LightPress Lightbox
Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.
4.6(69 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, LightPress Lightbox is a WordPress image plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 69 reviews. It has been downloaded 902K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 76% this week. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
4.6/569 reviews
40K+active installs
902K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
LightPress Lightbox is a popular, very lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. It is active 40,000 websites. After activation, settings will appear under ‘Lightbox’ on your website’s main admin menu, and images and galleries will open in a nice lightbox.
To make images open in the lightbox, you need to set images to “Link To:” media file. For image blocks, this setting is on the toolbar at the top of the block. For galleries, this setting is on the sidebar by other block options.
LIGHTBOX DEMOS
Free Lightbox Demo
Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme
Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme
FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES
– Automatic detection of images and galleries
– Customize colors of lightbox and navigation
– Classic and modern navigation styles
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Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.669 reviews
5 ★
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Recent Reviews
Useful
by maliege·3 months ago
Very useful
Clean, functional, reliable
by scorpress·5 months ago
I have used this plugin for a long time, and still think it has one of the best UI for a photo gallery.
Excellent
by chris1030·6 months ago
Great little plugin. Install and forget about it.
Отличный плагин
by olgertart·8 months ago
Делает то, что должен:)
Using it for years…
by inspirationally·9 months ago
I’ve been using this plugin on my website for years and even forgot it is there because it just works and did never make any problems ever. I think, it’s been at about 10 years in use. I don’t even remember how I set it up. It’s just working with every new theme.
Download Trends
Today: 178Yesterday: 202This week: 2KPeriod total: 38K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.3
49.1%
v1.4
46.5%
Other
4.3%
Top Alternatives to LightPress Lightbox
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3.5
- Fix: Improve gallery grouping attribute handling
- Update: WordPress tested version to 6.9.4
Contributors
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