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jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries

by Automattic · Media

Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 73
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-21%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “5K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.8K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1381 daily snapshots

Details

Version
3.2.2
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2008-08-02
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-10-03 6K+ → 5K+ down after 309 days in band
  2. 2024-11-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2024-11-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in band
  4. 2024-11-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 241 days in band
  5. 2024-03-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 175 days in band
  6. 2023-10-07 9K+ → 8K+ down after 26 days in band
  7. 2023-09-11 10K+ → 9K+ down

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jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries: 5K+ active installs, 4.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries