Best fancybox plugins for WordPress
The most popular fancybox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FancyBox for WordPress leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of ARI Fancy Lightbox (10K+) and FancyBox (3K+). All 29 plugins tagged “fancybox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 fancybox plugins
- 1.
FancyBox for WordPressThe most installed fancybox plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 92 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
ARI Fancy Lightbox10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 71 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
FancyBox3K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Easy SwipeBox2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
PrettyPhoto2K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
fancyBox 3 for WordPress1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 7.
WP fancybox1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Popup with fancybox900+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 9.
RPS Image Gallery800+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 14 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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WP ImageViewer700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
All 29 plugins tagged “fancybox”
FancyBox for WordPress
#947by colorlibplugins3 months ago
Seamlessly integrates FancyBox lightbox into your WordPress blog: Upload, activate, and you're done. Additional configuration optional.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(92)
- Downloads
- 160/day
ARI Fancy Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,767by arisoft1 year ago
Lightbox for WordPress with social and viral features. Show photos, gallery, PDF, videos, WooCommerce images, inline content, Google Maps links.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(71)
- Downloads
- 50/day
FancyBox
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,611by Kevin Sylvestre9 years ago
Enables fancybox on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 2.8(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Easy SwipeBox
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,576by Leonardo Giacone5 years ago
Easily enable the SwipeBox jQuery extension on all media links. Optimized for responsive layouts and touch devices.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day
PrettyPhoto
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,910by Babar1 year ago
An easy to use lightbox/thickbox clone for WordPress. Prettyphoto Elementor Addon supports
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 2.8(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day
fancyBox 3 for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,851by w3dev3 years ago
Seamlessly integrates the fancyBox 3 script into your WordPress installation: Upload, activate, and you're done. Additional configuration is opti …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP fancybox
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,299by Noor Alam1 year ago
View image, YouTube video, Vimeo video, inline HTML in lightbox. Add fancybox lightbox effect to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Popup with fancybox
Down in the last 7 days:5#7,056by gopiplus@hotmail.com3 years ago
This plugin allows you to create lightweight fancy box popup window in your blog with custom content. we can easily configure popup size and timeout.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
RPS Image Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:14#7,575by redpixelstudios4 years ago
RPS Image Gallery takes over where the WordPress gallery leaves off by adding responsive galleries, slideshow and advanced linking capabilities.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP ImageViewer
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,964by Marcel Pol1 day ago
A zooming and panning plugin inspired by google photos for your web images.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Portfolio by BestWebSoft
Up in the last 7 days:58#8,334by bestweblayout1 year ago
Create and add personal portfolio to your WordPress website. Manage and showcase past projects to get more clients.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.5(26)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fancy Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:16#8,974by Alobaidi10 years ago
Add fancy lightbox easily, responsive lightbox and easy to use, without options and without complexity, compatible with all major browsers.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
FancyBox Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:10#9,792by Dougal Campbell11 years ago
Integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin to generate dynamic pop-up image overlays for WordPress galleries.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Really Simple Popup
Down in the last 7 days:16#9,941by huntlyc12 years ago
Simple, easy to use, fancybox style popup
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Fancybox
Up in the last 7 days:21#10,850by damiroquai7 years ago
Plugin will integrate Fancybox, the world’s most popular lightbox script.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Lightbox for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:55#14,604by shimion8 years ago
Shows Contact Form 7 in a fancy lightbox.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Google Map with FancyBox Popup
Down in the last 7 days:13#15,378by gopiplus3 years ago
It allows you to add a Google Map into popup. Great plugin to display your business location in a Google map or, your personal address in Google Map.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tailored Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:232#18,962by Anthony5 years ago
Enqueue the Fancybox lightbox script, and automatically load for links to image files.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fancyboxify
Up in the last 7 days:142#20,650by omerk15 years ago
This simple plugin enables Fancybox on image links. It groups all images within a single post and can also be disabled per post.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
hiWeb Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:535#29,648by Den Media10 years ago
An easy way to install on your website lightbox for images and galleries. Without setting.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CartonBox
Up in the last 7 days:150#34,412by Ruslan Heorhiiev5 years ago
Easy and fast plugin for output images and other content in pop-up adaptive boxes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FancyBox for Multimedia Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:8,807#36,750by StanisLaw.ru2 months ago
The plugin automatically makes standard blocks of the WordPress Block Editor using the latest FancyBox without any additional actions of a web master.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rotating Lightbox Gallery
#41,235by Anil Sharma13 years ago
This is a highly customizable lightbox gallery plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
PopupThis
#42,314by SAID ASSEMLAL13 years ago
Generates Custom popups for any part of your post's content
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZMT fancybox
#45,943by zmt15 years ago
Plugin adds fancybox code to WP header and footer. This plugin is designed for NextGen Gallery. You can use multiple galleries on page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Joli CLEAR Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:8,083#62,357by WPJoli4 years ago
Ultralight Lightbox for WordPress. Designed for Speed. No jQuery. Responsive with gestures. Simple, Elegant, yet highly Customizable.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Annytab PhotoSwipe
Up in the last 7 days:3,761#66,900by Fredrik Stigsson6 years ago
A plugin that implements PhotoSwipe to display an image gallery in a lightbox.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day