Overview
Provides a Slideshow formatter for Image fields, using JQuery Cycle plugin.
Compared to Views slideshows, building the slideshow from multiple nodes, this module builds it from a single node, with a multi-valued Image/Media/Field Collection field.
Available options
- Image style
- Caption
- Link
- Transition effect
- Transition speed
- Timeout
- Pager (numbers or thumbnails, with optional carousel)
- Prev/Next controls
Requirements
- Libraries API
- Jquery Cycle plugin
- JCarousel
Integration
This module plays well with:
- Colorbox (to enlarge images)
- Media (to provide the images to the slideshow, and use additional fields for captions and/or links)
- Field Collection (to provide the images to the slideshow, and use additional fields for captions and/or links)
- Imagefield Crop (as an alternative to the default Image field)
Tutorial
perisdr has written a small tutorial here.
Cycle2
I would like to inform all users that field_slideshow 8.3.x module now support Cycle2 plugin.
- use composer require 'drupal/field_slideshow:^3.x'
- Download the JQuery Cycle 2 plugin here :
https://github.com/zakgreene/cycle2/
(It is fork from original Cycle2 repo
which support the latest jQuery version)
(don't choose the Lite version), and move the downloaded
jquery.cycle2.min.js file into /libraries/jquery.cycle2/ - Optionally download swipe plugin from
http://malsup.github.io/min/jquery.cycle2.swipe.min.js - Install Drupal Colorbox module if you want to use colorbox modal.
- Read Roadmap 8.3
- And check README.txt file
- Field collections and any entity reference field are not supported, check issue
Project information
Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed.- Project categories: Content display, Media, Site structure
8,571 sites report using this module
- Created by jdanthinne on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
There are currently no supported stable releases.
Releases
8.x-3.0-beta3
released 16 January 2026
Works with Drupal: ^9.3 || ^10 || ^11
Install:
Development version: 8.x-3.x-dev updated 16 Jan 2026 at 12:38 UTC




