I’ve written before about using native WordPress functions instead of the built-in helper functions when building custom content with ACF. This is an example of using an ACF gallery field and the Backstretch.js script to create a really simple background slideshow.
The method below assumes you’re doing as I do, and concatenating all of your JS dependencies into a single file (in this case enqueued with the handle project) and that one of these dependencies is the Backstretch.js script.
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| <?php | |
| add_action( 'genesis_after_header', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\output_slider' ); | |
| /** | |
| * Output our slider component after the header. | |
| * | |
| * @since 1.0.0 | |
| */ | |
| function output_slider() { | |
| $post_id = get_the_ID(); | |
| $image_ids = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'project_header_slider', true ); | |
| $slide_urls = []; | |
| foreach ( $image_ids as $image_id ) { | |
| $slide_urls[] = wp_get_attachment_image_url( $image_id, 'large' ); | |
| } | |
| // Pass array of slide URLs. | |
| wp_localize_script( 'project', 'urls', $slide_urls ); | |
| // Add short inline script to initialize Backstretch.js on .slider. | |
| wp_add_inline_script( | |
| 'project', | |
| '// <![CDATA[ | |
| jQuery(\'.slider\').backstretch(urls, { duration: 6000, fade: 1000 }); | |
| // ]]>' | |
| ); | |
| do_action( 'project_before_slider' ); | |
| include locate_template( 'views/slider.php' ); | |
| do_action( 'project_after_slider' ); | |
| } |
Of course, you’ll also need a view file to include, but this could be as basic as just an empty <div class="slider"></div>. Add some simple styling to give the div some height, and the slider should work pretty well.
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