Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Integration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
4.9(113 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Lightbox with PhotoSwipe is a WordPress images plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 113 reviews. It has been downloaded 940K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 91%. Top alternative: Autoptimize.
4.9/5113 reviews
20K+active installs
91%resolved
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
This plugin integrates PhotoSwipe to WordPress. All linked images in a post or page will be displayed using PhotoSwipe, regardless if they are part of a gallery or single images.
More about the original version of PhotoSwipe see here: http://photoswipe.com
You can also display EXIF data from supported image types.
As of version 4.0.0 this plugin requires at least WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.0. Older PHP version will cause problems. In this case you have to upgrade your PHP version or ask your hoster to do so. Please note that WordPress itself also recommends at least PHP 7.4 – see https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/.
Please keep in mind: not the visible thumbnail is relevant, but only the image link. Images should always be linked to the file and not to the attachment page. Since…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works perfect
by Michael Rieder·3 weeks ago
Perfekt to show images in a lightbox.
100% support. Fast and competent.
Sharp photos finally
by Roland Bischoff·1 month ago
A sleek plugin that is well documented. Good support.
I can’t prove it, but it seems to me that with Arno Welzel’s “Lightbox with PhotoSwipe” plugin, my photos on the website are finally as sharp as they are when developed in Capture One. Many thanks for that!
Until now, I’ve been using PhotoSwipe as an additional add-on to “Responsive Lightbox & Gallery”. It was a pain. No support, disastrous UI, banal documentation and blurry images. I’m so glad to have finally found “Lightbox with PhotoSwipe”.
- This topic was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by Roland Bischoff.
Lightbox was easy to implement
by niguramu·10 months ago·2 replies
I was able to easily implement Lightbox on all images.
When I first activated this plugin, the Lightbox displayed and behaved strangely, but after switching to PhotoSwipe version 4 on the settings page, everything displayed correctly.
Very useful plugin. 10 stars
by suiramus·1 year ago
Nothing more, nothing less. Just works!
Thank you very much for your work!
Number one WP lightbox
by tastymouse·1 year ago
This is what I expect of a lightbox. I want my pictures in large format without distraction, nothing else. And that’s what this plugin does :).
Download Trends
Today: 174Yesterday: 149This week: 1KPeriod total: 141K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.8
55.3%
Other
18.6%
v5.7
12.1%
v5.0
7.4%
v5.6
6.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.8.3
- Added Turkish translation.
- Changed PHP version warning to version 8.2 as minimum preferred version.
Contributors
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