Lightbox 2 WordPress Plugin

WordPress plugin used to overlay images on the current page into neat Javascript-powered overlay popups.

16-12-2008 – Version 2 is out! Now from settings you can choose background-color, overlay opacity, resize speed and automatically add the lightbox effect to your post’s images.

This plugin includes the new Lightbox JS v2.0.4 javascript written by Lokesh Dhakar and and was then transformed into a WordPress Plugin by me. Use a title attribute if you want to show a caption. Click on the images below for an example.

• 29-07-2007 – See also the new Slimbox WordPress Plugin, a 7kb clone of the popular Lightbox JS
• I added the digg it button, please DIGG ME!

• De-activate the plugin.
• Delete the old version `lightbox-2-wordpress-plugin` directory.

• Unzip the `lightbox-2-wordpress-plugin.zip` file.
• Upload lightbox-2-wordpress-plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
• Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress, go to Setting->Lightbox.
• Add a rel=”lightbox” attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox, or rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“ for an image set.
• Optional: Use a title attribute if you want to show a caption.

Single example:
<a href=”img1.jpg” rel=”lightbox” title=”my caption”>thumbnail1</a>
Image set example:
<a href=”img1.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>thumbnail1</a>
<a href=”img2.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>thumbnail2</a>
<a href=”img3.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>thumbnail3</a>
Tnx to my sister for the photos! Link me in your site!

Version 2.0.2 (19-12-2008)
Some fixes
Version 2.0 (16-12-2008)
Background-color, overlay opacity, resize speed, auto-lightbox from settings.
Version 1.8.2 (09-06-2008)
Some fixes
Version 1.8 (14-03-2008)

Update Lightbox Js to version 2.04

• v2.04 – 03/09/08
• NEW – Upgraded Prototype from v1.4 to v1.6.0.2
• NEW – Moved label text into configuration for easier localization
• UPDATED – Code cleaned up. Respect for the global namespace and native javascript objects.
• FIXED – Caption displays as “null” when viewing an uncaptioned image after viewing a captioned image.
• FIXED – Clicking ‘close’ button shifts layout as link focus’ dotted line appears.

Version 1.7 (12-06-2007)

Update Lightbox Js to version 2.03.3

• v2.03.3 – 5/21/07 – Support for horizontally scrolling pages. Added updateImageList method for ajax’y pages.

Fixed xhtml validation

Version 1.6 (05-05-2007)

Update Lightbox Js to version 2.03.2

• v2.03.2 – 4/30/07 – Fixed animated gif support in IE/Opera.
• v2.03.1 – 4/18/07 – Fixed embed hiding. Overlay opacity var added to config. Image sets w/Imagemaps fix. Clearfix removed.
• v2.03 – 4/10/07 – Improved keyboard navigation. Animation off toggle. HidesFlash movies under overlay. Imagemap support. Valid CSS.

Fixed close and loading vars (Tnx to Anton Zhuchkov)
Changed “get_settings(‘home’)” in “get_option(‘siteurl’)”
(Tnx to Luca Dentella)

Version 1.5 (06-05-2006)

Fixed close and loading vars.(see here if u have problem with close button)

Version 1.4

Fixed path’s problem

Update Lightbox Js to version 2.0.2

Centering in IE6 (any DOCTYPE) fixed.
Smoothed out resize transition.
Fixed layout issues caused by multiline captions.
Added keyboard navigation: N for next, P for previous and X for close.

Version 0.3

Single Images and Image Set

My plugin on wordpress page suddenly stopped working. I wrote several email to them but nothing…


If you appreciate this plugin or my support, please donate to me so I can but a cup of coffee. Thank you!

Thanks to the donors:

• Per T Sovik
• Hoa Hua
• Spencer Harris
• Jan Herrmann
• Niels Emmer
• Sahar Alarayedh