Best colorbox plugins for WordPress
The most popular colorbox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Colorbox leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Colorbox (1K+) and WP ImageViewer (700+). All 13 plugins tagged “colorbox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 colorbox plugins
- 1.
WP ColorboxThe most installed colorbox plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 23 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Simple Colorbox1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
WP ImageViewer700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 4.
Quotepro Insurance Widget20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 6.
JQuery Colorbox Zoom10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
- 7.
Popup Lightbox10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.2.
- 8.
Quotepro Payment Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 9.
Simplest Colorbox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.
Quotepro Office WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 13 plugins tagged “colorbox”
WP Colorbox
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,117by Noor Alam1 year ago
View image, video (YouTube, Vimeo), page, inline HTML, custom content in lightbox. Add jQuery Colorbox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(23)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Simple Colorbox
Up in the last 7 days:4#5,387by Ryan Hellyer9 years ago
Description: Adds a very simple Colorbox to your linked images.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP ImageViewer
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,964by Marcel Pol2 days ago
A zooming and panning plugin inspired by google photos for your web images.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Quotepro Insurance Widget
#25,496by quotepro2 years ago
Adds the ability to provide your customers with realtime comparison insurance quotes directly from your wordpress site
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox
Up in the last 7 days:5,479#37,196by Dennis15 years ago
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox adds a ColorBox effect to all of your linked images - automatically!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JQuery Colorbox Zoom
Up in the last 7 days:1,816#39,168by abmcr16 years ago
Add a checkbox into media window for insert a javascript zoom to large image with jQuery ColorBox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Popup Lightbox
#41,525by Ramon Vicente13 years ago
Plugin creates a custom post to create popup on your homepage, popups can be configured such date of publication and date of expiration, may be placed …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quotepro Payment Widget
Up in the last 7 days:1,505#45,966by quotepro8 years ago
Adds the ability to accept monthy insurance, loan, rent or utility payments directly from your wordpress site
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simplest Colorbox
#46,543by valentinstn13 years ago
This plugin is intended as an easy to use alternative to other lightbox/Colorbox alternatives. Unlike most other plugins with similar functionality, t …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Quotepro Office Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2,369#67,350by quotepro8 years ago
Adds the ability to locate offices directly from your wordpress site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day