WP-Slimbox2 Plugin

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1. ★★★★★ WGschaider

   11.1y ago

   I just wanted to show single images on my page in a lightbox – because this way they can be resized simple and good looking. After the WP update my previous Plugin didn´t work anymore – WP Slimbox2 saved my day:-)

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2. ★★★★★ ffwebdesigner

   11.3y ago

   old but gold!

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3. ★★★★★ Hans Scholte

   12.8y ago

   After spending too much time on a slimbox plugin that seems not to be supported anymore, WP-slimbox Plugin worked without a problem. Has a good range of settings too.

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4. ★★★★★ Marcel Nooijen

   13.0y ago

   I use this plugin to support Nextgen. Now I can let see photos the right way!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.3.1 Changed index.php to UTF-8 without BOM encoding to resolve issues for some users. 1.1.3.1
2. — Version 1.1.3 Updated to Slimbox 2.05 to support WordPress 3.6 Removed unnecessary xfarbtastic.css 1.1.3
3. — Version 1.1.2 Utilizes built in Farbtastic javascripts. Consolidated load_farbtastic and keypress.js Moved CSS files to css folder. 1.1.2
4. — Version 1.1.1 Fix to resolve failures experienced by some users in v1.1. 1.1.1
5. — Version 1.1 Extensive re-write including several minor fixes to eliminate PHP warnings and errors. Ability to use rel="nolightbox" to exclude an image. Ability to customize image link URLs by simply placing ‘/ DESIRED URL /’ in fron 1.1
6. — Version 1.0.3.4 Addition of Russian/русский язык translation. 1.0.3.4

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

Translated into 76 languages, 10 at 90% or more

Plus 52 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-02-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 574 days in tier
2. 2023-08-04 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).

• C Cleaner Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
• J jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries 4K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP Featherlight Disabled 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• fancyBox 3 for WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• J jQuery Lightbox 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• S Slimbox 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP-Slimbox2 Plugin: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-slimbox2