Yes, FancyBox is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use FancyBox?

FancyBox has 4.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best FancyBox alternatives?

Popular alternatives to FancyBox include Autoptimize, WebP Express, Modern Image Formats. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does FancyBox work with the latest WordPress?

FancyBox has been tested up to WordPress 3.5.2. It requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+.

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FancyBox

Name: FancyBox
Rating: 2.8 (9 reviews)
Author: Kevin Sylvestre

Enables fancybox on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.

By Kevin Sylvestre·Images·Free

2.8(9 reviews)

·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago

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As of April 2026, FancyBox is a WordPress images plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 2.8/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 286K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 7% this week. Top alternative: Autoptimize.

2.8/59 reviews

4.0K+active installs

286K+total downloads

17 yearssince 2009

Overview

This plugin uses the jquery implementation of fancybox and makes use of [attr] style selectors by adding a section to the wordpress header.

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FancyBox

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

straight pulldown of fancbox

by Broken Ninja·10 years ago

Loved it as a developer as it has nothing but a plain fancybox.

Good One

by SiD·11 years ago

Good Plugin. I Use it in my site

It works well

by uzcant·11 years ago

No problem, it works as it says and this is fairly enough.

Broken in IE 9 & 10

by West Coast Web Design·12 years ago

Simply does not work for me in IE 9 & 10 with WP 3.8.1.

Doesn't work – take care!

by Hesi·12 years ago

Installed and activated, does work. When I stopt it and then i reactivated the plugin the options for FancyBox are disappeared, no options. When I delete it, the Jquery.js from WordPress doesen`t work anymore, i need half a day to find the bug. There is no support, a lot of questions and no answers. Thanks! for spending time.