=== KaosSlider ===
Contributors: drkaos86
Tags: slider, carousel, hero, animation, video background
Requires at least: 6.2
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.1.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

WordPress plugin for creating stunning sliders, carousels, and hero sections. Fully customizable and packed with effects.

== Description ==

Build fullscreen sliders, carousels and animated hero sections with a visual, layer-based editor.

* Text, button, image, shape, hand-drawn and filmstrip layers, with entrance, exit and loop animations.
* Backgrounds with colors, gradients, images (with Ken Burns effect) or video (file, YouTube, Vimeo).
* Slide transitions, parallax, animated canvas and WebGL effects, scroll-driven video.
* Glass effect, custom shadows, borders, text outlines and gradient text.
* Responsive, with separate values for desktop, tablet and mobile.
* Works with the block editor (including Kadence Blocks), Elementor and Divi, plus the `[kaosslider id="…"]` shortcode.

== External services ==

The plugin connects to external services only for the features that need them:

* **Google Fonts** (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com): with the default "local" font mode, the selected font files are downloaded once to the site's server when a slider is saved, and visitors never contact Google. With the "Google" mode the stylesheet is loaded directly from Google. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
* **Bunny Fonts** (fonts.bunny.net): only when selected in the settings, and for previewing fonts in the editor. Privacy policy: https://bunny.net/privacy
* **YouTube** (youtube-nocookie.com, youtube.com, i.ytimg.com) and **Vimeo** (player.vimeo.com, vimeo.com, i.vimeocdn.com): only for slides with a background video from these platforms, and to check from the editor that a video can be embedded. Privacy policies: https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://vimeo.com/privacy

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `kaosslider` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the zip from Plugins → Add New.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Create your first slider from the KaosSlider menu.

== Screenshots ==

1. The visual editor: layers on a responsive canvas, live styling (here the frosted glass settings) and the animation timeline.
2. Layer animations: entrance, exit and loop effects, split text, delays and easing.
3. Right-click menu on any layer, with quick access to every panel.
4. The dashboard: live thumbnails, shortcode copy, duplicate, export and import.
5. A hero with a frosted glass panel, snow particles and a hand-drawn signature.
6. A 3D coverflow carousel.
7. WebGL light rays behind the slide content.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.2 =
* Faster pages: the slider stylesheet is loaded only on pages that show a slider, and the background of the first slide starts loading right away.
* Images in the first slide are no longer lazy-loaded, so they appear sooner.
* Animations stop completely while the slider is off screen or the browser tab is hidden, saving battery on phones.

= 1.1.1 =
* Slider styles and fonts are now loaded through the WordPress style queue: sliders placed in the page content get their CSS in the page head. Nothing changes in how sliders look.

= 1.1.0 =
* The interface is now in English with a complete Italian translation, and it can be translated into other languages.
* The admin bar menu and all messages follow the site language.

= 1.0.1 =
* Updates now work without any configuration: no GitHub token is needed.

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.
