MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows

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1. ★★★★★ andreadelriva

   12mo ago

   First, It is an add on the should be part of meta slider itself. No reason to have it separated from the other. The crop options are intentionally tweaked to make the image look dumb, and impossible to adjust to a decent view. Solution? upgrade lol How am I even supposed to consider the premium options, when the basics fail to server its purpose. But hey, nice try. Installed, and uninstalled right away. This topic was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by andreadelriva. Reason: missing a note

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2. ★★★★★ vitralsolutions

   8.4y ago

   I think this plugin is just great. Have support for the most used lightbox plugins and do its job perfectly.

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3. ★★★★★ richardsan

   9.9y ago

   really great work!

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4. ★★★★★ arceoh

   10.1y ago

   Uninstalling this and Metaslider since they forced Extendify into it. Would not recommend to anyone.

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5. ★★★★★ bimofix

   10.3y ago

   Thanks a lot for the plugin! Only have a little problem with the image description with the responsive lightbox plugin, otherwise great plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ Hendrik57

   10.3y ago

   Please, remove link because this plugin is no longer available.

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7. ★★★★★ Pieter-Henk

   11.1y ago

   It works great, but Easy FancyBox loads to slow on my website what results in opening the image full size in the browser window instead of the lightbox if you click directly when you see the image gallery. I do use other plugins like fade page transitions what might cause this problem. I have chosen for WP Lightbox 2 which works great. It is a great add on.

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8. ★★★★★ Ingmarc

   11.7y ago

   does what it should. One simple checkbox, upon clicking on slider it opens in a lightbox gallery. Better would be if a lightbox function is implemented directly in meta slider (pro?), so all the styling of normal slider and lightbox slider are consistent. (I used easy fancybox, which works fine, but it turns out hard to set max-width and max height of lightbox…)

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.34.0 ADDED: Per-gallery image styling — filters, rounded corners, border, shadow, opacity, and rotate/flip, #510; CHANGED: Image Styles filters now also apply to the lightbox image and thumbnail strip, #523; CHANGED: Updated 2.34.0
2. — Version 2.33.0 ADDED: Dedicated “Upgrade to Pro” page, #400; ADDED: Pro upgrade prompts within the Gallery interface, #468; ADDED: More per-gallery customization for the gallery window, including “Open in Gallery” button, icon and text 2.33.0
3. — Version 2.32.3 FIXED: Gallery image clickthrough when Open in Gallery button is enabled, #466; CHANGED: Gallery Pro links, #469; 2.32.3
4. — Version 2.32.2 ADDED: Disable Gallery Window Setting, #411; FIXED: Gallery images doesn’t follow Image Size Setting, #460; FIXED: “MetaSlider Gallery” category blocks lightbox, #442; FIXED: Authors can see the Gallery menu link, #451; 2.32.2
5. — Version 2.32.1 ADDED: Allow users to customize the thumbnail border and hover color, #374; FIXED: Sanitize image captions before rendering to prevent XSS via lightGallery data-sub-html, #388; FIXED: Require manage_options capability in 2.32.1
6. — Version 2.32.0 ADDED: Allow users to choose the color for the progress bar, #421; CHANGED: Update settings and UI text from “lightbox” to “gallery”, #391; CHANGED: Rename “Rotate” feature to “Rotate and Flip” to reflect available actio 2.32.0

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MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ml-slider-lightbox