New random order on reload

  • Resolved albertoinbox

    (@albertoinbox)


    5 months ago

    Thank you for providing randomization of slides in your free plugin!

    The only issue is that once the page with the slider loads, it generates a random order that stays the same until the cache is cleared. In other words, even though the slides are randomized per viewer, that viewer will always see them in the same order each time they revisit the page. This defeats the purpose of what I wanted — the slides should shuffle every time the page is loaded or refreshed. Otherwise, it becomes repetitive, and the viewer only ends up seeing the same few slides over and over. My goal was for the slider to show the slides in a new random order each time, so the viewer is surprised every visit and eventually gets to see all of them (I have more than 10 slides).

    I posted a test page with numbered slides for you to see what i mean.

    So my question is — is there an option to randomize the slides on each page reload? Something like a “clear cache on reload” feature that could fix this? I couldn’t find anything related to that in the settings.

    Thank you again.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    5 months ago

    Hi @albertoinbox. Thanks for using MetaSlider. We’ve looked into this but it’s tricky as there are so many different caching solutions on the market. Which one(s) are you using?

    Thread Starter albertoinbox

    (@albertoinbox)

    5 months ago

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks for getting back to me.

    I figured it might not be the easiest thing to implement — it’s probably why most sliders only include it as a pro feature.

    I’m currently using the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. After I sent my last message, I kept searching for a free slider that supports randomization as I described. I tested a few and found one that does it perfectly — Master Slider by Averta. Each page reload fully shuffles the slides. I’m not sure how they achieved it, but it works flawlessly. I’ve implemented it on my site (origincabinets.com) — it’s right on the homepage if you’d like to see it in action.

    Anyway, I don’t want to cause any extra work, but I thought this might be a useful feature to consider adding in the future.

    Thanks again for your support,
    Alberto

    Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    5 months ago

    OK, thanks for letting us know, @albertoinbox

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