WP ImageViewer

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ alvincha

   1.0y ago

   Basically I wanted something that resemble the “Photos Viewer Application” from Windows where you can zoom and pan on large images. This is the closest I found for now.WP ImageViewer works nicely but there is a few things that prevent it from being perfect imo:1- When you zoom in an image, it doesn’t zoom where your cursor is but zoom at the bottom of the image automatically which is pretty annoying especially for large images2- Since it’s integrated to WP directly there isn’t any easy customization available, you cant change the position of arrows for e.g. that are not vertically centered as in every Lightbox I can think of3- Lightbox does not close when the user is clicking outside the image, I do like this in Lightboxes personnally4- I don’t think it’s possible to separate the images within a page from the same Slider/Lightbox. What I mean is, if you have let’s say 3 gallery of 5 images and use this plugin on all of them, you can’t have 3 separate Slider with 5 images, you end up having a giant Slider where you can loop back to image number 1 from the very last image of the page. It would be nice to be able to separate them5- Be able to change buttons icons would be nice even tho I guess it’s possible by doing some extra work

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2. ★★★★★ benyangovo

   1.8y ago

   我的访客大多来自中国大陆，他们访问其他国家的网速会很缓慢。这就是为什么我一直寻找着能够自定义预览图和弹出大图尺寸的插件。其它的画廊插件通常不允许你自行设置这两个尺寸。但这个插件，它选择爬取原版Wordpress超链接指向的图片，这是一种相当巧妙的方式！而且它还提供了其它画廊插件所没有的缩放模块，我不敢相信这个插件目前的下载量只有仅仅300… Most of my visitors are from mainland China, and their Internet speed to other countries is very slow. That’s why I’ve been looking for plugins that can customize the preview image and pop-up large image size. Other gallery plugins usually don’t allow you to set these two sizes yourself. But this plugin chooses to crawl the pictures pointed to by the original WordPress hyperlink, which is a pretty clever way! And it also provides a zoom module that other gallery plugins don’t have. I can’t believe that this plugin has only 300 downloads at present…

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3. ★★★★★ Cambabutonono

   2.9y ago

   Why is this plugin great? Does what it says on the box. Integrates seamlessly with standard WordPress functionality. Enhances the standard WordPress functionality without changing it – remove the plugin, and you’re back to standard WordPress without missing or broken blocks. Does not create unnecessary menu items and popups. Does not try to sell you anything. This plugin embodies the simplicity and functionality that WordPress should offer, as opposed to the cluttered, ad-infested, slow, and buggy alternatives out there.

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4. ★★★★★ iskradi

   3.1y ago

   Plugin works great.

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5. ★★★★★ Josh Journey

   5.1y ago

   Dead simple, super light weight and speedy. Pages load faster than other lightbox plugins. Love the addition of navigating via arrow keys and works beautifully on my touch screen monitor. Visually fantastic!

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6. ★★★★★ Naomi Blindeman

   5.8y ago

   I love how well this works! Great plugin: light, easy and very versatile. Very happy with it.

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7. ★★★★★ werdpres

   6.0y ago

   thanks for your work and especially for choosing to support ClassicPress 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ flow92

   6.5y ago

   This extension definitely deserves more users

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-03-05 600+ → 700+ up after 514 days in tier
2. 2023-10-08 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-10-07 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-10-06 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-10-05 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-10-04 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-10-03 600+ → 500+ down after 189 days in tier
8. 2023-03-28 500+ → 600+ up

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).

• Lightbox 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• 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
• WP Colorbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• F FancyBox 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• PrettyPhoto – Simple Lightbox Plugin 2K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags C

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WP ImageViewer: 700+ active installs, 4.9★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-imageviewer