Best lightbox plugins for WordPress
The most popular lightbox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Shortcodes Ultimate leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of Firelight Lightbox (200K+) and Responsive Lightbox & Gallery (100K+). All 289 plugins tagged “lightbox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 lightbox plugins
- 1.
Shortcodes UltimateThe most installed lightbox plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 5,925 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Firelight Lightbox200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 361 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 3.
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 2,003 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.Simple Lightbox
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 239 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Envira Gallery100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,598 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 95 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
SimpLy Gallery40K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 118 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
LightPress Lightbox40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 72 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
FancyBox for WordPress30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 92 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 10.
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 115 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
All 289 plugins tagged “lightbox”

Shortcodes Ultimate
Down in the last 7 days:1#148by Vova22 days ago
Add 50+ shortcodes with live preview for tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders and boxes. Works in Block Editor and Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 4.9(5.9K)
- Downloads
- 2.8K/day

Firelight Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#257by Firelight2 days ago
Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(361)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:2#327by dFactory19 days ago
The most popular lightbox plugin and responsive gallery builder for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(2K)
- Downloads
- 1.1K/day
Simple Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#331by Archetyped1 month ago
The highly customizable lightbox for WordPress
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.3(239)
- Downloads
- 396/day

Envira Gallery
#337by Syed Balkhi16 days ago
The fastest drag & drop photo gallery plugin. Create stunning image galleries, albums, video galleries & lightbox displays in minutes — no coding!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1.6K)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:4#423by FooPlugins27 days ago
A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(95)
- Downloads
- 692/day

SimpLy Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:1#897by GalleryCreator26 days ago
Create photo and video galleries with albums, sliders and a lightbox. Includes free Media Library folders to organize your files.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.8(118)
- Downloads
- 284/day

LightPress Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#904by Firelight7 months ago
Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(72)
- Downloads
- 126/day

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

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,089by Arno Welzel6 days ago
Integration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(115)
- Downloads
- 217/day

WP Lightbox 2
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,100by Syed Balkhi9 months ago
WP Lightbox 2 adds stunning lightbox effects to images and galleries on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(89)
- Downloads
- 85/day

Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,180by Nicolas Jonas28 days ago
Level up your basic video embeds! Advanced features, privacy. Use URLs, Shortcodes or Blocks to customize videos to your needs.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(169)
- Downloads
- 249/day

Photo Gallery by Supsystic
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,201by supsystic9 days ago
Responsive photo and image galleries with masonry, albums and a lightbox. Bulk upload, drag-and-drop ordering, Gutenberg block and Elementor widget.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(498)
- Downloads
- 397/day
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,294by Johannes Kinast5 months ago
Adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. No lock in and no dependencies.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(88)
- Downloads
- 95/day

Video Popup
#1,478by Alobaidi2 months ago
Video Popup plugin lets you create unlimited, responsive Video Lightbox and Popup for YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 & WebM on click or page load.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(43)
- Downloads
- 76/day
Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,751by Sayontan Sinha1 month ago
Galleries on steroids! A stylish lightbox & gallery plugin for WP, Flickr, SmugMug and Zenfolio photos and videos.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(193)
- Downloads
- 130/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

Meow Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,981by Jordy Meow9 days ago
The elegant lightbox built for photographers. Fast, responsive, and displays your photos beautifully with EXIF data and maps. You'll love it! 💕
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(190)
- Downloads
- 362/day

Modal Window
#2,002by Wow-Company1 month ago
WordPress popup plugin for easily creating a popup and modal window with any kind of content and settings.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.8(36)
- Downloads
- 91/day

Pop-up
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,025by Inisev2 months ago
Pop-up Popups
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(86)
- Downloads
- 106/day

Responsive Lightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,054by subhansanjaya1 year ago
This plugin offers a nice and elegant way to add Lightbox functionality for images, html content and media on your webpages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(42)
- Downloads
- 43/day
WP Photo Album Plus
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,068by Jacob N. Breetvelt12 days ago
This plugin is more than just a photo album plugin, it is a complete, highly customizable multimedia cms and display system.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(199)
- Downloads
- 251/day
Themify Popup
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,375by themifyme9 days ago
Turn visitors into subscribers and increase sale conversions! Use Popup to show newsletter forms, promotions, or lightbox content.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 137/day

Easy Modal
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,676by Daniel Iser2 months ago
Create unlimited accessible modal windows and reusable visual themes using content from the WordPress editor.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.4(124)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Photoswipe Masonry
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,828by THRIVE - Web Design Gold Coast25 days ago
PhotoSwipe Masonry takes advantage of the built in gallery features of WordPress. The gallery is built using PhotoSwipe from Dmitry Semenov.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(46)
- Downloads
- 54/day

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

Easy Image Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,249by DevriX14 days ago
Easily create an image gallery on your posts, pages or any custom post type
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(41)
- Downloads
- 63/day
jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,275by Automattic9 years ago
Makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Album Gallery for Photo & Video
#3,424by A WP Life2 months ago
An easy-to-use album gallery for Photo & Video display. Works seamlessly with Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Page Builder.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(26)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
Up in the last 7 days:10#3,455by Syed Balkhi9 years ago
Transform your standard galleries into an immersive full-screen experience without requiring you to connect to WordPress.com
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(39)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Lightbox Images for Divi Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,495by Fernando Tellado2 months ago
Extends Divi's native lightbox effect to all auto-linked images. Requires Divi Theme or Divi Builder Plugin. Compatible with Divi 4.10+ and Divi 5.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 38/day

Album Gallery for Flickr
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,577by FARAZFRANK3 months ago
Display Flickr albums on WordPress with lightbox preview and shortcode integration. Refactored for standard repository compliance.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(86)
- Downloads
- 35/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

Lightbox slider
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,808by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin1 month ago
Lightbox slider plugin is allow users to view larger versions of images, simple slide shows and Gallery view with Responsive grid layout.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(24)
- Downloads
- 38/day
All In One Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,062by bPlugins12 days ago
Lightbox Block lets you display images, audio, video, and custom content in responsive lightbox galleries or media popups.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 103/day
WP-Slimbox2 Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,141by malcalevak9 years ago
A WordPress implementation of the Slimbox2 javascript.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gallery Block by Galleryberg
Up in the last 7 days:40#4,243by Imtiaz Rayhan20 days ago
A powerful and customizable gallery block for WordPress.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Image Gallery Block
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,307by bPlugins4 days ago
Responsive image gallery block for Gutenberg – photo galleries with grid & Polaroid layouts, albums, lightbox popups, and Pro Masonry & 3D layouts.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 94/day

PopupAlly
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,362by AccessAlly5 months ago
PopupAlly allows you to create advanced popup signup forms in under 5 minutes without dealing with messy code.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(76)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Light Modal Block
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,433by David Jensen10 days ago
Lightweight, customizable modal block for the WordPress block editor
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 86/day

WP Featherlight Disabled
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,625by treeflips1 year ago
The most lightweight WordPress lightbox plugin...and the featherlight CSS/JS (only 7kb) is automatically disabled unless you manually enable within ea …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Cleaner Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,886by Justin Tadlock9 years ago
A cleaner WordPress [gallery] that integrates with multiple Lightbox-type scripts.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 14/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

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 Modal Popup with Cookie Integration
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,578by Astoundify1 year ago
WP Modal Popup with Cookie Integration is the smart, responsive, customizable and beautifully coded popup for visitors with cookie integration.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simplelightbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,694by aknieriem3 years ago
Touch-friendly image lightbox for mobile and desktop without requiring jQuery
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Simple Image Popup
Down in the last 7 days:29#5,701by mrdigital1 year ago
A simple way to show a popup image on your website with various enhancements including conditional display and accessibility features.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 25/day

VenoBox Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,730by neilgee3 years ago
This plugin adds the VenoBox Responsive Lightbox to links to display Vimeo and YouTube videos, images, galleries, iframe, inline content in a lightbox …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Image and Video Lightbox, Image PopUp
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,827by wpdevart9 months ago
Image and Video Lightbox is an high customizable and responsive plugin for displaying images and videos in popup.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.3(12)
- 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