by Firelight 4.8 (360 reviews)

Firelight Lightbox

Name: Firelight Lightbox
Rating: 4.8 (360 reviews)
Author: Firelight

Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.

Firelight Lightbox ranks #257 among WordPress.org plugins with 200,000+ active installations, is #25 of 6,299 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 360 reviews, and was last updated Sep 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.3.23 Current Version v2.3.23

Updated 5 days ago Last Update on 10 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#25 of 6,299 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads +1379.6% this week Actively maintained

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#257

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Active Installs

200K+

-15.5%

KW Avg Position

62.8

0.6 better

Downloads

7.9M

+2,054 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (360 reviews)

Next Milestone 300K

Total Progress 35.4%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

360 reviews

Overall 96%

327 (91%)

15 (4%)

7 (2%)

1 (0%)

10 (3%)

Support Threads Overview

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Unresolved

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 6 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jul 23, 2026

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.21

CVE-2026-6454 · Fixed in v2.3.21
Jun 19, 2025

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.17

CVE-2025-52707 · Fixed in v2.3.17
Jun 6, 2025

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.16

CVE-2025-5035 · Fixed in v2.3.16
Apr 21, 2025

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.15

CVE-2025-3597 · Fixed in v2.3.15
Dec 3, 2024

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.4

CVE-2024-5020 · Fixed in v2.3.4
Oct 24, 2024

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 2.3.4

CVE-2024-50460 · Fixed in v2.3.4
Sep 25, 2019

Firelight Lightbox [easy-fancybox] < 1.8.18

CVE-2019-16524 · Fixed in v1.8.18

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.23
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Firelight

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 360
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

gallery image lightbox modal photo

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want images, videos, PDFs, and other media to open in a lightbox. It replaces the previous Easy Fancybox plugin and provides automatic detection and display of media in a lightweight, customizable overlay.