add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'add_home_link', 10, 2 );
function add_home_link($items, $args) {

        if (is_front_page())
            $class = 'class="current_page_item"';
        else
            $class = '';

        $homeMenuItem =
                '<li ' . $class . '>' .
                $args->before .
                '<a href="' . home_url( '/' ) . '" title="Home">' .
                $args->link_before . 'Home' . $args->link_after .
                '</a>' .
                $args->after .
                '</li>';

        $items = $homeMenuItem . $items;

    return $items;
}

Credits

DivisionByZero.

Recently i was working on a project where i want to display product in a slider displaying 3-4 products thumbnails and next previous buttons to scroll. So the basic idea behind this plugin is to display Thumbnail slider from posts or from custom images.

Demo

Installation

1. Download the zipped plugin file to your local machine.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Upload the “wpns_thumbnail_slider” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. (DO NOT CHANGE ANY FILE OR FOLDER NAMES)
4. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
5. Click on Content slide in your wordpress dashboard and configure Thumbnail Slider options.

Or you can directly install wordpress content slide plugin from your websites admin plugin section.

Add PHP code

To display WordPress Thumbnail Slider on your website you have to add following lines of code inside your themes .php files.

<?php if(function_exists('wpns_thumbnail_slider')) { wpns_thumbnail_slider(); } ?>

Example if you want to display this slider in your header then you have to edit the header.php file. Just open header.php from your current theme in any editor and add

<?php if(function_exists('wpns_thumbnail_slider')) { wpns_thumbnail_slider(); } ?>

lines at the location where you want to display the slider.

Slider Only On Home Page

In some cases you just want to display slider only on the home page in this case you have selected a page as home page from the settings->reading section.
And if your home page is using default page template then you have to add following lines of code in your page.php at the location where you want to display the slider.

<?php
if(is_front_page())
{
if(function_exists('wpns_thumbnail_slider')) { wpns_thumbnail_slider(); }
}
?>

Using above code the slider will be displayed only on home page.

Slider on a Specific page

If you want to display slider on a specific page say ‘about’ then you have to use wordpress conditional tags

<?php
if(is_page('about'))
{
if(function_exists('wpns_thumbnail_slider')) { wpns_thumbnail_slider(); }
}
?>

Support

You can support this plugin by giving ratings on wordpress website.
Give Rating at WordPress Thumbnail Slider.

Also You can help translating this plugin in different languages.
If you use this plugin on your website just send your website url. All the links will be displayed on this Page.

Demo

As I already released Content Slide 1.3 . You can download and upgrade.

For more details of new version with new features check it at WordPress content Slide Version 1.3

Updates

Wordpress Content Slide 1.2
= Recent Updates =
* Fixed Issue where no image is being displayed or only the last image is displayed in the slideshow.
* Jquery Issue solved. As it was not included in previous version.


Wordpress Content Slide 1.1
= Recent Updates =
* Fixed issue with CSS not being applied properly.
* Added Support to link another website so the slideshow can be used as a Advertising Banners.
* Fixed plugin conflicts due to jQuery incompatibility.
* Added Support to manage speed of the slideshow.

Now Added support to link image to another website so you can use this slideshow for Advertising Banners.

Installation

1. Download the zipped plugin file to your local machine.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Upload the “content-slide” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. (DO NOT CHANGE ANY FILE OR FOLDER NAMES)
4. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
5. Add the folowing code anywhere within your theme where you want the content gallery to be displayed:

//Add this Code where you want this slideshow to be displayed.
<?php include (ABSPATH . '/wp-content/plugins/content-slide/slideshow.php'); ?>

Custom Fields

Two custom field’s

slideshow_img is the name and enter full path of the image value field.

If you want to link images to outside website’s and Use slideshow as a Advertising banners then include

slideshow_url is the name and enter link where you want to link this image.

Make sure image width and height is similar to the what you submitted in the Content Slide Options page in wp-admin

If you have any questions related to this plugin even any new suggestion as this is the first version of this plugin i want to improve this plugin in future so all your help and suggestion is appreciated.

Please send all your comments…

Steps For Using this Plugin

1] Download Latest Release from WordPress News Ticker Plugin
2] Unzip the file.
3] Upload the “wordpress-news-ticker-plugin” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. (DO NOT CHANGE ANY FILE OR FOLDER NAMES)
4] Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
5] Add the folowing code anywhere within your theme where you want the content gallery to be displayed:

<?php include (ABSPATH . '/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-news-ticker-plugin/news_ticker.php'); ?>

Updating Options

Login to wp-admin and you can find “WordPress News Ticker” inside Settings tabs.
Go to that page then you can manage all the options of this plugin from that page.

1] News Ticker Width in Pixels:

You can specify width of the news ticker here.

2] News Ticker Box Border in Pixels:

You can specify border of the news ticker box

3] News Ticker Border Color:

You can specify border Color of the news ticker in HEX like #b00000

4] News Ticker Heading Color (use #hex or specify color name) :

You can specify News Ticker Heading Color of the news ticker in HEX like #b00000

5] News Ticker Category Selection :

You can select here either here to show latest post in the news ticker or from specific category.
If you select the latest post checkbox then latest post will be showed in the news ticker. And if you dont then posts from specific category will be displayed.

6] Number of posts in News Ticker :

You can specify here number of post that will be displayed in the news ticker. By default only 3 visible at a time. and It will rotate in the number of posts.

7] Image Settings:

If you dont want to show images in the News Ticker area then just uncheck the checkbox.

8] Default Image Settings:

By default First image from post is resized and displayed in the news ticker area for each post. If you dont have image in your post then the default image will be displayed. You can set your default image by entering full path of the image.

If you have any suggestion and Bugs then please send comments in this post so I can update this plugin. As this is first Version of this plugin.

Demo – WordPress News Ticker Plugin

Demo Download

If you donate even a small amount, that both keeps me enthusiastic and it allows me to keep working on improving my plugins!

If you want to insert multiple sliders on same page then use my new plugin
Wordpress Gallery Plugin

Demo

Download

New Features

1] Custom Image support. So you can create slider without using posts.

2] Added New Effects Swirl,Rain,Fade

3] Added styles like border,background,font-family,font-size for headings and text.

Installation

1. Download the zipped plugin file to your local machine.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Upload the “content-slide” folder to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. (DO NOT CHANGE ANY FILE OR FOLDER NAMES)
4. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
5. Click on Content slide in your wordpress dashboard and configure content slide plugin options.

You can directly install wordpress content slide plugin from your websites admin plugin section.

Add PHP code

To display WordPress content slide on your website you have to add following lines of code inside your themes .php files.

<?php if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')) { wp_content_slider(); } ?>

Example if you want to display this slider in your header then you have to edit the header.php file. Just open header.php from your current theme in any editor and add

<?php if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')) { wp_content_slider(); } ?>

lines at the location where you want to display the slider.

Slider Only On Home Page

In some cases you just want to display slider only on the home page in this case you have selected a page as home page from the settings->reading section.
And if your home page is using default page template then you have to add following lines of code in your page.php at the location where you want to display the slider.

<?php
if(is_front_page())
{
if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')) { wp_content_slider(); }
}
?>

Using above code the slider will be displayed only on home page.

Slider on a Specific page

If you want to display slider on a specific page say ‘about’ then you have to use wordpress conditional tags

<?php
if(is_page('about'))
{
if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')) { wp_content_slider(); }
}
?>

Demo

Download

Support

You can support this plugin by giving ratings on wordpress website.
Give Rating at WordPress Content Slide.

Also You can help translating this plugin in different languages.
If you use this plugin on your website hosted on a dedicated server, just send your website url. All the links will be displayed on this Page.

If you like my plugins, please support me by donating a small amount through PayPal.

If you donate even a small amount, that both keeps me enthusiastic and it allows me to keep working on improving my plugins!

Last Updated December 2011