Simple Fancybox
Plugin will integrate Fancybox, the world’s most popular lightbox script.
5(4 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Fancybox is a WordPress image plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
5/54 reviews
300active installs
3.7K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Simple Fancybox for WordPress image gallery. Works for both, shortcode gallery in classic editor and Gutenberg blocks. Install and activate, nothing else to set up here. Fancybox will work for WordPress galleries. Only important thing is to set link to file, we don’t want to open attachment page. By default, the plugin will use jQuery to apply FancyBox to any thumbnails that link directly to an image.
Fancybox includes support for touch gestures and even supports pinch gestures for zooming. It is perfectly suited for both mobile and desktop browsers.
Fancybox has been tested in following browsers/devices:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- IE10/11
- Edge
- iOS Safari
- Android 7.0 Tablet
Original fancybox script is licensed under the GPLv3 license for all open source applications. A commer…
Ratings & Reviews
54 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0
- First release of ancybox for WordPress plugin
Contributors
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