jQuery has become backbone for developers community, you can’t imagine yourself without jQuery as it serves multiple purposes for you. jQuery is defined as a free, open source cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. jQuery is Used by over 60% of the 10,000 most visited websites, jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in use today.
For May 2015 roundup we have chosen some of the Useful jQuery Plugins that released recently and which we feel are the most useful, most innovative and most time-saving solutions to many of the modern design and development issues you may have. We hope you will find the list useful for your work; you can increase the list by letting us know few more useful plugins in the comment section. Enjoy !!
1. jsSocials
jsSocials is a simple social network sharing jQuery plugin. It’s flexible and easily extensible. Configure visual appearance. Choose one of several themes provided. Add any yet unsupported social network if needed.
2. Clusterize.js
Clusterize.js is a tiny plugin to display large data sets easily. The main idea is not to pollute DOM with all used tags. Instead of that – it splits the list to clusters, then shows elements for current scroll position and adds extra rows to top and bottom of the list to emulate full height of table so that browser shows scrollbar as for full list.
3. Zoom.js
Zoom.js is jQuery plugin for image zoom. It’s the best way to zoom an image. It transition/zooms in really cleanly.
4. CircularLoader.js
CircularLoader.js is a jQuery plugin made using HTML5 and javascript to create customizable cicular progress bars with or without percentage values. It can be used to create a progress indicator. It is a fully customizable plugin which works with all browsers compatible with HTML5.
5. jQuery Grid Plugin
jQuery Grid is a plugin for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a very fast and extandable tool, and will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.This plugin support pagination, javascript and server side data sources, jQuery UI and Bootstrap. Free open source tool distributed under MIT License.
6. Pogo Slider
Pogo Slider is a jQuery plugin that allows you to create animated image/content sliders. CSS animations are used to transition between slides. A CSS animation can be triggered on element within a slide, after the slide transitions in, and as the slide transitions out.
7. Tabbed Content
TabbedContent is a lightweight tabs plugin that uses the HTML5 history API to add your tab navigation to your browser’s history. Also it is compatible with Bootstrap.
8. Bootstrap jQuery News Box
Bootstrap News Box is a jQuery and Bootstrap 3 based plugin for creating a clean responsive news ticker/slider that allows you to vertically scroll html contents with autoplay and up/down navigation support.
9. jQuery Tween
jQueryTween is a lightest tweening engine for jQuery. This plugin is a bridge to tween.js and aims to drastically simplify your work. Each script does what it does best, for high performance hardware accelerated animations.
10. jQuery Chat
jQChat is a jQuery plugin for instant messaging like facebook/gmail chat. Is a plugin that can be used to add a JavaScript-based chatting system to your site.
11. jQuery Image Player
jQuery Image Player is a jQuery plugin that is an image based player with a look and feel of video player. It also has slide effects.
12. jQMeter
jQMeter is a simple, light-weight jQuery plugin that allows you to display an animated horizontal or vertical progress meter. Just pass in the goal and amount raised or completed, and the rest is optional.
13. Nex Slider
Nex slider is a blazing fast fullscreen slider optimized for best performances and compatible with all platforms. It allows you to embed images, videos and even google maps in the same slider.
14. Embed.js
Embed.js is a jQuery plugin for converting text emojis into image-based emoticons, also supporting an automatic media embedding system for multimedia URLs.
16. WebSnowjq.js
WebSnowjq.js is a jQuery plugin made using HTML5 and javascript to create a virtual snow fall on a web page. WebSnowjq.jks is compatible with all browsers supporting HTML5. No effort is required to integrate WebSnowjq.js in a website.
17. jAnimate
jAnimate is a plugin to help you use Animate.css with jQuery.
18. jQuery Date Range Picker
jQuery Date Range Picker is a jQuery plugin that allows user to select a date range.
