Many WordPress slider plugins focus on one specific style or content type to showcase. jQuery Slider Shock is a new plugin that in many ways blows all the other slider plugins out of the water when it comes to customization options. It includes 31+ effects, 31+ customizable skins and the ability to change any design aspect.

jQuery Slider Shock is absolutely free, with an impressive list of features built-in:

• Add thumbnails on any of the four sides of the slider
• Create a video slider or get external sources
• Add videos from any of your favorite videos host
• Mix videos and images inside the slider
• Show the slider wherever you need it
• Several sliders in the same page
• Add a background to the text captions inside the slider
• Add captions to your slides with adjustable width and position
• Add background patterns via external URL
• Choose delay time
• Select a specific image width with customizable margins
• Add thumbnail labels and select a color or a pattern background
• Pick a style for title and text
• Select the style of the arrows

A few of the more complex features are reserved for premium license holders. Commercial licenses start at just $19 and features include:

• Fully responsive, mobile ready
• Multiple slides sources, including external: Custom Slides, Posts (WordPress), Custom Post Types (WP), Taxonomies (WP), External RSS, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter and Instagram
• Several transition effects
• Access to premium slider skins

Here’s an example where the slides are pulled from an Instagram account:

A demo is visible at the project homepage. You can test out the full capabilities of the plugin by clicking on the “Build Your Own” button and adding your own customizations to the online demo generator:

jQuery Slider Shock is easily the most feature-packed WordPress responsive slider plugin available. It was created by the same guys behind wpThemeGenerator. Download jQuery Slider Shock for free and let us know what you think.