jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries
Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images.
4(10 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries is a WordPress jquery plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 225K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 32% this week. Top alternative: Enable jQuery Migrate Helper.
4/510 reviews
5.0K+active installs
225K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
DISCONTINUATION NOTICE: Development on this plugin has ceased in favor of the carousel module in the Jetpack plugin. I recommend you use that plugin instead — it’s much more full featured.
Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images right there in the page. No modifications required.
You can also make single non-[gallery] images use the lightbox by giving their links a class of “lightbox”, like so:
<a href="..." class="lightbox"><img src="..." alt="..." /></a>
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Plugin não funciona no WP 5.5.1
by Isaac Newton Ribeiro de Araújo·5 years ago
O jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries não funciona na versão 5.5.1 do WordPress. Todas as publicações e páginas ficam em branco quando ele é ativado. Curiosamente, o problema não se repete quando outro plugin lightbox é ativado, mas a aparência das galerias de imagens não é boa.
Great. Works until now
by Tom·5 years ago
Great. Works until now with the latest WordPress.
JQuery don't work now
by novice212·11 years ago
Hi !
I don’t understand, two days ago, JQuery works and now, Jquery doesn’t work anymore. Someone know something about one bug ?
Thanks
Great Plugin
by sirlero·11 years ago
great and easy plugin thnx!
Why de-registered default scripts?
by Brainstorm Force·12 years ago
I see this plugin has discontinued it’s development. Still – I’m not sure why the author has de-registered the core jQuery that WordPress provides?
IMO as WP plugin developer myself, one should not de-registered default scripts that WP provides by default as other developers might be relying on them to make their code work.
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 9This week: 26Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.2
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 3.2.2
- Update ColorBox to v1.3.14 (see it’s changelog). Fixes functionality under WordPress 3.1.
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