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WP jQuery Lightbox

v2.3.3
by FirelightWP · 4.5 (61 reviews)

A drop-in replacement for Lightbox 2 and similar plugins, shedding the bulk of Prototype and Scriptaculous. Improved for mobile devices.

40K+ active installs Updated Oct 21, 2024 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 7.0
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WP jQuery Lightbox

About WP jQuery Lightbox

LightPress Lightbox is a lightweight plugin for WordPress that allows you to display images and galleries in a nice lightbox. It has a free version with features like automatic detection of images and galleries, customizable colors, slideshow options, and more. There is also a premium version called LightPress Pro that offers additional features like priority support, modern full-browser lightbox, thumbnails, video and PDF support, and more customization options.

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Frequently asked questions

What is WP jQuery Lightbox?
WP jQuery Lightbox is a very lightweight WordPress plugin that replaces Lightbox 2 and similar plugins. It is designed to shed the bulk of Prototype and Scriptaculous, and is improved for mobile devices.
How do I make images open in the 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, and for galleries, it's on the sidebar by other block options.
What features are included in the free version of Lightbox?
The free version includes automatic detection of images and galleries, customizable colors, classic and modern navigation styles, and options to show an info bar, title or alt text, and a download button. It also offers slideshow options and keyboard navigation.
What additional features does LightPress Pro offer?
LightPress Pro is a premium extension that provides priority support, a powerful and modern lightbox with dozens of customization options, and thumbnails within the lightbox. It also allows opening videos, PDF files, content from external web pages, and creating modals and popup boxes.
How many active installations does WP jQuery Lightbox have?
WP jQuery Lightbox is active on 40,000 websites.

Changelog

2.3.3

  • Update Pro landing and pricing
  • Fix invalid invalid infobar CSS
  • Update WordPress tested version

2.3.2 (2024-07-30)

  • Fix Animation Duration setting
  • Fix top navbar box shadow
  • Show optin/reviews to all users

2.3.1 (2024-07-08)

  • Fix JavaScript error
  • Fix license checks

2.3.0 (2024-07-08)

  • Add block editor lightbox panel
  • Add lightbox panel display options
  • Add email opt in modal
  • Add landing page for LightPress Pro

2.2.0 (2024-06-20)

  • Add review requests
  • Add option to disable core lightbox
  • Change how plugin is instantiated

2.1.0 (2024-06-19)

  • Major file reorganization
  • Fix image inserting not working in classic editor
  • Update plugin banner and icon

2.0.0 (2024-06-18)

  • Rename plugin to LightPress
  • Add core LightPress plugin class
  • Add new settings screen
  • Old plugin file can be loaded by setting JQLB_LEGACY constant to true

1.5.5 (2024-06-03)

  • Update WP tested version
  • Improve JS enqueueing
  • Minor security fix (issue only affected authenticated users)

1.5.4 (2024-05-03)

  • Add plugin timestamp
  • Update WP tested version

1.5.3 (2024-03-12)

  • Improve mobile panzoom behavior
  • Remove nav for single images
  • Option to use alt as title

1.5.2 (2024-03-12)

  • Fix new nav arrow size

1.5.1 (2024-03-12)

  • Replace dashicons with svg for nav arrows

1.5 (2024-03-07)

  • Added new nav arrow style options
  • Added overlay color/opacity options
  • Added border color/width options
  • Added image shadow option
  • Added option to hide infobar
  • Improved styling

1.4.9.3 (2024-02-08)

  • Added pinch-to-zoom support for mobile
  • Improved mobile styling

1.4.9.2 (2024-01-12)

  • Update author and contributors
  • Update tested WordPress version
  • Update minimum PHP version to 7.0

1.4.9.1 (2023-11-05)

  • Add webp support
  • Remove donation links

1.4.9 (2023-11-03)

  • Updated readme author and description
  • Fixed image centering on small screens
  • Removed white space from end of lines
  • Updated default settings for resize_on_demand and margin_size
  • Capitalized slideshow links

1.4.8.4 (2023-10-24)

  • Removed screenshots and banner image from repository

1.4.8.3 (2021-01-26)

  • Added setting to control whether jQuery is loaded in the header or footer.

1.4.8.2 (2021-01-26)

1.4.8.1 (2019-03-24)

  • Tested for WordPress 5.x and PHP 7.0

1.4.8 (2015-12-31)

  • Fixed translations not being loaded properly
  • Fixed support for WordPress 4.4

1.4.7 (2015-09-21)

  • Support for WordPress’ new translation system.
  • Updated translation for Portugese (Thanks: Pedro Mendonça)
  • Added images and CSS for Portugese (Thanks: Pedro Mendonça)

1.4.6 (2015-03-20)

  • “Download link” now correctly open a download dialogue instead of displaying the file
  • Title, caption and all control elements can now be turned on / off individually
  • Added support for custom style sheets (just copy original to your theme’s style folder, and hack away)
  • Restructured the HTML slightly, making styling easier
  • Added specific CSS selectors for all elements
  • Fixed animation speed setting being ignored
  • Dropped quirks support for Internet Explorer 8
  • Removed help-text setting

1.4.5 (2013-06-09)

  • Fit to screen edge on low rez displays (<500px)
  • Added global setting to hide title & caption
  • Reduced the amount of code running for each image shown
  • Updated German translation (thanks Niko23)
  • Fix: swipe direction
  • Fix: slideshow now waits for images to display before starting timer.
  • Fix: support for latest jQuery
  • Fix: WordPress encoding wrong quote mark in captions, causing duplicate texts to display.

1.4.1 (2013-02-03)

  • Added swipe gestures on touch devices
  • Added slideshow
  • Added support for multiple sets in one post (use: group with the gallery-shortcode)
  • Added support for arbitrary Download links via the data-download-attribute
  • Added support to pick text from the image ALT-attribute (if title is not available)
  • Added translations: Norwegian Bokmål (thanks Ole Martin Kristiansen!)
  • Fix regexp to deal with urls like www.gif.org. (Thanks Yannick Berker!)
  • Fix changed common IDs to avoid collisions. (you’ll have to update your CSS now!) (Hat tip; Pollmann Frederic)
  • Fix better support of Infinite Scroll and similar
  • Fix toggling visible state on unrelated object, embed and select nodes. mwolfe02
  • Fix leaky CSS on admin page

1.3.4.2 (2011-02-01)

  • Fallbacks for people using older jQuery

1.3.4.1 (2011-01-31)

  • Updated deprecated jQuery calls (thanks; David Naber)

1.3.4 (2011-12-29)

1.3.3 (2011-06-12)

1.3.2 (2011-05-16)

1.3.1 (2011-05-02)

  • Forgot to include languages files! ?

1.3 (2011-05-01)

  • Improved scaling to make maximum use of display area.
  • Supports orientation / resize changes – Lightbox reflows with site.
  • Added translation support (Thanks; Martin S & Denis N. Voituk).
  • Added option to display download link.
  • Added support for disabling all animations (set duration to 0).
  • Fixed “duration” not having an effect.
  • For Developers: public method to apply Lightbox to any string.

1.2.2 (2011-04-14)

  • Use WordPress bundled jQuery instead of forcing the Google CDN
  • Fixed the settings link on the Plugins page

1.2.1 (2010-10-24)

1.2 (2010-10-12)

  • Added support for Media Library titles and captions.
  • Minified the javascript (8.6KB vs 17.8KB)
  • Minified the CSS (2.0KB vs 2.7KB)

1.1 (2010-10-09)

1.0 (2010-04-11)

  • Release.

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