WP fancybox
View image, YouTube video, Vimeo video, inline HTML in lightbox. Add fancybox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.
5(2 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, WP fancybox is a WordPress image plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Downloads are up 52% this week. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
5/52 reviews
1.0K+active installs
16K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
WP fancybox plugin adds fancybox lightbox effect to your WordPress website. The lightbox looks great on desktop as well as mobile devices.
WP fancybox Features
- Responsive lightbox popup using fancybox
- Designed with a mobile first approach so it looks great on desktop, mobile and tablet devices
- Quick and easy setup
- Open lightbox popup from either a text link or a thumbnail image link
- YouTube video popup
- Vimeo video popup
- Use a simple shortcode to pop up content in lightbox
How to Use WP fancybox
Image in lightbox
Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a text/image link which will open lightbox once clicked:
[wp_fancybox_media url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]
here, url is the link to the medi…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Perfect!
by wpblogtuts·8 years ago
This is by far the best fancyBox lightbox for mobile devices. Thank you so much for this plugin and keep up the good work.
Nice looking at it works!
by Curtis·8 years ago
Hello. Thank you for your plugin development.
Love this plugin. It seems to work fine with shortcodes provided on WP plugin page.
The display interface is attractive, and captions display in the lower left corner of the overlay. Personal experience: it worked on my Win 10 Chrome desktop browser, and Android tablet, just fine.
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 19This week: 76Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
Top Alternatives to WP fancybox
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.4
- Updated to fancybox 5.0.36.
Contributors
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