Fullscreen mode just got real.
As of April 2026, Native Fullscreen is a WordPress fullscreen plugin with 10 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Simple Full Screen Background Image.
I found John Dyer’s Native Fullscreen JavaScript API the other day, and I thought it was pretty awesome.
A true fullscreen mode ! Without Flash !
It’s quite experimental so far, but “support is coming to most browsers in the next few months”. You should read John Dyer’s post about that.
The plugin come with a widget and a shortcode to generate the button. Use a CSS selector to target the element you want to display in fullscreen… and that’s it !
[fullscreen target=”THE-CSS-SELECTOR” text=”The button’s text”]
Enjoy folks !
| WordPress | 3+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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