You can’t hide the slideshow controls with a shortcode parameter, but you can use CSS to hide them.
.slideshow-controls {
display: none;
}
You can add that CSS to your theme stylesheet, or to your custom CSS editor available under Appearance > Edit CSS in your dashboard.
Ah ok, thanks! I’m not a CSS expert but this would disable the controls for all sliders on the site, right? I just have one slider in a widget that I’d like to apply this to, is that possible?
That’s indeed possible. You’ll need to find the ID of the slideshow you want to modify, and add that ID before the .slideshow-controls class in your CSS.
If you’re not sure how to do that, do not hesitate to post a link to that slideshow here, I will help!