{"id":307031,"date":"2026-05-14T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/boldslider\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:12:38","slug":"boldslider","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/en-za.wordpress.org\/plugins\/boldslider\/","author":23277447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"0.1.0","stable_tag":"0.1.0","tested":"6.9.4","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"BoldSlider","header_author":"maha25","header_description":"A fast, modern WordPress slider plugin with a visual layer editor. 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