daniloercoli

EC Lightbox is a minimal WordPress plugin that adds a modern lightbox to galleries using <a href="https://github.com/biati-digital/glightbox" rel="nofollow ugc">GLightbox</a>.
The plugin is opt-in by behavior: once activated, it only applies its lightbox functionality to blocks where you explicitly add a custom CSS class (for example, a Gallery block). Everywhere else, WordPress behaves normally.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Uses <a href="https://github.com/biati-digital/glightbox" rel="nofollow ugc">GLightbox</a> for a clean, responsive lightbox.</li>
<li>Works with WordPress core blocks (e.g. Gallery, Image).</li>
<li>Opt-in activation via a custom CSS class (<code>ec-lightbox</code>).</li>
<li>Groups images by gallery container (each block with <code>ec-lightbox</code> is its own gallery).</li>
<li>Includes a Settings page in WordPress Admin.</li>
<li>Configurable behavior: loop, touch navigation, zoom.</li>
<li>Local vendor assets by default (no hard dependency on external CDNs).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0+</li>
<li>PHP 7.0+</li>
<li>A block-based setup (Gutenberg) is recommended.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to enable EC Lightbox on a Gallery block</h3>
<ol>
<li>Insert a Gallery block.</li>
<li>Select the Gallery block itself (not a single image inside it).</li>
<li>In the block sidebar, configure:
<ul>
<li>Link to → <code>None</code></li>
<li>Disable “Open in lightbox” / “Enlarge on click” if present.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Open the Advanced panel.</li>
<li>
Add the following class: 
ec-lightbox
</li>
<li>
Update or publish the post.
</li>
</ol>
When users click an image inside that gallery, EC Lightbox will open and allow navigation through the gallery.
Note: 
Make sure individual images inside the gallery do not have click settings assigned. 
If these WP-native actions remain enabled, WordPress will attach its own click/lightbox behavior, overriding this plugin.
<h3>⚙️ Settings Page (WordPress Admin)</h3>
A configuration screen is available at:
Settings → EC Lightbox
Available options:
<ul>
<li>Loop images </li>
<li>Enable touch navigation </li>
<li>Enable zoom </li>
<li>Autoplay videos (for future video support)</li>
</ul>
All settings are passed directly to the lightbox JavaScript on initialization.
<h3>🧩 Filters & Developer API</h3>
<h3>1. Modify GLightbox options programmatically</h3>
<pre><code>`php
</code></pre>
add_filter( ‘ec_lightbox_js_options’, function ( $options ) { 
 $options[‘loop’] = true; 
 $options[‘zoomable’] = false; 
 $options[‘openEffect’] = ‘zoom’; // Any GLightbox option is accepted 
 return $options; 
}); 
 ` 
Options merged from: 
1. Plugin defaults 
2. Admin settings 
3. This filter (highest priority)

EC Lightbox

EC Lightbox is a minimal WordPress plugin that adds a modern lightbox to galleries using GLightbox.

andreyk

Use this plugin instead of tiresome saving images from the internet and uploading them to your blog. You learn the value of this grabber e.g. when you need to move your old non-WordPress site with many pictures to the WordPress-based. 
The plugin recognizes images by the presence (jpg|jpeg|gif|png) in URLs.
If you like this plugin please vote for it.
Please feel free to contact me with your questions or suggestions.

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