jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries

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1. ★★★★★ Isaac Newton Ribeiro de Araújo

   5.9y ago

   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.

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2. ★★★★★ Tom

   6.3y ago

   Great. Works until now with the latest WordPress.

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3. ★★★★★ novice212

   11.8y ago

   Hi ! I don’t understand, two days ago, JQuery works and now, Jquery doesn’t work anymore. Someone know something about one bug ? Thanks

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4. ★★★★★ sirlero

   12.2y ago

   great and easy plugin thnx!

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5. ★★★★★ Brainstorm Force

   12.7y ago

   I see this plugin has discontinued it’s development. Still – I’m not sure why the author has de-registered the core jQuery that WordPress provides? IMO as WP plugin developer myself, one should not de-registered default scripts that WP provides by default as other developers might be relying on them to make their code work.

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6. ★★★★★ lornix

   13.0y ago

   Love it! So simple and clean. A little CSS tweak to match site colors and we’re good to go. Thanks for keeping this available.

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7. ★★★★★ Donna McMaster

   13.3y ago

   Sorry that development is being discontinued. I prefer this over the monster that is Jetpack. There is no support for user-friendly customization. So I peg it at 5 stars if you have some programming familiarity; 4 stars if you find editing CSS and jQuery script invocations to be a challenge.

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8. ★★★★★ ginez_17

   13.6y ago

   As far as I can see this plugin works great and the js doesn’t seem to conflict with any other plugin I have installed. Also very quick to load.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.2.2 Update ColorBox to v1.3.14 (see it’s changelog ). Fixes functionality under WordPress 3.1. 3.2.2
2. — Version 3.2.1 Update ColorBox to v1.3.8 (see it’s changelog ). 3.2.1
3. — Version 3.2.0 Make any link that has the class lightbox into a lightbox. No grouping or anything, at least for now. 3.2.0
4. — Version 3.1.4 Don’t change the attachment link inside the admin area. 3.1.4
5. — Version 3.1.3 Update ColorBox to v1.3.6 (see it’s changelog ). 3.1.3
6. — 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 Twen 3.1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 63 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 39 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-16 5K+ → 4K+ down after 286 days in tier
2. 2025-10-03 6K+ → 5K+ down after 309 days in tier
3. 2024-11-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-11-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-11-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 241 days in tier
6. 2024-03-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 175 days in tier
7. 2023-10-07 9K+ → 8K+ down after 26 days in tier
8. 2023-09-11 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Featherlight Disabled 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
• C Cleaner Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
• fancyBox 3 for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B

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jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries: 4K+ active installs, 4.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/jquery-lightbox-for-native-galleries