For a minimal footprint you can download just the Cycle2 "core". This provides a flexible slideshow engine with minimal bells and whistles. Cycle2 core supports delarative, responsive, automatic slideshows and includes the fade, fadeout, and scrollHorz transition effects.

All of the core plugins listed below are included in the main jquery.cycle2.js distribution files (production and development). If there are features you don't want or need you can pick and choose which plugins to include on your page.

If you're not sure which files to download, keep it simple and just click the first button on the main download page.

Core Plugins

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Cycle2 Core

The bare minimum. If you're looking to shave as many bytes as possible off the weight of Cycle2, download just this file. Download (9kb) Download (19kb)

Auto Height

This plugin provides logic for automatic height management which is very useful for fluid or responsive designs. Download (1kb) Download (1kb) Demo

Caption

This plugin provides support for slideshow captions, slide counters, etc. Download (1kb) Download (1kb) Demo

Command

This plugin provides support for issuing commands to a slideshow, such as pause, resume, stop, etc. Download (2kb) Download (4kb) Demo

Hash

This plugin provides support for bookmarkable slideshows. Download (1kb) Download (1kb) Demo

Loader

This plugin provides support for image loading and delayed initialization. Download (1kb) Download (2kb) Demo

Pager

This plugin provides support for pagers. Download (1kb) Download (2kb) Demo

Prev/Next

This plugin provides support for prev/next controls. Download (1kb) Download (2kb) Demo

Progressive Loader

This plugin provides support for progressive slide loading. Download (1kb) Download (4kb) Demo

Template

This plugin provides support for template processing which is used by the caption and pager plugins. Download (.5kb) Download (1kb) Demo