The LightPress Lightbox was formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox. Along with the name change, we’ll be doing signficant development on this plugin in 2024, including the addition of additional, modern lightboxes (both free and pro). We’ll still continue to include, support, and enhance the original lightbox!
This plugin adds a simple, lightweight lightbox for viewing images. See demos here.
Features
- Automattically detect images so they open in a lightbox with no need to adjust markup.
- Works seamlessly with WordPress core images and galleries, and galleries from many plugins.
- Play or puase slideshow within lightbox.
- Enhanced mobile support with swipe gestures on touch devices, improved scaling to maximizes use of screen space, and live adjustment to the browser window and orientation of your phone.
- Browse images with your keyboard: Arrows, P(revious)/N(ext) and X/C/ESC for close.
- Admin panel to configure options. sv
- Localization support.
- Lightweight and fast.
See the plugin in action here: lightpress.io
Background and Thanks
Special thanks to Ulf Benjaminsson, who created this plugin and maintained it for many years.
The original WP JQuery Lightbox included with this plugin lets you keep Lightbox 2 functionality but sheds the bulk of the Prototype Framework and Scriptaculous Effects Library. Warren Krewenki ported Lightbox to jQuery and this plugin is mostly a wrapper to his work.
Additional Info
Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Ulf Benjaminsson. Copyright (C) 2023-Present LightPress LLC.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA