by FooPlugins 3.9 (95 reviews)

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox

Name: Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox
Rating: 3.9 (95 reviews)
Author: FooPlugins

A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin ranks #424 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #33 of 6,296 in the Media category, a 3.9/5 rating from 95 reviews, and was last updated Aug 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.8.5 Current Version v2.8.5

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 27 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#33 of 6,296 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads -51.6% this week Actively maintained

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#424

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Active Installs

100K+

-19.4%

KW Avg Position

0.6 better

Downloads

3.1M

+515 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

78%

Review 3.9 out of 5

3.9 (95 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 22.9%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.9

95 reviews

Overall 78%

63 (66%)

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18 (19%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

16 known vulnerabilities on record · 4 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 30, 2026

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.34

CVE-2024-13362 · Fixed in v2.7.34
Jul 7, 2025

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.35

CVE-2025-5537 · Fixed in v2.7.35
Apr 4, 2025

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.34

CVE-2025-32139 · Fixed in v2.7.34
Oct 16, 2024

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.17

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v2.7.17
Aug 7, 2024

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.32

CVE-2024-5668 · Fixed in v2.7.32
May 28, 2024

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.28

CVE-2024-3276 · Fixed in v2.7.28
Jul 18, 2023

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.27

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v2.7.27
Mar 4, 2022

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.17

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v2.7.17
Feb 28, 2022

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.17

Fixed in v2.7.17
Feb 28, 2022

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox [foobox-image-lightbox] < 2.7.17

Fixed in v2.7.17

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.8.5
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2026
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.4 or higher
Author: FooPlugins

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.9
Reviews: 95
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

gallery images lightbox modal popup

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display images and galleries in a lightbox or modal popup instead of a separate page. It solves the problem of visitors being redirected away from the site when clicking images, and offers a free trial upgrade path for advanced features like video, HTML, and iframe lightboxes.

Responsive lightbox design
Works with WordPress galleries
Auto links existing unlinked images
Full Gutenberg block editor support
Control FooBox JS & CSS assets
Works with FooGallery plugin
7-day free trial of Pro
WordPress lightbox compatibility setting

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox

A WordPress gallery lightbox displays images in a modal overlay above the page when clicked, allowing visitors to view larger images and navigate through a gallery without leaving the page.

Yes. WordPress 6.4+ includes a basic Expand on Click feature for galleries. It provides a simple overlay but lacks advanced features like navigation controls, styling options, and social sharing.

FooBox is a WordPress lightbox plugin that adds customizable, responsive overlays for images, with zero configuration.

Yes. FooBox supports responsive layouts, swipe gestures, and touch-optimized controls for mobile and tablet devices.

Yes. FooBox PRO includes themes, color controls, icons, animations, caption display options, slideshow mode, fullscreen viewing, and deep-linking.

No. FooBox is performance-optimized and loads assets only when needed. When combined with optimized images, it does not negatively impact page speed. FooBox is not working. I do not see a lightbox Make sure your images/galleries are set to Link To the Media File (within Gutenberg). In the class editor, make sure your images/galleries are linking to the media file. FooBox scans for images or thumbs that are pointing to the full-size version of the image. If the image is not linking to the full size image, then FooBox cannot work on that image. You can tell if an image links to a full-size version when you can click on the image and the full size version opens in the browser.

Yes. Enable the Auto Link Existing Images setting under FooBox Settings > Compatibility. FooBox will try to detect unlinked WordPress attachment images on the frontend and wrap them with a media-file link automatically, so they can open in FooBox without editing each old post or page. For new content, we still recommend setting WordPress images to Link To > Media File. The Default Image Link setting in FooBox can help make that the default for future inserts. FooBox is not working. There is an error in the console "Uncaught ReferenceError: FooBox is not defined" Some plugins or themes defer javascript in the page, which causes the FooBox initialization code to run BEFORE the FooBox main script is loaded. This has been fixed in version 1.2.24. Please upgrade.

There is a setting to try and disable hard coded lightboxes, but this is not a sure-fire solution for every scenario. If that setting does not work for you, you might need to deregister certain javascript files, or uncomment certain lines of code in your theme to remove it's lightbox.