imageLightbox
Image Lightbox, Responsive and Touch‑friendly.
5(2 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, imageLightbox is a WordPress images plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
5/52 reviews
300active installs
15K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This is a WordPressified version of the excellent, lightweight (for real!) imageLightbox.js (MIT-licensed) by Osvaldas Valutis (http://osvaldas.info/image-lightbox-responsive-touch-friendly)
This is his introduction to the lightbox:
“As for the image lightboxes, I have always lacked simplicity for them. I mean not only the visual design, but the overall experience: from implementation to UX. All due respect, but I have never liked any of these light-fancy-face-boxes. They all were solving problems that just don’t exist: lots of unwanted features by default, total mess in markup, no native behavior for touch screens. I was working on a project and needed an image lightbox that solves these problems. I needed a lightbox only for images, not video, text, and iframes at once. I ma…
Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.1.1
Theming now possible
Contributors
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