Simplelightbox
Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop without requiring jQuery
Maintenance 14/100853d since update
Active installs
1,000
Downloads
30,253
Reviews
11
Age
10.2y
Tagsimagelightboxsimplemodaloverlay
Plugin info
Total downloads: 30,253
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 11
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 8/31/2023 (853 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/8/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.3.0
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 853 days ago • Support resolved 0% • 11 reviews
14/100
Is Simplelightbox abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 853 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0.1
Tested up to: 6.3.0
Requires PHP: f
Similar & Alternatives
Explore plugins with similar tags, and compare key metrics like downloads, ratings, updates, support, and WP/PHP compatibility.
Emberly Popups
Rating 0.0/5 (0 reviews) • Active installs 10
Popup Box – Easily Create WordPress Popups
Rating 5.0/5 (11 reviews) • Active installs 5,000
Shadowbox JS
Rating 4.6/5 (9 reviews) • Active installs 2,000
CTC Masonry Gallery 🎨
Rating 5.0/5 (3 reviews) • Active installs 1,000
Page Takeover
Rating 4.2/5 (9 reviews) • Active installs 400
Description
The simplelightbox wordpress plugin brings the simplelightbox jquery plugin to wordpress.
You can change every option that the lightbox have in the admin panel under Design -> Simplelightbox.
Installation
Install
- Upload the ‘simplelightbox’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Design -> Simplelightbox and set up the lightbox like you want
Uninstall
- Deactivate Simplelightbox in the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- After Deactivation a ‘Delete’ link appears below the plugin name, follow the link and confim with ‘Yes, Delete these files’.
- This will delete all the plugin files from the server as well as erasing all options the plugin has stored in the database.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please visit the Support Forum
for questions, answers, support and feature requests.
Review feed
No reviews available
Screenshots
No screenshots available
Changelog
2.14.4
- Updating to latest simplelightbox version which fixes captionSelector error.
2.14.3
- Fixing not using fileExt error on regex and updated to latest simplelightbox version
2.14.2
- Fixing not using fileExt on special theme links
2.14.1
- Updated to latest simplelightbox version
2.14.0
- Updated to latest simplelightbox version
2.13.0
- Updated to latest simplelightbox version and fixing design break in backend; fixing caption opacity;
2.12.0
- Updated to latest simplelightbox version
2.11.0
- Fixing not working lightbox on newer templates
2.10.1
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.10.3) with bugfixing
2.10.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.10.2) with new option and bugfixing
2.9.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.9.0) with 2 new options for mousezooming
2.8.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.8.0) with some tweaks and passive event listeners
2.7.3
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.7.3)
2.7.2
- Fixed #232 – sourceAttr does not work. Thanks to @bivisual for the issue
2.7.2
- Fixed #231 – disableRightClick doesn’t. Thanks to @DrMint for the fix
2.7.1
- Removed jQuery dependency in the frontend plugin. Was only used for 3 simple selectors.
2.7.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.7.0) and an option for additional html selectors.
2.6.2
- Bugfixing css output= 2.6.1 =
- Bugfixing wrong z-index
2.6.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.6.0) with some fixes and new options.
2.4.1
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.4.1) with lots of fixes and improvments and a new option to use the legacy version with IE support.
2.1.5
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.1.5) with lots of fixes and improvments
2.0.0
- Added latest simplelightbox.js (2.0.0) with new options and a complete rewrite
1.6.0
- Added simplelightbox.js (1.6.0) with new options
1.5.2
- fix issues on older php versions
1.5.1
- Code refactoring thanks to Andrej Cremoznik
1.5.0
- Added simplelightbox.js (1.5.0) with the two new options
1.4.6
- Added localization file and new version of simplelightbox.js (1.4.6)
1.4.5
- Added new simplelightbox.js Options for captions
1.4.4
- Bugfix saving does not work
- Added new version of simplelightbox.js (1.4.5)
1.4.3
- Added new Options for styling the lightbox
- Bugfix z-index for spinner to low
- Added new version of simplelightbox.js
1.4.2
- Bugfix for issue #2 – Drop Event does not fire when mouse leaves window
- Increased Z-index
1.4
- Caption Attribute can now be what, you want, or data-title
- Fixed some small issues
1.3.1
- Bugfix: disable keyboard control if lightbox is closed
1.3.0
- Added current index indicator/counter
1.2.0
- Added option for captions attribute (title or data-title)
1.1.2
- Bugfix for looping images
1.1.1
- Bugfix for loading indicator and removed a log-event
1.1.0
- Added classname for lightbox wrapper and width/height ratio
1.0.0
- Initial Release