Separation of slider image and featured and recent post thumbnail image

Hi @christy,

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

You can separate slider image from featured and recent post thumbnail image by using pages for the slider instead of images using the custom solution shared in the following topic.

https://colorlibsupport.com/t/using-pages-rather-than-posts-for-flexslider/

Best Regards,
Movin