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WP Video Lightbox

by wptipsntricks · Media

Very easy to use WordPress lightbox plugin to display YouTube and Vimeo videos in an elegant lightbox overlay.

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86 Health · A
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 82
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-15%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “30K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
30K–40K ≈39K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1387 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.9.12
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2012-06-23
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-12-09 40K+ → 30K+ down after 459 days in band
  2. 2023-09-07 50K+ → 40K+ down

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WP Video Lightbox: 30K+ active installs, 4.3★ (67 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-video-lightbox