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If you’re using the Pro version of the Custom Facebook Feed WordPress plugin then you can use our Carousel extension to create sliding carousels out of your Facebook content.
If you’re using the free WordPress plugin, or the PHP Standalone version, then it’s possible to achieve a basic slideshow by doing the following:
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1) Add a class to the shortcode of the feed that you want to convert into a slideshow:
2) Set the number of posts to display to be the number of posts you want to include in the slideshow (10 for example). You can do this by using the ‘num’ shortcode option:
Restaurants and hotels lose bookings on the page where the decision actually gets made because they only show one review source, usually Google, when their best signal lives on TripAdvisor or Yelp. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Here's something many businesses overlook: your customers are already creating content for you.
How to Create a UGC Gallery on Your WordPress Website
smashballoon.com 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Your customers are already creating content for you. Are you using it?
UGC in 2026: How to Get Customers to Create Content for You
smashballoon.com 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
The local businesses with the best Instagram presence almost always have the most dated-looking websites. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
If you've been on the fence about upgrading your social feeds, this is the window. 1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Two years ago, a florist told us she posts to Instagram every single day. 1 CommentsComment on Facebook
The bio link is a black hole and nobody talks about it. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Comments outperform likes as social proof by a wide margin and nobody's leveraging this. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
You can hit 100,000 views and walk into your shop the next day to the same five people. 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Real talk: people can spot fake content from a mile away now.
The Authenticity Trend: Why Raw Video Is Outperforming Polished Content
smashballoon.com 0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Diners check three platforms before they book.
The site is the last stop, the trust check. Pulling Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Facebook reviews into a single feed on the booking page means the customer sees proof from every platform they already trust, in one place.
#RestaurantMarketing #hotelmarketing #tripadvisor #GoogleReviews #wordpresstips #localbusiness #LocalSEO #smallbiztips #Hospitality #ReviewMarketing
Photos, reviews, real moments with your product or service. All of it is just sitting on social media while your website has the same static images it's had for two years.
There's a smarter way to do this. You can pull all of that real, authentic customer content and display it right on your WordPress site.
Fresh, rotating, and honestly way more convincing than a perfectly polished brand photo ever could be.
Real content from real people builds trust fast. And trust is what turns a casual visitor into an actual customer.
Here's what you can do 👇
Most small business owners spend hours trying to come up with fresh content ideas.
But here's the thing: your happy customers are out there posting photos, leaving reviews, and sharing their experiences with your brand every single day.
That's called user-generated content (UGC), and it's one of the most powerful (and free) marketing tools available to you right now.
UGC builds trust in a way that branded content just can't. People trust other people.
When a real customer shares their experience, it carries way more weight than anything you could write yourself.
Check out our full guide below:
Spending a few hours embedding your live Instagram feed on your homepage is one of those fixes that takes ten minutes and makes the whole site feel current.
Same content, same energy, same brand, now visible to the people who weren't going to follow you anyway.
The salons and bakeries doing this right look ten times more alive than competitors three blocks away.
Drop a comment if you've seen a local biz pull this off well.
#SmallBusinessTips #LocalBusiness #SocialMediaTips #InstagramTips #SmashBalloon #LocalSEO #WordPressTips
All Smash Balloon plugins are up to 60% off through Friday, May 29.
That includes Instagram Feed Pro, Facebook Feed Pro, YouTube Feed Pro, TikTok Feed Pro, Reviews Feed Pro, and the All Access Bundle.
Three days. Then it's done.
Grab the deal in the comments below.
Her website had a photo gallery from 2020.
The homepage still had a "new location coming soon" banner that was no longer accurate.
She knew both things. She just never had time.
She'd been posting to Instagram every morning for two years.
The website had no idea.
We see this more than you'd think.
Businesses that are incredibly consistent on social, posting daily, building a real following, with websites that look like they stopped caring sometime around 2021.
The content is already there. It just has nowhere to go.
What does your website look like compared to your social profiles right now?
People watch your Reel, hit save, then screenshot. They don't tap out.
Instagram trains them to stay in the app because every outbound click costs Meta money.
So the content gets the attention, the screenshot gets the save, and your website never sees the lift.
The actual fix is the opposite of what most businesses are doing. Stop trying to drag people out of Instagram, and bring Instagram onto the homepage they already land on when they Google you.
#smallbusinesstips #instagramtips #instagramforbusiness #reelsstrategy #contentmarketing #instagrambio #socialmediatips #smallbiztips #instagrammarketing #contentstrategy
The like is anonymous. The comment has a name, a face, and someone's actual words about your business.
That's the thing that makes a buyer trust you, not the heart count. But comments live inside Instagram, three taps deep, where your customers will never go looking.
Pull them onto your homepage and you've built a testimonial wall in real time, written by real customers, that you never had to ask anyone to write.
#smallbusinesstips #instagramtips #socialproof #instagramforbusiness #customertestimonials #instagramcomments #smallbiztips #contentmarketing #socialmediatips #instagrammarketing
The algorithm sent your reel to people 1000 miles away. Not your customers.
Local businesses don't need viral reach. They need local reach, geo-tagged posts, local hashtags, and a website that shows up when someone in your suburb finally Googles you.
#localbusiness #smallbusinesstips #instagramforbusiness #localseo #localmarketing #smashballoon #wordpresstips #smallbiztips #instagramgrowth #localcommunity
And on social media, that means they'll just keep scrolling right past you.
One stat that really sticks out: 90% of consumers say authenticity is important when deciding which brands to support.
That's not a small number. That's close to everyone you're trying to market to.
The good news? Authentic content actually performs better.
We're talking higher engagement, more trust, and followers who actually care about what you post. Not just empty numbers.
Some of the best ways to make your content feel more real are simpler than you'd think.
Share behind-the-scenes moments. Post user-generated content from your actual customers. Be honest about your process, even the messy parts.
You don't need a big production budget or a professional camera setup to connect with people. You just need to show up as yourself.
Here's what you can do today:
3) Add the following JavaScript to your site. This can be done manually using a custom JavaScript plugin. For further information see our documentation here. Please note, if you change the class option in the shortcode above to be anything but “slideshow” then make sure to change that on the first line of the snippet below:
var shortcodeClass = 'slideshow',
cffSpeed = 5000,
$cff = $('#cff.'+ shortcodeClass);
$cffItem = $cff.find('.cff-item'),
cffNum = $cffItem.length,
cffCur = 0;
$cffItem.hide();
setTimeout(function(){ $cff.find('.cff-item').eq(0).show(); }, 200);
setInterval(function(){
$cff.find('.cff-item').eq(cffCur).fadeOut( "fast", function() {
if( cffCur == cffNum-1 ) cffCur = -1;
cffCur++;
$cff.find('.cff-item').eq(cffCur).fadeIn();
});
}, cffSpeed);4) You can change the speed of the transition by editing the cffSpeed = 5000 value at the top of the snippet. 5000 is equal to 5 seconds (5000ms).
Restaurants and hotels lose bookings on the page where the decision actually gets made because they only show one review source, usually Google, when their best signal lives on TripAdvisor or Yelp.
Diners check three platforms before they book.
The site is the last stop, the trust check. Pulling Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Facebook reviews into a single feed on the booking page means the customer sees proof from every platform they already trust, in one place.
#RestaurantMarketing #hotelmarketing #tripadvisor #GoogleReviews #wordpresstips #localbusiness #LocalSEO #smallbiztips #Hospitality #ReviewMarketing ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Here's something many businesses overlook: your customers are already creating content for you.
Photos, reviews, real moments with your product or service. All of it is just sitting on social media while your website has the same static images it's had for two years.
There's a smarter way to do this. You can pull all of that real, authentic customer content and display it right on your WordPress site.
Fresh, rotating, and honestly way more convincing than a perfectly polished brand photo ever could be.
Real content from real people builds trust fast. And trust is what turns a casual visitor into an actual customer.
Here's what you can do 👇
... See MoreSee Less
How to Create a UGC Gallery on Your WordPress Website
smashballoon.com
Imagine a UGC gallery that shows real customers using your products and updates automatically. Here's how to build one in WordPress without any custom code.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Your customers are already creating content for you. Are you using it?
Most small business owners spend hours trying to come up with fresh content ideas.
But here's the thing: your happy customers are out there posting photos, leaving reviews, and sharing their experiences with your brand every single day.
That's called user-generated content (UGC), and it's one of the most powerful (and free) marketing tools available to you right now.
UGC builds trust in a way that branded content just can't. People trust other people.
When a real customer shares their experience, it carries way more weight than anything you could write yourself.
Check out our full guide below:
... See MoreSee Less
UGC in 2026: How to Get Customers to Create Content for You
smashballoon.com
User-generated content outperforms branded content on almost every metric. Here's how to get customers to create it — and how to put it to work on your website.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
The local businesses with the best Instagram presence almost always have the most dated-looking websites.
Spending a few hours embedding your live Instagram feed on your homepage is one of those fixes that takes ten minutes and makes the whole site feel current.
Same content, same energy, same brand, now visible to the people who weren't going to follow you anyway.
The salons and bakeries doing this right look ten times more alive than competitors three blocks away.
Drop a comment if you've seen a local biz pull this off well.
#SmallBusinessTips #LocalBusiness #SocialMediaTips #InstagramTips #SmashBalloon #LocalSEO #WordPressTips ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
If you've been on the fence about upgrading your social feeds, this is the window.
All Smash Balloon plugins are up to 60% off through Friday, May 29.
That includes Instagram Feed Pro, Facebook Feed Pro, YouTube Feed Pro, TikTok Feed Pro, Reviews Feed Pro, and the All Access Bundle.
Three days. Then it's done.
Grab the deal in the comments below. ... See MoreSee Less
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Two years ago, a florist told us she posts to Instagram every single day.
Her website had a photo gallery from 2020.
The homepage still had a "new location coming soon" banner that was no longer accurate.
She knew both things. She just never had time.
She'd been posting to Instagram every morning for two years.
The website had no idea.
We see this more than you'd think.
Businesses that are incredibly consistent on social, posting daily, building a real following, with websites that look like they stopped caring sometime around 2021.
The content is already there. It just has nowhere to go.
What does your website look like compared to your social profiles right now? ... See MoreSee Less
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
The bio link is a black hole and nobody talks about it.
People watch your Reel, hit save, then screenshot. They don't tap out.
Instagram trains them to stay in the app because every outbound click costs Meta money.
So the content gets the attention, the screenshot gets the save, and your website never sees the lift.
The actual fix is the opposite of what most businesses are doing. Stop trying to drag people out of Instagram, and bring Instagram onto the homepage they already land on when they Google you.
#smallbusinesstips #instagramtips #instagramforbusiness #reelsstrategy #contentmarketing #instagrambio #socialmediatips #smallbiztips #instagrammarketing #contentstrategy ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Comments outperform likes as social proof by a wide margin and nobody's leveraging this.
The like is anonymous. The comment has a name, a face, and someone's actual words about your business.
That's the thing that makes a buyer trust you, not the heart count. But comments live inside Instagram, three taps deep, where your customers will never go looking.
Pull them onto your homepage and you've built a testimonial wall in real time, written by real customers, that you never had to ask anyone to write.
#smallbusinesstips #instagramtips #socialproof #instagramforbusiness #customertestimonials #instagramcomments #smallbiztips #contentmarketing #socialmediatips #instagrammarketing ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
You can hit 100,000 views and walk into your shop the next day to the same five people.
The algorithm sent your reel to people 1000 miles away. Not your customers.
Local businesses don't need viral reach. They need local reach, geo-tagged posts, local hashtags, and a website that shows up when someone in your suburb finally Googles you.
#localbusiness #smallbusinesstips #instagramforbusiness #localseo #localmarketing #smashballoon #wordpresstips #smallbiztips #instagramgrowth #localcommunity ... See MoreSee Less
0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Real talk: people can spot fake content from a mile away now.
And on social media, that means they'll just keep scrolling right past you.
One stat that really sticks out: 90% of consumers say authenticity is important when deciding which brands to support.
That's not a small number. That's close to everyone you're trying to market to.
The good news? Authentic content actually performs better.
We're talking higher engagement, more trust, and followers who actually care about what you post. Not just empty numbers.
Some of the best ways to make your content feel more real are simpler than you'd think.
Share behind-the-scenes moments. Post user-generated content from your actual customers. Be honest about your process, even the messy parts.
You don't need a big production budget or a professional camera setup to connect with people. You just need to show up as yourself.
Here's what you can do today:
... See MoreSee Less
The Authenticity Trend: Why Raw Video Is Outperforming Polished Content
smashballoon.com
High-production content is losing to authentic social media content on almost every platform. Here's the data behind this shift and what it means for you.0 CommentsComment on Facebook