by Noor Alam 4.3 (23 reviews)

WP Colorbox

Name: WP Colorbox
Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)
Author: Noor Alam

View image, video (YouTube, Vimeo), page, inline HTML, custom content in lightbox. Add jQuery Colorbox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.

WP Colorbox ranks #3,136 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #379 of 6,305 in the Media category, a 4.3/5 rating from 23 reviews, and was last updated Aug 16, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 16 Aug, 2025

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#379 of 6,305 in Media Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#3,136

+2 this week

Active Installs

5K+

-9.8%

KW Avg Position

67.7

— No change

Downloads

154.6K

+16 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (23 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 52%

5K+ 6K+

168

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

23 reviews

Overall 86%

16 (70%)

3 (13%)

1 (4%)

2 (9%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Aug 20, 2025

WP Colorbox [wp-colorbox] < 1.1.6

CVE-2025-49397 · Fixed in v1.1.6
Aug 17, 2020

WP Colorbox [wp-colorbox] < 1.1.3

Fixed in v1.1.3
Aug 14, 2020

WP Colorbox [wp-colorbox] < 1.1.5

Fixed in v1.1.5
WP Colorbox [wp-colorbox] < 1.1.5

Fixed in v1.1.5

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2025
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Noor Alam

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 23
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP Colorbox is for WordPress site owners and content creators who want to display images, videos, and other content in a lightbox popup. It solves the problem of linking to media or external pages without users having to leave the current page.