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WP fancybox

by Noor Alam · Media

Also makes 24 other plugins · 155.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

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View image, YouTube video, Vimeo video, inline HTML in lightbox. Add fancybox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
65 Health · C
Maintenance 52/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

65 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.9K estimated

17.5K

Total downloads

since 2017

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+48%

290

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 60/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 448 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+48% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

290

now · peak 778

29630d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

WP fancybox · #6248 you Firelight Lightbox · #256 LightPress Lightbox · #906 WP Colorbox · #3122

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

296per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

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

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.2y ago

latest release · v1.0.3

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.3 · 1.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,425 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.4
Last updated
1.2y ago
Added
2017-05-14 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ wpblogtuts
    9.1y ago

    This is by far the best fancyBox lightbox for mobile devices. Thank you so much for this plugin and keep up the good work.

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  2. ★★★★★ Curtis
    9.1y ago

    Hello. Thank you for your plugin development. Love this plugin. It seems to work fine with shortcodes provided on WP plugin page. The display interface is attractive, and captions display in the lower left corner of the overlay. Personal experience: it worked on my Win 10 Chrome desktop browser, and Android tablet, just fine.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. Medium · 6.4 WP fancybox <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-07-04 CVE-2025-26591 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.4 No patch available
  2. High · 8.3 WordPress fancybox <= 1.0.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2020-08-14 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.2 Patched in 1.0.3

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 323 days in tier
  2. 2023-12-15 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2023-12-14 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-13 800+ → 900+ up

Competes with

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