jQuery – a powerful cross browser javascript framework, capable of producing stunning interactive, animated menus, galleries and user interfaces. Celebrated for their ease of use and time saving implementation, jQuery plugins provide a variety of pre-built functions available to any web designer looking to improve a website.
JQuery is an open source framework allowing anyone to develop and share plugins they have created. This has caused the plugin marketplace to become a wash with underdeveloped buggy plugins. Our aim here was to find some of the best jQuery plugins lesser known to designers and website managers.
Below is a list we have compiled for 10 of the best jQuery plugins you should really know about but probably don’t.
1) Slider Kit
Slider Kit gathers all your basic jQuery gallery functions into one streamlined plugin with pre-built skins allowing you to add multiple different style galleries with only one plugin.
2) JS AJAX PayPal Cart
An easy to integrate PayPal driven shopping cart utilising the user-friendliness of AJAX and the animations of jQuery to provide the user with a simple shopping cart experience.
3) Zoomooz
A simple jQuery plugin allowing the user to zoom on any web page element.
4) JS How Off
A jQuery slider with a difference, Jshowoff pulls in all child content of the elements quickly and easily.
5) RSS Driven Dynamic jQuery News Slider Plugin Dynamic News
This jQuery plugin makes it easy to integrate manual or RSS driven news feed in a well presented jQuery environment.
6) File Upload
Not just your basic file uploader. This jQuery plugin allows the user to upload multiple files at a time.
7) JSpeaker
Utilising the Google translate/speak function, this jQuery plugin will read and speak the content of any element.
8 ) jQuery Watermark
A simple watermark for any form input field, easy to integrate and flawless execution.
9) jQuery Center Plugin
For those needing greater DOM manipulation functionality. This is the jQuery plugin for you.
10) Funky Tool Tips
Adding funkyToolTips allows you to quickly add well presented tool tips to any and all of your HTML content.
