If you’re looking to add beautiful, responsive slider images to your website, the Kaira themes come with a great default slider which makes it simple! Perfect for a clean and professional homepage, the default slider is built to deliver a seamless user experience.
Whether you’re using the Kaira theme default slider, the free Blockons plugin or any other sliders you’ve found, read through and follow this guide for the best advice on creating and optimizing your website images
Recommended Slider Image Size
For the best results, we recommend using slider images that are 1400 pixels wide by 480 pixels high.
This size ensures a balance between:
- Fast loading times: Large images can slow your website, so optimized dimensions will keep your site quick and responsive.
- High-quality visuals: Your images will remain crisp and professional, even on modern, high-resolution screens.
How Slider Images Work
The default slider automatically sets uploaded images as background images, which that means:
- Your images will always cover the entire slider area, regardless of their size.
- They’re responsive by design, ensuring they look great on all devices, from desktops to mobile.
Premium Theme Sliders
The Premium version of our Kaira themes offer the extra options of setting the slider size to small, medium or large.
The slider is always stretched full width to its container.
Download Slider Templates
To get started, download our pre-designed slider templates for small, medium, or large slider sizes.
Each template is optimized to make customization easy:
Why Image Optimization Matters for Sliders
Adding sliders to your website is a great way to showcase key visuals, call-to-actions or site promotions, but proper image optimization is essential.
Why image optimization is so important:
- Improves page speed: Faster sites rank higher on Google and provide a better user experience.
- Enhances mobile performance: With mobile traffic dominating the web, optimized slider images ensure users can view your site quickly and seamlessly.
- Boosts SEO ranking: Faster-loading pages and a better user experience are key factors in Google’s ranking algorithm.
Pro Tip: Compress your images using tools like TinyPNG before uploading your images.
Troubleshooting Common Slider Issues
If you’re having issues with your slider, these tips can help:
- Images are blurry: Ensure your images match the recommended dimensions (1400×480 pixels) and are saved in a high-quality format like PNG or JPEG.
- Slider isn’t responsive: Check your theme settings to ensure responsiveness is enabled, or upgrade to the premium version for more customization options.
- Slider loads slowly: Compress your images and enable lazy loading to reduce load times.
FAQs About Slider Images
What is the best format for slider images?
We recommend using JPEG for photos and PNG for graphics to strike a balance between quality and file size.
Can I use different dimensions for slider images?
Yes of course, it’s best to upload the image at the size it will display on the website.
Images that don’t match the recommended dimensions may look stretched or cropped.
We recommend sticking to 1400px by 480px or smaller for the best results.
Are sliders bad for SEO?
Not necessarily!
If you optimize your images, limit the number of slides, and keep your page speed fast, sliders can enhance your homepage without hurting SEO.
Free Tools to Create and Optimize Slider Images
Here’s a list of free tools to help you optimize your images before uploading:
