1. Nivo slider
Nivo slider is one of the best jQuery slideshows, it has 9 transitions which are: sliceDown, sliceDownLeft, sliceUp, sliceUpLeft, sliceUpDown, sliceUpDownLeft, fade, fold and random.
Go to Nivo slider to see the examples and all the available transitions.
2. S3slider
S3slider is perfect if you want to display a message along with the image, the slideshow only fades the images and slides the message box in either up, down, left or right.
3. Apple style slider
This slider is very beautiful and very easy to use, the slider is very well built and looks very beautiful and it stunning with colorful and vibrant images.
4. CrossSlide
CrossSlide is a very unique slideshow plugin, the plugin zooms into the image at a certain place on each slide.
Have a look at the examples at their website. The slideshow will fade into the slide but instead of showing the entire image, the plugin can show a section of the image or zoom into the section.
5. Coin Slider
The coin slider is one of my favorite types of sliders, the plugin provides more impressive transitions and if you want to impress have a look at this plugin.
6. ImageFlow
ImageFlow is a beautiful slider, the slider has a beautiful reflection feature which would go well with any beautiful website.
7. jQuery Cycle Plugin
I have add this plugin to the list because you can create beautiful slideshows and it has a lot of beautiful transitions, this plugin is very easy to install and the huge list of transitions is still increasing.
8. A beautiful background Slider
Background slideshows are on the rise, the idea is very simple but the impression is amazing. Have a look at the example on the website.
9. jqfancytransitions
This slideshow is very unique thanks to its transitions, have a look at the examples to see what this plugin can do.
10. jQuery Blinds
jQuery Blinds is a very basic slideshow plugin, it basically opens up to the next image. The plugin is very smooth and looks very impressive.
11. Mosaic slideshow
This slideshow is very simple and very cool, this slideshow would look great in some sort of technology website.
12. Floom
This slideshow is very beautiful, a line runs across the screen which highlights how long is left until the slide changes.
13. Gradually
Gradually has a few uniques and absolutely stunning transitions.
14. Beautiful image slideshow
This simple slideshow simply shows a caption on each slide, it is a lot like the s3slider.
Conclusion
All above slideshow and slider plugins are free to use and are very straight forward if you want to install them on your website and of course they are a ll using jQuery.
