by Rustaurius 4 (19 reviews)

Ultimate Lightbox

Name: Ultimate Lightbox
Rating: 4.0 (19 reviews)
Author: Rustaurius

Add a responsive lightbox to any or all images on your site

Ultimate Lightbox ranks #6,574 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #636 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4/5 rating from 19 reviews, and was last updated Jul 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.1.12 Current Version v1.1.12

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 29 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#636 of 6,305 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads +12.3% this week

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#6,574

-6 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-21.5%

KW Avg Position

10.2

0.2 better

Downloads

56.6K

+13 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (19 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 7.4%

1K+ 2K+

6,525

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

19 reviews

Overall 80%

13 (68%)

1 (5%)

3 (16%)

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Total Threads

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100%

Resolution Rate

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.12
Last Updated: Jul 29, 2026
Requires WP: 3.5.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Rustaurius

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 19
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Ultimate Lightbox is for WordPress site owners who want to display images, galleries, and videos in an overlay viewer instead of opening them in a new window. It solves the problem of manually configuring which images get lightbox behavior by letting users enable it via a checkbox or target specific images by CSS class, ID, or selector.

Lightbox for all images
Lightbox for WordPress galleries
Lightbox for YouTube videos
Target images by CSS class, ID, selector
Autoplay, zoom, maximize, close, download controls
Optional thumbnail strip
Multiple lightbox arrow graphics
Styling options for color, size, font

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ultimate Lightbox

Select any of the options from the "Add Lightbox Options" area of the options page to pick which images should have a lightbox associated with them.

Go to the "Basic" area of the lightbox options and set "Show Thumbnail Images" to either "Bottom" or "Top"

Yes you can. In the "Controls" area of the lightbox options, you can add and remove controls to the four corners of the screen

First go to the "Controls" area of the lightbox options and put the autoplay control into one of the areas. Then, in the "Basic" area of the lightbox options, you can choose the autoplay interval and whether or not you want autoplay to start automatically when the lightbox is opened.

You can choose to hide the image title and/or description and/or the lightbox thumbnail preview strip using the "Hide Elements from Mobile View" setting in the "Basic" area of the lightbox options.

Just go to the "Icons" area of the lightbox options to choose your arrow graphic and your icon set for the controls.

In the "Styling" area of the lightbox options, you can modify the color, size and font size for virtually every element that makes up the lightbox.