FooBox is a lightbox that adds a modal popup to website images with no setup. It is responsive and works with most image gallery plugins.

What are the features of FooBox?

The features of FooBox include responsive and modern lightbox design, zero configuration, compatibility with WordPress galleries and captioned images, and control over inclusion/exclusion of FooBox assets.

What is the FooBox PRO version?

The FooBox PRO version offers additional features such as social sharing, video and HTML lightbox support, deeplinking, fullscreen and slideshow modes, different lightbox styles, customizable settings, and compatibility with various plugins.

What plugins does FooBox PRO work with?

FooBox PRO works with The Best Image Gallery Plugin for WordPress, NextGen, Justified Image Grid, Envira Gallery, WooCommerce product images, JetPack Tiled Gallery, and AutOptimize.

How can I control the inclusion of FooBox assets?

By default, FooBox includes assets into all pages, but you can enable a setting to exclude the assets by default and choose to include them when required. You can also choose to exclude FooBox assets from specific pages.

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

Responsive Lightbox

Automatically scales images for better viewing on phones and adjusts button controls for portrait or landscape orientation.

Easy Setup

No configuration required, automatically adds modals to WordPress galleries, captioned images, and attachment images.

Seamless Integration

Works with most image gallery plugins, but pairs best with the FooGallery WordPress Plugin.

Full Gutenberg Support

Adds modals to images and galleries within Gutenberg, supports "Link To" setting and image captions.

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2.7.34

Updated 27 Jan 2025
Update : Freemius SDK update 2.11.0
Fix : Fixed bug where custom JS from settings was being double escaped.

2.7.33

Updated 10 Nov 2024
Update : Freemius SDK update 2.9.0

2.7.32

Updated 4 Aug 2024
Update : Freemius SDK update 2.7.3
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.13
Fix : Fixed parsing of HTML captions, so that it strips harmful scripts.

2.7.29

Updated 1 June 2024

2.7.30

Updated 8 July 2024

2.7.29

Updated 1 June 2024

2.7.28

Update 4 May 2024
Update : Freemius SDK update 2.7.2
Fix : enhanced sanitization for settings.

2.7.27

Updated 1 July 2023
Update : Freemius SDK to 2.5.10

2.7.26

Updated 10 April 2023
Update : Freemius SDK to 2.5.6

2.7.25

Updated 01 March 2023
Update : Freemius SDK to 2.5.3
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.13

2.7.24

Updated 03 March 2022
Fix : Security fix in wp-admin
Update : Freemius SDK to 2.4.3

2.7.22

Updated 15 Jan 2022

2.7.20

Updated 5 Sep 2021

2.7.20

Updated 08/09/2021
Update : Freemius SDK (develop)
Fix : fixed conflict with PHP 8 and Russian translation (within Freemius SDK)
New : added “REL Grouping” setting under Advanced to be able to change the grouping of images using the rel attribute
New : added “Custom Excludes” setting under Advanced to add custom excludes so that FooBox does not bind to certain elements
New : added “Specific CSS classes” setting under General to allow specifying custom selectors that FooBox can bind to

2.7.19

Updated 27/12/2020
New : added compatibility with Elementor custom captions
New : added compatibility with WP Rocket to always exclude FooBox inline script to avoid javascript errors
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.6

2.7.17

Updated 19/12/2020
Fix : fix for loader appearing after the modal is closed in come instances
Fix : additional jQuery 3+ compatibility – removed all deprecation warnings
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.5

2.7.16

Updated 01/12/2020
Fix : fixed settings page CSS due to conflict with some themes
Fix : Updated deprecated jQuery warnings in prep for WP 5.6
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.4
Update : Freemius SDK 2.4.1

2.7.15

Updated 20/10/2020
Update getting started page to include a CTA to open FooBox demo
Added new setting to force the FooBox trial notice admin banner to never show
Updated settings page with ratings CTA and included details of other plugins

2.7.14

Updated 20/08/2020
Fix : fixed bug where FooBox was ignoring FooGallery filters
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.2

2.7.13

Updated 06/08/2020
New : Speed improvements (replaced font with SVG images)
New : Dropped support for IE7
Update : Freemius SDK 2.4.0.1
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS 2.4.0

2.7.11

Update : Freemius SDK 2.3.2
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.8

Fix : turned off font preload by default
Fix : scrollbar bug in iOS13
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.7

Fix : Slideshow was stopping after the Lightbox is closed
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.6

Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.5

Fix : Fixed admin bug with certain galleries
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.3

Fix : Fixed get_blog_list error
Update : Freemius SDK 2.3.0

2.7.1

Fix : Fixed swipe issues in Chrome
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.7.0

New : Reworked how FooBox loads, to work better with optimization plugins (Autoptimize / WP Rocket)
Remove : Removed support for Google+ in social sharing
Update : Updated to handle Chrome’s new allow attribute in videos
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.6.5

New : Added support for SVG images
New : Added support for WebP images
Fix : Fixed scroll blocking violation warnings in dev tools
Update : Updated to latest FooBox client JS & CSS

2.6.4

IMPORTANT : Please update to address a security vulnerability.
Fix : Security vulnerability
Fix : Included font-display for improved pagespeed score
Update : Freemius SDK 2.2.4

2.6.3

Added support for loading FooGallery galleries within a FooBox
Fixed layout bugs with certain notched iPhones
Updated to latest client JS & CSS fixing a few bugs
Updated to latest Freemius SDK 2.2.3

2.6.0

Added support for the Gutenberg gallery and image blocks
Updated to latest Freemius SDK 2.1.1
Fixed bug with horizontal scrollbar
Fixed bug with paging + filtering in FooGallery
Forced Youtube videos to open using youtube-nocookie.com
Updated to latest client JS & CSS fixing a few bugs

2.5.3

Updated to latest Freemius SDK 2.0.1

2.5.2

Updated to latest client JS & CSS fixing a few bugs
Removed deprecated functions for PHP 7.2 compatibility
Updated to latest Freemius SDK 1.2.4

2.5.1

Dropped support for IE7 and IE8 (removing CSS validation errors)
Updated to latest client JS & CSS fixing a few bugs

2.5.0

Added new setting to exclude FooBox assets by default
Added metabox on all public post types to include/exclude FooBox assets
Major version bump to avoid confusion with FooBox PRO 2.4.0.0

1.2.34

Fix : lightbox was not working with FooGallery paging
Updated to latest client CSS
Updated to latest Freemius SDK 1.2.1.10
Removed FooGallery admin notices

1.2.27

Fix : default caption state was disabled when no settings were saved.
Updated to latest Freemius SDK 1.2.1.7.1

1.2.26

Fix : disappearing captions. Renamed “Show Captions” setting to “Hide Captions” and default to disabled.

1.2.25

Added setting to disable captions
Added setting to change image counter text

1.2.24

Added better browser support for defer javascript loading added in 1.2.23

1.2.23

Added support for plugins that defer javascript loading, e.g. AutOptimize

1.2.22

Updated to latest JS and CSS fixing multiple issues and bugs

1.1.11

Updated to latest JS and CSS fixing some bugs
Updated to latest Freemius 1.2.1.5 SDK
Free trial for PRO now included in getting started page

1.1.10

Fix deactivation issue when PRO is activated

1.1.9

New setting for dropping IE7 support (for valid CSS)
Fix for when multiple jQuery versions loaded on page!
Fix for not including scripts for setting ‘disable other lightboxes’

1.1.8

IMPORTANT : clear your site cache when updating – if you use a caching plugin.
Added clear cache message to getting started page
Removed duplicate settings page
Updated opt-in message
Fix : loosing scroll position when scrollbars are hidden

1.1.7

Integrated Freemius tracking and upgrade system
Moved FooBox into top-level menu item
Complete overhaul of Getting Started page, including demo
Updated to use latest FooBox JS and CSS

1.0.14

Hide foo admin notice on mobile devices
More CSS tweaks for admin on smaller screen sizes

1.0.13

Updated settings page to be responsive
Tested with WP 4.6

1.0.12

Updated to use latest FooBox JS and CSS
Removed discount for FooBox PRO

1.0.11

Updated to use latest FooBox JS and CSS
Updated settings to include demo tab
Updated admin screens be responsive on phones

1.0.10

Updated to use latest FooBox JS fixing few bugs
Smarter admin warnings when using with FooGallery

1.0.9

Updated to use latest FooBox JS fixing few bugs
Reorder selectors so FooGallery can take preference in some cases

1.0.8

Updated to use latest FooBox JS
Added new Getting Started landing page on activation
Added support for wp.org language packs
Better FooGallery integration

1.0.7

Updated to latest version of javascript and CSS files
Plays better with FooBox PRO now

1.0.6

Fixed navbar issues in Chrome on IOS

1.0.5

Fixed very minor vulnerability with add_query_arg function used in admin plugins page

1.0.4

Improved FooGallery support
Added keyboard navigation support!
50% offer included for PRO version

1.0.3

Added FooGallery support
Added .nolightbox to exclusions
Added .pot translation file
Added Bottomless design banner to “FooBot Says…” tab

1.0.2.1

Fixed jQuery dependency issue with themes that do not load jQuery by default

1.0.2

Added setting “Show Captions On Hover”
Added “FooBot Says…” tab on settings page

1.0.1

first version!

Worked great right out of the box

By jonbius on November 20, 2024

Thanks for a great, simple to use plugin!

使いやすい

By rinsanrinsan on May 24, 2024

カスタマイズ性能バツ牛ンで最高です

stops working after 7 days

By audioscavenger on May 9, 2024

juta warning.. it's a trial...

wonderful!

By Thomas "tomek" Holst (tholst@kabelbw.de) on February 20, 2024

it´s easy to get going right after the install! not too complex as I am needing it for "single" images to lightbox! really excellent!!!!!!

Foobox Is A Good Company

By Patricia Burroughs-Bishop (triciabishop) on December 5, 2023

Foobox customer service is very responsive and thorough in the help they provide. They also have great enthusiasm and their plugin will make your images look terrific!

Great Lightbox, also works with Divi

By The Old Man (Graham Smith) on August 22, 2023

A great lightbox plugin, works fine with Divi. However, the ad banners soliciting a 5 star review and the Foo Bar banner are huge when using an iPad and cover half the text on the Advanced Settings page. So probably needs some more testing on mobile/responsive devices!

Simply Excellent

By eeas38 on April 4, 2023

Simply Excellent plugin and Excellent support

nice support

By aresa3 on March 16, 2023

Very nice plugin and nice support, thx

The Best Masonry Grid-Style Lightbox I Could Find!

By Aidan Hakimian (hakimianweb) on December 16, 2022

I was looking everywhere for a FREE, clean, simple lightbox that just works. It even lets you choose the layout, which is exactly what I wanted - a masonry grid of images.

The best working plugin!

By Aleksandar (aivanov12) on October 2, 2022

The best working plugin!

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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox

Responsive Lightbox

Automatically scales images for better viewing on phones and adjusts button controls for portrait or landscape orientation.

Easy Setup

No configuration required, automatically adds modals to WordPress galleries, captioned images, and attachment images.

Seamless Integration

Works with most image gallery plugins, but pairs best with the FooGallery WordPress Plugin.

Full Gutenberg Support

Adds modals to images and galleries within Gutenberg, supports "Link To" setting and image captions.

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Worked great right out of the box

使いやすい

stops working after 7 days

wonderful!

Foobox Is A Good Company

Great Lightbox, also works with Divi

Simply Excellent

nice support