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Meow Lightbox · Version history

Meow Lightbox changelog and version history

Latest version
5.6.5
Oct 30, 2026 (10 days ago)
Releases
147
since 2016
In the last year
30
about one every 12 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20166 releases
  • 20178 releases
  • 201813 releases
  • 201924 releases
  • 20209 releases
  • 202110 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 202319 releases
  • 202413 releases
  • 202522 releases
  • 202618 releases

202618 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 5.6.5Latest

    • Fix: Security: Escape attribute values when the HTML parser rewrites a tag that has a duplicated attribute.

  2. Meow Lightbox 5.6.4

    • Add: Location metadata, showing the place of the photo in the lightbox, with a toggle in the Metadata settings.
    • Add: New Meow Apps dashboard with Health, Errors and About tabs, and a header row with the version in the settings.
    • Update: Image blocks are now part of the default selectors.
    • Update: New installs now default to OpenStreetMap for the location map, labelled as suited for light traffic. Existing map settings are kept.
    • Fix: Private and draft images are no longer returned by the lightbox data endpoint.
    • Fix: Broken links in the Go Pro sentence.

  3. Meow Lightbox 5.6.3

    • Fix: Security: Crafted comment text could inject script through the page parser.
    • Update: Lightbox labels are now translated in PHP, so they can be translated on translate.wordpress.org and with Loco.
    • Fix: Lightbox now loads its own styles when another plugin or theme ships a PhotoSwipe stylesheet that does not cover it, such as Bricks.

  4. Meow Lightbox 5.6.2

    • Update: The PhotoSwipe buttons, the sharing close button and the image error message can now be translated.

  5. Meow Lightbox 5.6.1

    • Fix: Resolved a conflict with other plugins setting window.pswp that broke lightbox clicks.
    • Fix: Declared imageSize and disableCache before the REST early return.
    • Update: The License Issue badge now shows the actual reason instead of a generic label.
    • Update: Cached image URLs are cleared automatically when Perfect Images changes its CDN settings.
    • Update: Cleaned up unused imports, variables and indentation in the Meow Apps dashboard.
    • 🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Lightbox on the Discord.
    • 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
    • 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!

  6. Meow Lightbox 5.6.0

    • Add: Diagnostics tab that automatically detects REST API issues.
    • Update: Reworked the Meow Apps dashboard with a plugin board, AI site analysis and a bounded speed test.
    • Update: Minimum PHP requirement is now 8.1.
    • Update: Images added after page load are now detected with a mutation observer instead of timed re-rendering.
    • Fix: GPS coordinates and lens data are cached in post meta so third-party plugins no longer overwrite captions and descriptions.
    • Fix: 1px line appearing under the image in the lightbox.
    • Update: PhotoSwipe is now vendored in the plugin instead of pulled from npm, making it easier to debug and patch.

  7. Meow Lightbox 5.5.9

    • Fix: EXIF filters now run on cached page data.
    • Fix: Download button only appears when a download link exists.
    • Fix: Added credentials and nonce to the regenerate image data request.

  8. Meow Lightbox 5.5.8

    • Fix: Resolved an issue where gallery infinite scroll could get stuck in a load more loop.
    • Update: Removed placeholder image handling in the lightbox.
    • Add: Translations support for the lightbox interface with additional language coverage.
    • 🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Lightbox on the Discord.
    • 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
    • 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!

  9. Meow Lightbox 5.5.7

    • Update: Fullscreen is now a toolbar action, with “Start Fullscreen” available as a secondary option for mobile and desktop.
    • Update: Date and Time are now separate settings in EXIF metadata display.
    • Fix: Images without a lightbox ID but with a known cached URL now correctly load their metadata.
    • Update: Simplified and refactored EXIF display functions.

  10. Meow Lightbox 5.5.6

    • Add: Dynamic aria-label updates for lightboxified images.
    • Update: Removed default titles from next and previous buttons.
    • Add: Internationalization support in lightbox components.
    • Fix: Sub-pixel flickers in the lightbox display.

  11. Meow Lightbox 5.5.5

    • Update: Refreshed the welcome message screen with a new layout.
    • Update: Better UI/UX.

  12. Meow Lightbox 5.5.4

    • Add: Question icon to the Tutorial button in the header.
    • Add: Support for JSON styling on Google Maps.
    • Update: Refactored output buffering logic.

  13. Meow Lightbox 5.5.3

    • Fix: Resolved an issue where dynamic cache keys could exceed the WordPress transient name limit by using MD5 hashing.
    • Fix: Resolved an issue where scrolling with the mouse wheel on the Description field was not working correctly.
    • Add: Support for displaying EXIF data on Meow Gallery images without requiring REST calls, using a new dynamic fetch approach.
    • Add: A “Reset GPS” button in the Meow GPS widget, positioned below the coordinates for easy access.
    • Update: Improved support for float-format and inverse time offset GPS EXIF data.
    • 🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Lightbox on the Discord.
    • 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
    • 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!

  14. Meow Lightbox 5.5.2

  15. Meow Lightbox 5.5.1

    • Update: Improved image performance by using hardware-accelerated CSS on image elements.
    • Add: Added aria-label attributes to UI elements (accessibility for screen readers).
    • Fix: Corrected a configuration check in the bundled HTML parser library.
    • Update: Reorganized the “Features” options for a clearer layout.
    • Add: Added support for fullscreen mode to provide an immersive viewing experience.

  16. Meow Lightbox 5.5.0

    • Add: New autoplay option for slideshows so galleries can play automatically.
    • Add: Support for rendering the lightbox inside a parent element.
    • Update: Orphaned media now reuses existing IDs for the same URL to avoid duplicate entries.
    • Fix: Hotfix to prevent server errors (500) when EXIF GPS data is not formatted as an array.
    • Update: Upgraded the DiDom library to v2 to resolve double-encoding issues.

  17. Meow Lightbox 5.4.9

    • Fix: Improve shutter speed handling by converting string values to floats.
    • Fix: Speed up thumbnail loading by cleaning URLs before checking for related media attachments.
    • Fix: Ensure deep linking only opens after the page has fully rendered to prevent broken or partial views.
    • Update: Improve mobile and tablet detection by using the browser’s user agent.
    • Update: Allow Orphans to support custom width and height attributes.
    • 🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Lightbox on the Discord.
    • 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
    • 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!

  18. Meow Lightbox 5.4.8

    • Update: Improve image matching and lazy loading by using data-src instead of src when available.
    • Fix: Improve display and interaction on small screens, including forcing arrow visibility on mobile devices.
    • Add: Support responsive images by handling srcset data for better image quality and performance.
    • Add: Introduce a “Skip dynamic” option to fetch images as orphans for setups not using wp-json.
    • Add: Enable the Metadata Toggle feature across all themes.
    • Add: Support infinite loading with Meow Gallery.
    • Fix: Improve lightbox behavior to properly handle rerendering while it remains open.
    • Add: Introduce a new “Flat Light” visual theme for the lightbox.

202522 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 5.4.7

    • Fix: Hotfix to resolve issues with duplicated cache entries.

  2. Meow Lightbox 5.4.6

    • Fix: Correct handling of anti-selectors on parent classes so elements are excluded from the lightbox as expected.
    • Update: Clear the plugin cache automatically when a post is saved to ensure changes are reflected immediately.
    • Fix: Resolve an issue where the disable_cache setting was always treated as false in REST API requests.
    • Add: Introduce an option to enable JavaScript logs for easier debugging and support.
    • Add: New ‘include_orphans’ option to include media not in the WordPress Media Library in the lightbox.

  3. Meow Lightbox 5.4.5

    • Update: Refactored how styles are loaded.
    • Update: Improved the way anti-selectors are handled.
    • Add: Added caching for dynamic content to reduce REST API calls.
    • Fix: Corrected the regenerate MWL data process.

  4. Meow Lightbox 5.4.4

    • Fix: Prevent long image captions from running off the screen.
    • Fix: Correct EXIF data display in the Flat theme.

  5. Meow Lightbox 5.4.3

    • Fix: Resolve a PHP warning related to image metadata handling for smoother media processing.
    • Fix: Prevent an error when combining keyword values to ensure keyword handling works reliably.

  6. Meow Lightbox 5.4.2

    • Fix: Adjusted Flat theme captions so they no longer propagate clicks or move when toggling animations.
    • Add: Introduced orientation-based caption classes and a new Flat theme orientation setting.
    • Update: Simplified the Flat theme by forcing the “below” display.
    • Add: Added a rendering delay option and improved handling of static and dynamic content, including a renderMeowLightboxWithSelector function and more reliable media queuing.
    • Fix: Improved EXIF time handling by using EXIF OffsetTime (0x9010).
    • Fix: Made the Flat theme use only lightboxified elements, optimized JavaScript selectors, and ensured captions no longer get stuck hidden.
    • Fix: Updated data transformation and regeneration functions to better handle null or undefined inputs and reliably find attachments by ID.
    • Update: Refreshed documentation to cover the new Flat theme options and rendering behavior.

  7. Meow Lightbox 5.4.1

    • Add: New Preview Lightbox in the Settings.
    • Add: Introduced a new “Metadata Toggle”.
    • Update: Refreshed the Dark Glass, Light Glass and Plain Dark themes.
    • Update: Simplifid the Settings UI.
    • Fix: Correct separate galleries skipping the first gallery.
    • Fix: Improved caption focus and related events.
    • Fix: Prevent magnification from zooming when disabled.
    • Fix: Hide the social sharing icon unless deep linking is enabled.
    • 🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Lightbox on the Discord.
    • 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!

  8. Meow Lightbox 5.4.0

  9. Meow Lightbox 5.3.9

  10. Meow Lightbox 5.3.8

    • Fix: Hotfix to prevent errors by ensuring selectors are not empty.

  11. Meow Lightbox 5.3.7

  12. Meow Lightbox 5.3.6

  13. Meow Lightbox 5.3.5

  14. Meow Lightbox 5.3.4

  15. Meow Lightbox 5.3.3

  16. Meow Lightbox 5.3.2

  17. Meow Lightbox 5.3.1

  18. Meow Lightbox 5.3.0

  19. Meow Lightbox 5.2.9

  20. Meow Lightbox 5.2.8

  21. Meow Lightbox 5.2.7

  22. Meow Lightbox 5.2.6

202413 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 5.2.5

  2. Meow Lightbox 5.2.4

  3. Meow Lightbox 5.2.3

  4. Meow Lightbox 5.2.2

  5. Meow Lightbox 5.2.1

  6. Meow Lightbox 5.2.0

  7. Meow Lightbox 5.1.9

  8. Meow Lightbox 5.1.8

  9. Meow Lightbox 5.1.7

  10. Meow Lightbox 5.1.6

  11. Meow Lightbox 5.1.4

  12. Meow Lightbox 5.1.3

  13. Meow Lightbox 5.1.2

202319 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 5.1.1

  2. Meow Lightbox 5.1.0

  3. Meow Lightbox 5.0.9

  4. Meow Lightbox 5.0.8

  5. Meow Lightbox 5.0.7

  6. Meow Lightbox 5.0.6

  7. Meow Lightbox 5.0.5

  8. Meow Lightbox 5.0.4

  9. Meow Lightbox 5.0.3

  10. Meow Lightbox 5.0.2

  11. Meow Lightbox 5.0.1

  12. Meow Lightbox 5.0.0

  13. Meow Lightbox 4.0.6

  14. Meow Lightbox 4.0.5

  15. Meow Lightbox 4.0.4

  16. Meow Lightbox 4.0.3

  17. Meow Lightbox 4.0.2

  18. Meow Lightbox 4.0.1

  19. Meow Lightbox 4.0.0

20225 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 3.2.2

  2. Meow Lightbox 3.2.1

  3. Meow Lightbox 3.1.9

  4. Meow Lightbox 3.1.8

  5. Meow Lightbox 3.1.6

202110 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 3.1.5

  2. Meow Lightbox 3.1.4

  3. Meow Lightbox 3.1.3

  4. Meow Lightbox 3.1.0

  5. Meow Lightbox 3.0.9

  6. Meow Lightbox 3.0.8

  7. Meow Lightbox 3.0.7

  8. Meow Lightbox 3.0.6

  9. Meow Lightbox 3.0.5

  10. Meow Lightbox 3.0.4

20209 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 3.0.3

  2. Meow Lightbox 3.0.2

  3. Meow Lightbox 3.0.1

  4. Meow Lightbox 3.0.0

  5. Meow Lightbox 2.0.7

  6. Meow Lightbox 2.0.6

  7. Meow Lightbox 2.0.5

  8. Meow Lightbox 2.0.4

  9. Meow Lightbox 2.0.3

201924 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 1.7.8

  2. Meow Lightbox 1.7.5

  3. Meow Lightbox 1.7.4

  4. Meow Lightbox 1.7.2

  5. Meow Lightbox 1.7.1

  6. Meow Lightbox 1.7.0

  7. Meow Lightbox 1.6.9

  8. Meow Lightbox 1.6.8

  9. Meow Lightbox 1.6.7

  10. Meow Lightbox 1.6.6

  11. Meow Lightbox 1.6.5

  12. Meow Lightbox 1.6.4

  13. Meow Lightbox 1.6.3

  14. Meow Lightbox 1.6.2

  15. Meow Lightbox 1.6.1

  16. Meow Lightbox 1.6.0

  17. Meow Lightbox 1.5.9

  18. Meow Lightbox 1.5.8

  19. Meow Lightbox 1.5.7

  20. Meow Lightbox 1.5.6

  21. Meow Lightbox 1.5.4

  22. Meow Lightbox 1.5.2

  23. Meow Lightbox 1.5.1

  24. Meow Lightbox 1.5.0

201813 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 1.4.6

  2. Meow Lightbox 1.4.4

  3. Meow Lightbox 1.4.3

  4. Meow Lightbox 1.4.2

  5. Meow Lightbox 1.4.0

  6. Meow Lightbox 1.2.2

  7. Meow Lightbox 1.2.1

  8. Meow Lightbox 1.2.0

  9. Meow Lightbox 1.1.2

  10. Meow Lightbox 1.1.1

  11. Meow Lightbox 1.1.0

  12. Meow Lightbox 1.0.9

  13. Meow Lightbox 1.0.8

20178 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 1.0.6

  2. Meow Lightbox 1.0.3

  3. Meow Lightbox 1.0.1

  4. Meow Lightbox 1.0.0

  5. Meow Lightbox 0.1.3

  6. Meow Lightbox 0.1.2

  7. Meow Lightbox 0.1.0

  8. Meow Lightbox 0.0.8

20166 releases

  1. Meow Lightbox 0.0.7

  2. Meow Lightbox 0.0.6

  3. Meow Lightbox 0.0.5

  4. Meow Lightbox 0.0.3

  5. Meow Lightbox 0.0.2

  6. Meow Lightbox 0.0.1

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What is the latest version of Meow Lightbox?

5.6.5, released on Oct 30, 2026 (1 week ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.1 or later.

How often is Meow Lightbox updated?

30 releases in the last year, about one every 12 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2016.

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