Top 100 jQuery Plugins of Year 2013 (part 5/5)

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Counting down from 100, here is what we think are the best jQuery plugins on 2013. Here are the 20-1 entries. Note: Some older plugins may be featured if they have had a major upgrade in 2013.

20. Custom Scrollbar

Custom scrollbar plugin that’s fully customizable with CSS. Features vertical/horizontal scrolling, mouse-wheel support (via jQuery mousewheel plugin), scrolling buttons, scroll inertia with easing, auto-adjustable scrollbar length, nested scrollbars, scroll-to functionality, user defined callbacks and much more.

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19. Adipoli jQuery Image Hover Plugin

Adipoli is a simple jQuery plugin used to bring stylish image hover effects.

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18. Mobi Pick

An Android-style datepicker widget for jQuery Mobile. It uses the date library XDate and allows progressive enhancement for date input fields using Modernizr.

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17. Parsley.js

Javascript form validation, without actually writing a single line of javascript!

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16. Select2

A jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.

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15. jQuery UI Map

Google map v3 plugin for jQuery and jQuery Mobile

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14. Hook.js

Pull to refresh. For the web.

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13. ModalBox

a powerfull jQuery plugin which can be used to highlight a photo, video, map, AJAX content or inline HTML content. ModalBox can also be used to show Alert, Confirm or Prompt boxes.

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12. iPicture²

It is an evolution of free iPicture jQuery Plugin. iPicture² creates interactive pictures with extra descriptions, embedded video, links or everything else using javascript and css3.

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11. Canvas Query

A wrapper library for the HTML5 Canvas element that allows it to be used with a jQuery like syntax. It also adds a lot of common use image manipulation methods which are convenient for game developers.

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10. Percentage Loader

A jQuery plugin for displaying a progress widget in more visually striking way than the ubiquitous horizontal progress bar / textual counter.

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9. Moment.js

A javascript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates.

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8. Chart.js

Easy, object oriented client side graphs for designers and developers.

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7. Bacon!

A jQuery plugin that allows you to wrap text around a bezier curve or a line.

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6. rainyday.js

The idea behind rainyday.js is to create a JavaScript library that makes use of the HTML5 canvas to render an animation of raindrops falling on a glass surface.

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5. jQuery File Upload

File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bars, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery.

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4. Vegas Background jQuery Plugin

Vegas is a jQuery plugin to add beautiful fullscreen backgrounds to your webpages. You can even create amazing Slideshows.

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3. Sly

JavaScript library for one-directional scrolling with item based navigation support.

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2. jQuery Social Stream Plugin

Includes Facebook, Twitter, Google + & LinkedIn share links to make you social network streams more interactive, help promote your social network posts and boost your traffic!

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1. MixItUp

A CSS3 and jQuery Filter and Sort Plugin

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Sam Deering has 15+ years of programming and website development experience. He was a website consultant at Console, ABC News, Flight Centre, Sapient Nitro, and the QLD Government and runs a tech blog with over 1 million views per month. Currently, Sam is the Founder of Crypto News, Australia.

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