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WP Magnific Popup

Plugin to add the Magnific Popup lightbox script to wordpress site for single images, image galleries, video, maps, dialog popups and other.

By firimar·Popup·Free
5(4 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Magnific Popup is a WordPress popup plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: Popup Builder & Popup Maker for….

5/54 reviews
1.0K+active installs
16K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

This basic plugin adds the Magnific Popup lightbox script to wordpress site and works with single images, iframe links and dialogs.

All you need to do to use Magnific Popup on a link is to add specific css class to ‘a’ tag. CSS class names can be configured on settings page.

For images you can use alt attribute to add captions.

Thanks to Dmitry Semenov for the original script: http://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/

This plugin is only basic version and does not support all features of Magnific Popup yet.

Plugin provides following functionality:

  • Single image popup.

Usage example html:

  • Image gallery popup with navigation.

Usage example html:




  • Iframe popup (can contain external page, youtube video, google map, etc.)

Usage examp…

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Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Makes installing magnific quick and simple
by schnoodle·8 years ago

No issues. Makes installing Magnific a quick and easy process, what more is there to say?

Cool and Simple
by lukas kotyza·8 years ago

Very easy to set up. It works well on various screen sizes.

Useful & easy to use
by William Rettmann·9 years ago

Does exactly what I need it to without being bloated down with options.

Integrates Magnific Popup easily
by promon·9 years ago

An easy way to use Magnific Popup in WP with some useful settings such as ability to choose the CSS class that triggers it.

Download Trends

Today: 4Yesterday: 2This week: 29Period total: 969

Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

firimarfirimar
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Oct 31, 2016
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
4.6.30
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
16K+
Added
Jul 14, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

popupiframeimageslightboxmagnific popup

Developer

F
firimar
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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