Best thickbox plugins for WordPress
The most popular thickbox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PrettyPhoto leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of ThickBox (200+) and Recent Photos (50+). All 8 plugins tagged “thickbox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 thickbox plugins
- 1.
PrettyPhotoThe most installed thickbox plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 2.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
ThickBox200+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 3.
Recent Photos50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 4.
WP Thickbox Integration30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 5.
Activity Plus Styling for BuddyPress20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Responsive Thickbox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 8.
ILC FLVBox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
All 8 plugins tagged “thickbox”
PrettyPhoto
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,908by Babar1 year ago
An easy to use lightbox/thickbox clone for WordPress. Prettyphoto Elementor Addon supports
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 2.8(15)
- Downloads
- 20/day
ThickBox
Down in the last 7 days:94#12,369by Christian Schenk12 years ago
Embed ThickBox into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Recent Photos
Down in the last 7 days:205#20,658by Hemant Nandrajog (instruite)16 years ago
Recent Photos Plugin provides with a widget to display n numbers of recent photos from the media library in the sidebar.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Thickbox Integration
Down in the last 7 days:91#24,670by alaingg15 years ago
Integrate Thickbox jquery plugin into your blogs. Open Images and Native Galleries on the same window without touching the html code.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Activity Plus Styling for BuddyPress
Up in the last 7 days:47#28,271by Maksym Marko2 months ago
Additional CSS styles for the Buddypress Activity Plus plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive Thickbox
#29,932by bseddon9 years ago
Display content for any media type in a thickbox that dynamically sizes the media to match the browser window.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox
Down in the last 7 days:1,315#37,226by Dennis15 years ago
Gameplorer`s WPColorBox adds a ColorBox effect to all of your linked images - automatically!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ILC FLVBox
Down in the last 7 days:1,059#47,729by Elio Rivero17 years ago
Plays FLV video inline in content or in a modal dialog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day