blueimp lightbox
Official blueimp Gallery lightbox for Wordpress.
4.4(16 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, blueimp lightbox is a WordPress swipe plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 23K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: Member Swipe for BuddyPress.
4.4/516 reviews
1.0K+active installs
23K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
blueimp Gallery is a touch-enabled, responsive and customizable image and video gallery, carousel and lightbox, optimized for both mobile and desktop web browsers.
It features swipe, mouse and keyboard navigation, transition effects, slideshow functionality, fullscreen support and on-demand content loading and can be extended to display additional content types.
This is the official WordPress plugin for the Gallery lightbox functionality.
By default it automatically adds lightbox functionality to image links ending with gif, jpg, jpeg and png extensions. The plugin provides an options page to disable the automatic feature and to restrict the list of media types. It is also possible to add lightbox functionality for a link manually.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Good plugin but something is wrong
by stepan7466·7 years ago
Hello! it’s good simple plugins, but I have one problem. When I click on the picture I need to click one more time in order to see navigation buttons. Maybe somebody knows what’s wrong?
Great lightbox, badly packaged
by michalszota·10 years ago
The plugin enqueues around 10 scripts and css files to be loaded. And these are unoptimized, and unminified — wasting time and bandwith.
What can I say?
by RutgerHoutdijk·10 years ago
I installed it.. and BANG it worked and life was good. Thanks for making this, exactly what I need.
Works well, but there is no option to turn on the navegation
by Fungafly·10 years ago
The plugin works excellently, but there is no option for you to turn on the navegation controls on the lightbox.
To do this manually, add this javascript to your theme:
jQuery( function($) {
$('#blueimp-gallery').addClass('blueimp-gallery-controls');
});
Or add the blueimp-gallery-controls class directly to the div in the plugin’s template file at wp-content/plugins/blueimp-lightbox/tmpl/blueimp-gallery.html, although you will lose this alteration if you ever upgrade the plugin.
Amazing – works very well…
by tpuerzer·11 years ago
I have spent the last few days looking for a really great touch-enabled plug-in. I’ve even tried a few paid ones, but I just came across this plug-in by accident today and it is really fantastic. Why is it not better known???!?
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 6This week: 35Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6.1+ requiredTested up to 4.0.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.2
- Added compatibility information for WordPress 4.0.
Contributors
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