallery support
* Added NextGen widget support (without scaling)
* Fixed duplicate image insertion for source=current-post
* Changed calls to wp_get_attachment_image and wp_get_attachment_link to use size arrays rather than named thumbails
= 1.3
* Added slider support for all images attached to the current post/page
* Added “jump to” navigation for slide numbers
* Added vertical offset field for slider controls
= 1.2
* Restructured the plugin settings panel
* Added separate configurations for first, second, and widget slider
1.1
- Added preview panel
- Added widget support
- Added widget settings panel
- Added tinyMCE support
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