# Fixed vs changing content

URL: https://gutenslider.org/docs/content-modes/
Updated: 2026-10-07

> The two content modes of Gutenslider: fixed content that stays while the backgrounds change, and changing content with blocks on every slide.

Every slider has one of two content modes, set under **Content** in its settings. It decides where the blocks you add go: onto each slide, or above all of them.

### Per slide

The default. Every slide is its own container: a different headline on each photo, a product per slide, a quote per slide. Slides can also have no blocks at all, for a plain photo slideshow.

Place the content with the content position matrix in the toolbar (top, center or bottom; left, center or right). On a slide it places that slide’s content; on the slider it sets the position for all slides at once.

### Same on all

One set of blocks sits above the slides and stays still while the backgrounds change: a site headline over a photo series, a call to action over a video loop. In the editor the fixed blocks are the slider’s own inner blocks, after the slides.

Fixed content works well with the **fade** effect: only the background changes, so the eye stays on the text.

### Text next to an image

For a slide with the photo on one side and text on the other, give the slide a color background and add a **Columns** block with an image in one column and text in the other. On phones the columns stack.

### Which one?

| You want | Mode |
| --- | --- |
| A headline and button that never move | Same on all |
| A caption or link per photo | Per slide |
| Testimonials, one quote per slide | Per slide, color backgrounds |
| A full-screen hero on a landing page | Same on all, full screen height on |