by Firelight 4.6 (72 reviews)

LightPress Lightbox

Name: LightPress Lightbox
Rating: 4.6 (72 reviews)
Author: Firelight

Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.

LightPress Lightbox ranks #907 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #98 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.6/5 rating from 72 reviews, and was last updated Mar 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9.11 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.3.5 Current Version v2.3.5

Updated 7 months ago Last Update on 26 Mar, 2026

Refreshed 6 days ago Last Refreshed on

#98 of 6,651 in Media Top 1% by installs Downloads -63.3% this week

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#907

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Active Installs

40K+

-4.5%

KW Avg Position

91.8

0.5 better

Downloads

922K

+44 today

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Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (72 reviews)

Next Milestone 50K

Total Progress 16.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

72 reviews

Overall 92%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

Apr 7, 2026

LightPress Lightbox [wp-jquery-lightbox] < 2.3.5

CVE-2026-4379 · Fixed in v2.3.5
Apr 21, 2025

LightPress Lightbox [wp-jquery-lightbox] < 2.3.4

CVE-2025-3649 · Fixed in v2.3.4
Jun 6, 2024

LightPress Lightbox [wp-jquery-lightbox] < 1.5.5

CVE-2024-5425 · Fixed in v1.5.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.5
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9.11
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Firelight

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 72
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

LightPress Lightbox is for WordPress site owners who want images and galleries to open in a lightbox display. It automatically detects images and galleries linked to media files and presents them in a customizable lightbox overlay.

Automatic detection of images/galleries
Customize lightbox colors
Classic and modern navigation styles
Option to show info bar
Show title or alt text
Option to show download button
Slideshow options
Keyboard navigation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about LightPress Lightbox

WP jQuery Lightbox grabs texts from three different HTML nodes; title-attribute of link-to-image img tag's title attribute (if 1 is empty) img tag's alt attribute (if 1 and 2 is empty) HTML content of .gallery-caption or .wp-caption-text (in that order) Look at how the default TwentyTwelve theme uses these in its galleries and set up your theme so it outputs what you need in these places. I can see elements of my site through the overlay It's a problem of z-index. Check the z-index property for the problematic elements, and force them to be less than 100. (Thanks dway!)

Inserting Images into Posts and Pages

Upload images to a post (see previous question) and use WordPress' built-in gallery shortcode: [gallery link="file"] Note the link="file" - this is crucial! By default the gallery will link your humbnails to a page displaying your image. With link="file" the thumbnails links directly to the image files - allowing Lightbox to function.

WP-jQuery Lightbox lets you configure the animation duration and disable image resizing from the admin panel. Set duration to 0 to disable animations entirely. For developers: Always have wp_footer(); just before the closing </body> tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which generally use this hook to reference JavaScript files. Apply lightbox to any content by running jqlb_apply_lightbox($your_content, "any ID"); It returns a string with all image links lightboxed, grouped by "any id". Many JavaScript optimizers, combiners, minifiers, etc. conflict with wp_localize_script, used to configure this plugin and many others. If you have problems with jQuery Lightbox; first disable all JavaScript-optimizing plugins. (Optimize Scripts, W3 Total Cache, WP Minify etc) If you develop JavaScript optimizers for WordPress, please play nice with the default API... More info about this issue

Indeed you can! Translations and help with implementing them would be nice.