Adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
As of April 2026, Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block is a WordPress block plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 88 reviews. It has been downloaded 189K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.4+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 13% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
This WordPress Plugin adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. It detects if a post contains a Gallery or Image Block and then loads & initialize baguetteBox.js, a pure JavaScript Lightbox script without any dependencies and a modern minimal look.
There is no lock in effect. It does not add a new Block Editor/Gutenberg Block and relies solo on the standard WordPress Gallery and Image Block. You can deactivate this plugin at any time and your Gallery and Image Blocks will work as they’ve done before. Just without the lightbox.
Just one important thing to remember: You always have to select Link → Link to image file or Link images to media file (see screenshots below) for all of your Image & Gallery Blocks to work properly.…
Thank you!
just what i needed. no bloat. just works (TM)
Як же довго шукав такий плагін. Оцінка 5. Плагін робочий і без зайвого барахла (реклама, про версія). Дуже дякую!
Thanks for your great work. Good plugin, exactly what i was looking for.
It follows the KISS principle. Keep It Simple, Stupid!
I tested more than five plugins, and this is the first free one that’s exactly how I would have programmed it. Thank you so much!
| WordPress | 5.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
.no-lightbox to an element to disable the lightbox…Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.