Title: jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries
Author: Automattic
Published: August 2, 2008
Last modified: July 13, 2012
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# jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries
By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries.zip)
* [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/#description)
* [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/#installation)
* [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/)
## Description
**DISCONTINUATION NOTICE:** Development on this plugin has ceased in favor of the
carousel module in the [Jetpack plugin](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/).
I recommend you use that plugin instead — it’s much more full featured.
Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called [ColorBox](http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/)
to display the fullsize images right there in the page. No modifications required.
You can also make single non-`[gallery]` images use the lightbox by giving their
links a class of “lightbox”, like so:
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## Installation
Log into the administration area of your blog and click on Plugins -> Add New in
the menu. Search for the name of this plugin and then click install on the right
side, and then again in the pop-up window.
## FAQ
Installation Instructions
Log into the administration area of your blog and click on Plugins -> Add New in
the menu. Search for the name of this plugin and then click install on the right
side, and then again in the pop-up window.
## Reviews
### [Plugin não funciona no WP 5.5.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nao-funciona-no-wp-5-5-1/)
[Isaac Newton Ribeiro de Araújo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isaacribeiro/)
October 18, 2020
O jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries não funciona na versão 5.5.1 do WordPress.
Todas as publicações e páginas ficam em branco quando ele é ativado. Curiosamente,
o problema não se repete quando outro plugin lightbox é ativado, mas a aparência
das galerias de imagens não é boa.
### [Great. Works until now](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-works-until-now/)
[Tom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thommen/) May 22, 2020
Great. Works until now with the latest WordPress.
[ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
* [ Alex Mills ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viper007bond/)
“jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank
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for their contributions.
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### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### Version 3.2.2
* Update ColorBox to v1.3.14 (see [it’s changelog](http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/core/README)).
Fixes functionality under WordPress 3.1.
#### Version 3.2.1
* Update ColorBox to v1.3.8 (see [it’s changelog](http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/core/README)).
#### Version 3.2.0
* Make any link that has the class `lightbox` into a lightbox. No grouping or anything,
at least for now.
#### Version 3.1.4
* Don’t change the attachment link inside the admin area.
#### Version 3.1.3
* Update ColorBox to v1.3.6 (see [it’s changelog](http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/core/README)).
#### Version 3.1.2
* Remove IE PNG fixes as they require a full URL and it’s not worth the trouble.
Works well enough in IE8.
* Change how groups of images are labeled (use a random number rather than the
gallery’s ID so it works with the Twenty Ten theme).
#### Version 3.1.1
* Update ColorBox to v1.3.4.
#### Version 3.1.0
* Update ColorBox to v1.3.3.
* Include all five of the default ColorBox themes and add a settings page to pick
between them.
* Change the lightbox maxwidth and maxheight to 95% as I think it looks better.
#### Version 3.0.2
* Don’t do anything inside of feeds (i.e. modify the thumbnail links).
#### Version 3.0.1
* Fix spelling mistake on the ColorBox style ID.
#### Version 3.0.0
* Switch the awesome [ColorBox](http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/). It looks pretty
and does large image resizing. Yay!
#### Version 2.0.1
* Remove an extra comma that was breaking stupid Internet Explorer. Props [Troy](http://troycawley.com/).
#### Version 2.0.0
* Switched lightbox scripts as I was unhappy with the previous one.
#### Version 1.1.0
* Update jquery_lightbox package. It now supports resizing images that are too
large as well as not disabling IE6 support.
* Makes the lightbox gallery-aware, i.e. don’t allow next/prev between image sets.
Thanks to Benjamin “balupton” Lupton!
#### Version 1.0.1
* Better WordPress 2.6 support (i.e. when you have a moved plugins directory).
#### Version 1.0.0
* Initial release.
## Meta
* Version **3.2.2**
* Last updated **9 years ago**
* Active installations **5,000+**
* WordPress version ** 2.6 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.4.2**
* Languages
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/),
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[Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/),
and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries)
* Tags
* [gallery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[jquery](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/)
[lightbox](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightbox/)
* [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/advanced/)
## Ratings
4 out of 5 stars.
* [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/)
* [ Alex Mills ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/viper007bond/)
## Support
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