by Ryan Hellyer 4.8 (12 reviews)

Simple Colorbox

Name: Simple Colorbox
Rating: 4.8 (12 reviews)
Author: Ryan Hellyer

Description: Adds a very simple Colorbox to your linked images.

Simple Colorbox ranks #5,383 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #630 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Nov 29, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.4.34 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.6.1 Current Version v1.6.1

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 29 Nov, 2017

Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on

#630 of 6,651 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads -5.8% this week No update in over a year

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Active Installs

1K+

-46.2%

KW Avg Position

24.5

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Downloads

41.9K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 82.5%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Sep 26, 2025 UNPATCHED

Simple Colorbox [simple-colorbox] <= 1.6.1 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-60124 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.1
Last Updated: Nov 29, 2017
Requires WP: 3.9+
Tested Up To: 4.4.34
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Ryan Hellyer

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

colorbox hover layover lightbox simple

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add a lightbox effect to their linked images without complex configuration. It solves the problem of needing a simple, settings-free Colorbox implementation as an alternative to other lightbox plugins.

No settings required
Slideshow support
Simple install and activate

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple Colorbox

If you want an uber simple easy to use (and extensible) Colorbox solution.

I only provide support for the latest version of WordPress.

Yes. Anything which you link to with a class of .colorbox should appear in a Colorbox.

Simply add title tags toy our images.

It didn't! WordPress altered the way the media uploader handled title tags, which in turn confused users who were attempting to add image captions via the media uploader. The plugin did, does and should keep working with captions into the future.