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Best light box plugins for WordPress

The most popular light box plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fancy Lightbox leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Simple Light TBox (50+) and Essential Foto Just for JetPack (50+). All 5 plugins tagged “light box” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 light box plugins

  1. 1.
    Fancy Lightbox

    The most installed light box plugin, with 500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  2. 2.
    Simple Light TBox

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago.

  3. 3.
    Essential Foto Just for JetPack

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  4. 4.
    PWP Lytebox

    30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

  5. 5.
    Random image light box

    30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

All 5 plugins tagged “light box”