Acclectic Media

Acclectic Lightbox is an advanced and configurable lightbox that displays images and photos in your WordPress galleries in full screen, complete with file information, camera EXIF metadata, and embedded maps showing photo location. Unlike most existing lightboxes, it supports native WordPress galleries and images, so it will always work and you need not be dependent on third-party gallery plugins. It is also highly configurable, and gives you control over almost every aspect of the lightbox’s look and feel.
<h3>Demo</h3>
See sample lightboxes in action <a href="https://www.acclectic.com/wordpress-lightbox" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.
<h3>Features</h3>
EXIF 
Displays EXIF metadata for each image (if it is available) such as aperture, shutter speed, exposure (and many other tags). You can enable or disable the display of EXIF metadata for each gallery. For a list of all supported EXIF tags, please refer to the plugin’s <a href="https://www.acclectic.com/support/wordpress-lightbox-docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.
GPS Mapping 
Displays an embedded map showing the location at which the image was captured, based on GPS coordinates in the image metadata.
Native gallery and image support 
Unlike most existing lightboxes, the Acclectic Lightbox works with native WordPress galleries and images. This means that you do not need to create a custom gallery (with a third-party gallery plugin) in order to use the lightbox. It also means that the lightbox will always work wth WordPress, and you are not dependent on third-party gallery plugins.
Configuration 
You can configure the lightbox directly within the WordPress block editor. Each image and gallery can have a separate and different configuration.
Themes 
Choose between a light or dark theme, conveniently within the block editor. Each image and gallery can have a separate theme.
Slider 
Scroll through every image in the gallery using the built-in slider, controllable by the mouse or keyboard.
Fullscreen 
Switch between full-screen and normal views with a convenient mouse or key press.
Slideshow 
The lightbox can scroll through images automatically in slideshow mode.
Keyboard bindings 
You can control all of the lightbox’s features via the mouse or the keyboard. Scroll through images, play or pause the slideshow, or toggle full-screen view with convenient key bindings.
Responsive design 
Responsive design for seamless rendering in both desktop and mobile environments. Supports swipe gestures.
Integration across images and galleries 
If you have multiple images or galleries on a post or page, they can share a single lightbox. Or keep them separate via a simple button click.
File information 
Displays pertinent information about each image, including file size, date/time taken, and date/time modified. You can enable or disable the display of file information for each gallery.
Title and caption 
Displays the title and caption (if they are available). You can enable or disable the display of title and caption for each gallery.
Keywords 
Displays the photo keywords (if they are available). You can enable or disable the display of keywords for each gallery.
Responsive Images 
To improve image load times, the image displayed is chosen from a set of all available images depending on the viewer’s screen size.
Share 
[Beta] Get the full URL of the original image for sharing.
No Limits 
All supported features are fully available to you with no limits of any kind.
<h3>Supported Languages</h3>
Acclectic Lightbox is available in these languages:
<ul>
<li>Chinese (Simplified)</li>
<li>Chinese (Traditional)</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Japanese</li>
<li>Portuguese</li>
<li>Polish</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
Note that the EXIF data being displayed will be in the native language in which it was captured.

Acclectic Lightbox

A configurable lightbox with EXIF and GPS mapping support that works with native Wordpress galleries and images.

techtimo

Spotmap turns your WordPress site into a self-hosted GPS tracking platform. Connect your devices, and Spotmap stores every position in your own database — no third-party cloud required.
<h3>Supported devices (data feeds)</h3>
<ul>
<li>SPOT (FindMeSPOT) — automatic feed polling via XML API</li>
<li>Garmin inReach — receives positions via Garmin’s MapShare feed</li>
<li>OsmAnd — receives positions via HTTP from the OsmAnd smartphone app</li>
<li>Teltonika — direct integration for Teltonika GPS routers and trackers</li>
<li>WordPress Media Library — photos with GPS EXIF data can appear on the map</li>
<li>Post Locations — assign GPS coordinates to any WordPresspost or page via the block editor sidebar. Posts appear on the map as clickable markers that link directly to the article so readers can jump from the map to the full story.</li>
<li>Zoleo — if you have a Zoleo device please reach out to the plugin author</li>
</ul>
<h3>Map & visualization</h3>
<ul>
<li>Interactive Leaflet map with full Gutenberg block support — type <code>/spotmap</code> in the editor</li>
<li>Wide range of tile providers: OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Thunderforest, LINZ (NZ), IGN France, UK Ordnance Survey, USGS, OpenSeaMap, ESRI Ocean, and any custom XYZ tile URL</li>
<li>GPX track overlay via the built-in GPX manager — upload and manage GPX files for planned routes, waypoints, and recorded tracks</li>
<li>Photo EXIF GPS display — images from your media library with location data appear on the map</li>
<li>Configurable line breaks when no positions arrive within a set time interval</li>
<li>Multiple feeds and devices on a single map, each with its own color</li>
<li>Post location markers — each marker shows the post title and links to the article, turning any map block into a navigable index of location-tagged content</li>
<li>Configurable marker styles and icons</li>
</ul>
<h3>Filtering & interaction</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rich time filtering including relative ranges like “last 24 hours” or “last 7 days”, and absolute date ranges</li>
<li>Interactive data table linked to the map — click a check-in to zoom to that position</li>
<li>Initial map state options: show all points, zoom to last position, or zoom to last trip</li>
<li>Auto-refresh without full page reload</li>
</ul>
<h3>Data management</h3>
<ul>
<li>Long-term position storage — your data stays in your WordPress database for as long as you want</li>
<li>Convert tracked positions to GPX export</li>
<li>Manage, move, and delete points from the WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Upload and organize GPX files through the GPX manager</li>
</ul>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rewritten map engine in TypeScript for better reliability</li>
<li>Significantly faster rendering with large numbers of points compared to 0.11.x</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Spotmap?</h3>
Most GPS tracking solutions lock your data into a vendor cloud. SPOT’s own platform doesn’t even offer free long-term storage. Spotmap keeps everything on your server — whether you’re documenting a sailing trip, sharing a bike tour with friends and family, or tracking vehicles. Your data, your rules.
<h3>Security</h3>
<h3>Message content and phone numbers</h3>
SPOT devices can include a phone number or personal message in their transmission data. This information is stored in the database and may appear in marker popups on your map. 
To overwrite this content, use the Marker section in <code>Settings > Spotmap</code>. 
Setting a feed password in your SPOT account (and entering it in the plugin settings) ensures that the message content is not stored in the WordPress database and thus not accessible by the public.
<h3>Live location privacy</h3>
The plugin offers a cosmetic filter to hide points newer than a configurable threshold (e.g. 30 minutes, 2 hours, or 1 day). This prevents the most recent positions from appearing on the public map.
Important: this filter is display-only. The REST API endpoint exposed by the plugin can return all points stored in the database, regardless of the block filter setting. There is currently no way to fully hide the latest positions from a technically capable visitor. If hiding live locations from the API is a requirement, you should restrict access to the REST API endpoint at the server or WordPress level.
<h3>Map tokens</h3>
API tokens for tile layer providers (Mapbox, Thunderforest, LINZ, IGN France, OS UK, etc.) are stored in WordPress settings and embedded in the page HTML at render time. Any visitor who views the page source can read your token.
To reduce the risk of token abuse, restrict each token to your domain using the provider’s referrer/HTTP origin restrictions (e.g. <code>https://yoursite.com/*</code>).
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
If you use a legacy text editor and require shortcodes, you are able to use the shortcode builder from the settings page of Spotmap. there you can interactively create the shortcode you need.
The following shortcodes are supported:
<code>[spotmap]</code> — embeds an interactive map 
<code>[spotmessages]</code> — embeds a table of SPOT messages and check-ins
For the full attribute reference, see <a href="https://github.com/techtimo/Spotmap/blob/main/README-SHORTCODE.md" rel="nofollow ugc">README-SHORTCODE.md</a> on GitHub.

Spotmap

Live GPS tracking for WordPress — display positions from SPOT, Garmin inReach, OsmAnd, Teltonika, and more on interactive maps.

Acclectic Lightbox vs Spotmap