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Developer Guide: Hooks, Shortcodes and Performance Tuning

A technical guide for developers to extend Ultimate Carousel with hooks, shortcodes, and performance best practices.

By Ismail EDARAZ
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Developer Guide: Hooks, Shortcodes and Performance Tuning

Extend and Optimize

Ultimate Carousel exposes hooks and shortcodes to customize behavior while maintaining performance.

Shortcode Basics

[ultimate_carousel source="posts" columns_desktop="3" orderby="date" lazy_loading="true"]

Useful Hooks

  • uc_enqueue_assets
  • uc_slide_rendered
  • uc_lightbox_init

Performance

  • Defer non-critical JS
  • Use responsive breakpoints
  • Cache queries and transients

With careful tuning, you get 90+ Lighthouse scores and smooth UX.