How to manually activate the lightbox functionality for a link?

Simply add the attribute data-gallery to the link tag and it will be opened in the lightbox: Banana If multiple links on the page have the data-gallery attribute, the lightbox enables gallery navigation between the linked resources.

How can I display HTML5 videos in the lightbox?

Add the data-gallery attribute and a type attribute with the video content type to the link: Cats Dogs Please note that this is only supported in browsers which can play native HTML5 video and support the required video codec.

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blueimp lightbox

Name: blueimp lightbox
Rating: 4.4 (16 reviews)
Author: blueimp

Official blueimp Gallery lightbox for Wordpress.

blueimp lightbox ranks #6,759 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #635 of 6,009 in the Media category, a 4.4/5 rating from 16 reviews, and was last updated Sep 4, 2014. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.1.2 Current Version v1.1.2

Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 04 Sep, 2014

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Version: 1.1.2
Last Updated: Sep 04, 2014
Requires WP: 3.6.1+
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want a lightbox gallery for images and videos on their site. It solves the problem of displaying media without a native touch-enabled, responsive lightbox by automatically adding gallery functionality to image links or letting users add it manually.

Touch-enabled navigation
Responsive and customizable gallery
Video support
Carousel functionality
Swipe, mouse and keyboard navigation
Transition effects and slideshow
Fullscreen support
Options page to restrict media types

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about blueimp lightbox

In the Gallery settings, set the "Link To" option to "Media File".

Simply add the attribute data-gallery to the link tag and it will be opened in the lightbox: <a href="banana.jpg" data-gallery>Banana</a> If multiple links on the page have the data-gallery attribute, the lightbox enables gallery navigation between the linked resources.

To enable the HTML5 fullscreen mode, add the #blueimp-gallery-fullscreen value for the data-gallery attribute: <a href="banana.jpg" data-gallery="#blueimp-gallery-fullscreen">Banana</a> Please note that this only has an effect in browsers which support the HTML5 fullscreen API. Other browsers will simply display the lightbox without HTML5 fullscreen mode.

Add the data-gallery attribute and a type attribute with the video content type to the link: <a href="cats.mp4" type="video/mp4" data-gallery>Cats</a> <a href="dogs.ogv" type="video/ogv" data-gallery>Dogs</a> Please note that this is only supported in browsers which can play native HTML5 video and support the required video codec.

Add the data-gallery attribute, set the type attribute to text/html and add a data-youtube attribute with the YouTube video ID: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi4CIXpx7Bg" type="text/html" data-youtube="zi4CIXpx7Bg" data-gallery>LES TWINS - An Industry Ahead</a>

Add the data-gallery attribute, set the type attribute to text/html and add a data-vimeo attribute with the Vimeo video ID: <a href="https://vimeo.com/73686146" type="text/html" data-vimeo="73686146" data-gallery>KN1GHT - Last Moon</a>

Head over to the blueimp Gallery project page and check out the Gallery docs.