Arya Dhiratara

Automatically adds Lightbox functionality to images displayed by WordPress (Gutenberg) Gallery and Image Blocks, as well as GenerateBlocks Image Blocks, and also videos created by the core Video Block, using the FSlightbox library.
This lightweight plugin will automatically adds Lightbox functionality to all images displayed by
<ul>
<li>the Core Gallery Block,</li>
<li>the Core Image Block,</li>
<li>GenerateBlocks Image Block,</li>
</ul>
and videos displayed by
<ul>
<li>the core Video Block</li>
</ul>
without the needs to set each gallery/image and video link to the media file so you don’t need to set them manually one by one.
Note: You can exclude specific image/video from getting the lightbox functionality by adding <code>no-lightbox</code> class to the image/video element.
<h3>About The Plugin</h3>
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This plugin has no settings (you can customized the default configuration using filters), hence does not add any data to the database, so you don’t need to worry about ‘database leftovers’ if you deactivate the plugin.
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This plugin will automatically add the wrapper link with the necessary attribute on each image and videos that uses the blocks mentioned above to add the lightbox functionality using a few lines of inline script. So it will not make any changes to your original image and video tags (if you check from the page’s HTML source), and will not add extra weight / DOM depth to your page’s HTML.
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By default, this plugin only works with the native WordPress Gallery, Image, and Video Blocks, as well as GenerateBlocks Image Blocks. You can add additional selectors using filters to make this functionality also works with other image/video blocks. If you need to, send me a request to have your image/video block included by default.
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This plugin will only enqueued its assets (1 JS file) to pages/posts that use blocks, and will not enqueue assets if the page/post doesn’t use one of them.
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I provided simple hover CSS which are not enabled by default. You can enable it using filter (see below).
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</ul>
<h3>To add other image/video block:</h3>
Add the CSS class uses by the image/video block element, e.g:
<pre><code>add_filter( 'use_lightbox_in', function($use_lightbox_in) {
 return $use_lightbox_in . ',.your-other-plugin-block-image-parent-element img, .your-other-plugin-image-class';
} );
</code></pre>
Add the block info/name so that this plugin will enqueued the FSlightbox JavaScripts if the block is use in a post/page, e.g:
<pre><code>add_filter( 'use_lightbox_if', function($use_lightbox_if) {
 return $use_lightbox_if . '|| has_block( "kadence/advancedgallery" ) || has_block( "your-plugin-block-name/the-block-name" )';
} );
</code></pre>
<h3>To only enable Lightbox Functionality on certain page/post types:</h3>
Simply use the <code>wp_dequeue</code> function**, e.g.:
<pre><code>add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function() {
 if ( ! is_singular('post') ) { // only enable in single post type
 wp_dequeue_script( 'image-video-lightbox' );
 }
});
</code></pre>
<h3>To only enable simple hover CSS:</h3>
<pre><code>add_filter('use_lightbox_css', function () {
 return true;
});
</code></pre>
<h3>Why using FSlightbox?</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/banthagroup/fslightbox" rel="nofollow ugc">FSlightbox</a> is Vanilla Javascript Lightbox Library written in pure JavaScript without jQuery or any other additional dependencies. It’s lightweight (around 9kb *gzip)! 
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<li>The JavaScript is delayable (*yes, it’s important for me). This is the only lightbox library I found that works when the JavaScript is delayed.</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>My other Plugins:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimize-more/" rel="ugc">Optimize More!</a> – A DIY WordPress Page Speed Optimization Pack. Features:
<ul>
<li>Load CSS Asynchronously – selectively load CSS file(s) asynchronously on selected post/page types.</li>
<li>Delay CSS and JS until User Interaction – selectively delay CSS/JS load until user interaction on selected post/page types.</li>
<li>Preload Critical CSS, JS, and Font Files – selectively preload critical CSS/JS/Font file(s) on selected post/page types.</li>
<li>Remove Unused CSS and JS Files – selectively remove unused CSS/JS file(s) on selected post/page types.</li>
<li>Load Gutenberg CSS conditionally – Load each CSS of the core blocks will only get enqueued when the block gets rendered on a page.</li>
<li>Advance Defer JS – hold JavaScripts load until everything else has been loaded. Adapted from the legendary varvy’s defer js method *recommended for defer loading 3rd party scripts like ads, pixels, and trackers</li>
<li>Defer JS – selectively defer loading JavaScript file(s) on selected post/page types.</li>
<li>Remove Passive Listener Warnings – Remove the “Does not use passive listeners to improve scrolling performance” warning on Google PageSpeed Insights</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/lazyload-preload-and-more/" rel="ugc">Lazyload, Preload, and more!</a> – This tiny little plugin (around 14kb zipped) will automatically:
<ul>
<li>lazyload your below the fold images/iframes/videos,</li>
<li>preload your featured images,</li>
<li>and add <code>loading="eager"</code> to your featured image and all images that have <code>no-lazy</code> or <code>skip-lazy</code> class.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/shop-extra/" rel="ugc">Shop Extra</a> – A lightweight plugin to optimize your WooCommerce & Business site:
<ul>
<li>Floating WhatsApp Chat Widget (can be use without WooCommerce),</li>
<li>WhatsApp Order Button for WooCommrece,</li>
<li>Hide/Disable WooCommerce Elements,</li>
<li>WooCommerce Strings Translations,</li>
<li>and many more.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/animate-on-scroll/" rel="ugc">Animate on Scroll</a> – Animate any Elements on scroll using the popular AOS JS library simply by adding class names. This plugin helps you integrate easily with AOS JS library to add any AOS animations to WordPress. Simply add the desired AOS animation to your element class name with “aos-” prefix and the plugin will add the corresponding aos attribute to the element tag.
</li>
</ul>

Image & Video Lightbox

Automatically adds Lightbox functionality to images and videos without the need to set the link to media file manually one by one.

ulfben

Erick Danzer

LightPress

LightPress Lightbox is a popular, very lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. It is active 40,000 websites. After activation, settings will appear under ‘Lightbox’ on your website’s main admin menu, and images and galleries will open in a nice 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. For galleries, this setting is on the sidebar by other block options.
LIGHTBOX DEMOS
<a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Lightbox Demo</a> 
<a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme</a> 
<a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox-dark/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme</a>
FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES 
– Automatic detection of images and galleries 
– Customize colors of lightbox and navigation 
– Classic and modern navigation styles 
– Option to show info bar 
– Option to show title or alt text 
– Option to show download button 
– Slideshow options 
– Keyboard navigation 
– And more!
Links: 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demos</a> 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a> 
-> <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-jquery-lightbox/" rel="ugc">Free Support</a>
PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES
LightPress Pro is a premium extension for this lightbox plugin that offers: 
– Priority support via email directly from devs 
– Powerful, Modern Pro Lighbox 
– Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox 
– Dozens of customizations options 
– Thumbnails within the lightbox 
– Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, zoom, slideshow, and more 
– Open videos (Youtube, Vimeo, self-hosted) 
– Opens PDF files 
– Opens content from external web pages 
– Create easy modals and popup boxes 
– Open image maps 
– Flawless on mobile devices 
– Hyper fast performance
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS</a> 
-> <a href="https://lightpress.io/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">GET PRO SUPPORT</a>
Background and Thanks
Special thanks to <a href="http://www.ulfbenjaminsson.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Ulf Benjaminsson</a>, who created the original WP JQuery Lightbox plugin and maintained it for many years.
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
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

LightPress Lightbox

Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.

Image & Video Lightbox vs LightPress Lightbox