diff --git a/types/nivo-slider/index.d.ts b/types/nivo-slider/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for Nivo Slider 3.2
+// Project: https://github.com/Codeinwp/Nivo-Slider-jQuery
+// Definitions by: Anderson Friaça <https://github.com/AndersonFriaca>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+
+/// <reference types="jquery" />
+
+export type EffectType = 'sliceDown' | 'sliceDownLeft' | 'sliceUp' | 'sliceUpLeft' | 'sliceUpDown' | 'sliceUpDownLeft' |
+    'fold' | 'fade' | 'random' | 'slideInRight' | 'slideInLeft' | 'boxRandom' | 'boxRain' | 'boxRainReverse' |
+    'boxRainGrow' | 'boxRainGrowReverse';
+
+export interface Options {
+    effect?: EffectType;
+    slices?: number;
+    boxCols?: number;
+    boxRows?: number;
+    animSpeed?: number;
+    pauseTime?: number;
+    startSlide?: number;
+    directionNav?: boolean;
+    controlNav?: boolean;
+    controlNavThumbs?: boolean;
+    pauseOnHover?: boolean;
+    manualAdvance?: boolean;
+    prevText?: string;
+    nextText?: string;
+    randomStart?: boolean;
+    beforeChange?: () => void;
+    afterChange?: () => void;
+    slideshowEnd?: () => void;
+    lastSlide?: () => void;
+    afterLoad?: () => void;
+}
+declare global {
+    interface JQuery {
+        nivoSlider(options?: Options): JQuery;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/types/nivo-slider/nivo-slider-tests.ts b/types/nivo-slider/nivo-slider-tests.ts
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+import { Options } from "nivo-slider";
+
+// basic usage
+$('#slider').nivoSlider();
+
+// with options
+const options: Options = {
+    effect: 'random',
+    slices: 15,
+    boxCols: 8,
+    boxRows: 4,
+    animSpeed: 500,
+    pauseTime: 3000,
+    startSlide: 0,
+    directionNav: true,
+    controlNav: true,
+    controlNavThumbs: false,
+    pauseOnHover: true,
+    manualAdvance: false,
+    prevText: 'Prev',
+    nextText: 'Next'
+};
+$('#slider').nivoSlider(options);
diff --git a/types/nivo-slider/tsconfig.json b/types/nivo-slider/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "nivo-slider-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/nivo-slider/tslint.json b/types/nivo-slider/tslint.json
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+{"extends": "dtslint/dt.json"}
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