Introduction

Revealing Photo Slider is a Joomla site module that reveals each new photo through a shape instead of a plain slide. Add images, pick an effect, and publish it in any module position.

Live demo: demo.joomlax.com/demo/utilities/revealing-photo-slider

What you can do

• Load slides from Media Manager rows, a folder under images/, or article intro images
• Choose a Circle, Wipe (horizontal or vertical), Split (horizontal or vertical), Diamond, or Fade reveal
• Add a tag, title, text, and optional link to each slide
• Show or hide arrows, dots, a counter, and a progress bar
• Set aspect ratio, maximum height, corner radius, shadow, caption overlay, and colours
• Keep keyboard, swipe, screen reader, and reduced-motion support from the bundled engine

What it is not

• Not a video slider
• Not a lightbox gallery or a thumbnail carousel
• Not a page builder block

Built for modern Joomla

• Joomla 4.4 or later, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6
• PHP 8.1 or later
• Native JavaScript (no jQuery), about 11 KB minified
• Web Asset Manager CSS and JS