PrettyPhoto – Simple Lightbox Plugin

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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1. ★★★★★ keyur161095

   6.2y ago

   Woking fine as expected.

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2. ★★★★★ Moses

   8.1y ago

   ugly plugin and not responsive, yet wp backery and visual composer keeps forcing us to use it!

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3. ★★★★★ Setareh

   10.9y ago

   Such a waste of time…

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4. ★★★★★ mellowvision

   11.3y ago

   I switched from Royal Pretty Photo when that plugin stopped operating correctly, and this was a seamless transition.

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5. ★★★★★ clciarcia

   11.3y ago

   This plugin does NOT work on mobile. I have an iphone 5, and if you click the photo it opens completely off-center from the screen. You can’t even scroll around and try to re-center without the image disappearing again. Such a disappointment, because it works fine on desktop.

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6. ★★★★★ fbod383

   11.5y ago

   no instructions, you cant even see where the plug in goes once its installed. this needs to be removed

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7. ★★★★★ zipzit

   12.2y ago

   This is exactly what I need.. something with little overhead, to just lightbox display a single image when needed. Thank you very much!

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8. ★★★★★ monzu02

   13.0y ago

   not working on iphone5

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.4 prettyPhoto <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-05 CVE-2025-58808 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.4 No patch available
2. Medium · 6.4 WordPress prettyPhoto <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter ↗
   2024-06-05 CVE-2024-5162 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.3 Patched in 1.2.4
3. Medium · 6.1 WordPress prettyPhoto <= 1.1 - DOM Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2015-05-05 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1 Patched in 1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-05-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 566 days in tier
2. 2023-11-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2023-10-31 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2023-10-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-10-28 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-10-27 4K+ → 3K+ down after 356 days in tier
7. 2022-11-05 5K+ → 4K+ 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).

• FancyBox for WordPress 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• ARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• F FancyBox 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• fancyBox 3 for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP fancybox 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• WP ImageViewer 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B

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PrettyPhoto – Simple Lightbox Plugin: 2K+ active installs, 2.8★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/prettyphoto