Title: imageLightbox
Author: Bjørn Johansen
Published: <strong>May 20, 2014</strong>
Last modified: October 8, 2016

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# imageLightbox

 By [Bjørn Johansen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bjornjohansen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/imagelightbox.0.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imagelightbox/)

## Description

This is a WordPressified version of the excellent, lightweight (for real!) imageLightbox.
js (MIT-licensed) by Osvaldas Valutis (http://osvaldas.info/image-lightbox-responsive-
touch-friendly)

This is his introduction to the lightbox:
 “As for the image lightboxes, I have 
always lacked simplicity for them. I mean not only the visual design, but the overall
experience: from implementation to UX. All due respect, but I have never liked any
of these light-fancy-face-boxes. They all were solving problems that just don’t 
exist: lots of unwanted features by default, total mess in markup, no native behavior
for touch screens. I was working on a project and needed an image lightbox that 
solves these problems. I needed a lightbox only for images, not video, text, and
iframes at once. I made ImageLightbox.js.”

This version autodetects all links to image files and opens them in the lightbox.

For your “install, activate and go”-convenience, this plugin comes with a minimal
CSS that easily can be deactivated and/or replaced.

The plugin can also be themed to your liking. An example theme is available here:
https://github.com/bjornjohansen/imagelightbox-theme-smooth

Please let me know if you have any issues. Fastest way to get a response is by Twitter:
https://twitter.com/bjornjohansen

## Installation

 1. Download and unzip plugin
 2. Upload the ‘imagelightbox’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory,
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  How do I use the plugin with my images?

Autodetection FTW!

  How do I change the options?

FILTERS FTW! imageLightbox_options

  How do I replace the CSS with my own?

FILTERS FTW! imageLightbox_include_css

  How to I create my own theme for the plugin?

Have a look at https://github.com/bjornjohansen/imagelightbox-theme-smooth

  How do I use the lightbox on image links that are inserted with AJAX?

Call imageLightbox() on the elements: $(‘.newelements’).imageLightbox();

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84302045787dce10187c43f3389bf9e44c240fbbbdbb004b875f6464f4656a2b?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[just tested with 4.8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-tested-with-4-8/)󠁿

 [xemka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xemka/) June 30, 2017

It seems to work on 4.8, but I don’t know how to check if there is any issues. For
now this plugin is doing perfectly what it’s supposed to do

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ab4726655d23df541b0870cca9cd1a11ffa88ad5853dc4905571825637c7346?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-3676/)󠁿

 [Tymur Baizuldin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tymur-baizuldin/) September 3,
2016

Great plugin! Thanks!

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imagelightbox/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“imageLightbox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Bjørn Johansen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bjornjohansen/)

[Translate “imageLightbox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/imagelightbox)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/imagelightbox/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/imagelightbox/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/imagelightbox/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/imagelightbox/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.1

Theming now possible

#### 0.1

Released

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.1**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.6.30**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/)
 * Tags
 * [images](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)[jquery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/)
   [lightbox](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightbox/)[lightweight](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightweight/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/imagelightbox/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imagelightbox/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Bjørn Johansen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bjornjohansen/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/imagelightbox/)

## Donate

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