As of April 2026, Simple lightGallery is a WordPress jquery plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Top alternative: Enable jQuery Migrate Helper.
5/52 reviews
80active installs
5.6K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
An easy way to integrate either v1 or v2 of lightGallery JavaScript to WordPress. lightGallery is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript library for creating beautiful image & video galleries for the web and the mobile
Features
In Settings > Simple lightGallery you can find several options to control in which parts of your site the lightGallery will be loaded.
Some of lightGallery core features (taken from lightGallery officially site)
- Fully responsive.
- Modular architecture with built in plugins.
- Highly optimized for touch devices.
- Mouse drag supports for desktops.
- Double-click/Double-tap to see actual size of the image.
- Animated thumbnails.
- Social sharing.
- And many more.
Usage
- Select in which post_types and taxonomies you want the lightGallery to be loaded.
- Make sure you are using…
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.7.2
- Fix: Remove jQuery dependency from v2 code
Contributors
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