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by Andrew Ozz 4.3 (6 reviews)

Shutter Reloaded

Darkens the current page and displays an image (like Lightbox, Thickbox, etc.), but is a lot smaller (10KB) and faster.

Shutter Reloaded ranks #6,704 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #636 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Apr 14, 2012. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.4 (Current: 7.1)
v2.5 Current Version v2.5
Updated 14 years ago Last Update on 14 Apr, 2012
Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#636 of 6,305 in Media Top 10% by installs No update in over a year
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143.9K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3
6 reviews
Overall 86%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Shutter Reloaded. Checked 1 month ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Shutter Reloaded is for website owners and bloggers who want a lightweight image viewer for their site. It solves the need for a Lightbox/Thickbox-style image popup effect without requiring external libraries or adding significant page weight.

  • Resizes large images automatically
  • Combines images into sets
  • Redraws window after resizing
  • Pre-loads neighbour images
  • Customizable background colour and opacity
  • Customizable caption and button text colour
  • Enable via CSS class shutter
  • Auto-makes image sets per post

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Shutter Reloaded

Unzip. Upload the shutter-reloaded folder to the plugins directory. Activate the plugin. Go to "Appearance - Shutter Reloaded" and set your preferences. Upgrade Deactivate and delete the old version. Upload and activate the new one.
Since Shutter Reloaded does not use any js libraries, it does not interfere with them.
Then none of your links will be changed and will work as usual.
No, Shutter Reloaded looks only for links pointing to an image (with thumbnails or not), and will not change any other link, even if the link has the same CSS class used for activation.

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