Modal Post Images
Add beautiful responsive pop-up modals to all your WordPress post images automatically — no setup required!
5(3 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 5 months agoAs of April 2026, Modal Post Images is a WordPress lightbox plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
5/53 reviews
50active installs
2.8K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Modal Post Images instantly adds modern, mobile-friendly image popups (modals) to all images inside your WordPress post content.
When visitors click a post image, it smoothly enlarges in a centered modal view, showing the image and its ALT text (if available).
Perfect for blogs, magazines, and photography sites that want to enhance user experience with elegant, distraction-free image previews.
Features
– ✨ Automatically adds modal popup functionality to all post images
– 🖼️ Displays image alt text or caption inside the popup
– ⚙️ Includes admin settings to choose animation effects (Fade, Zoom, Slide, Flip, Blur)
– 📱 Fully responsive and mobile-friendly
– ⚡ Lightweight, no dependencies — just install and it works
– 🔒 Built with WordPress security and…
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Ratings & Reviews
53 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.5
- Major update: Added animation options and settings panel.
- Improved image scaling and responsiveness.
- Enhanced accessibility and caption display.
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