Extremely lightweight yet powerful and touch-friendly, jQuery-free, Lightbox toggle button for core Gallery block and supports custom-coded galleries.
As of April 2026, Gallery Block Lightbox is a WordPress slider plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2024. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.
This WordPress Plugin adds Lightbox feature to the core Gallery block with a simple toggle button. Easily enable or disable it for any gallery block by selecting ‘media file’ under the ‘link to’ dropdown. Once selected, the Lightbox toggle will appear. It also supports custom coded galleries through a filter (check FAQ).
dLightbox.js is fully responsive, supporting touch, mousewheel, keyboard, and mouse drag interactions, double click or tap/touch to zoom original image, build-in thumbnails, as well as slide counters and figcaption. With no dependency on jQuery, dLightbox.js ensures optimal viewing experiences across all devices.
Although extremely lightweight at only 2.78kb gzipped for both dLightbox.js and dLightbox.css, the plugin only loads assets into the page…
| WordPress | 6.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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