A lightweight masonry image gallery with a full-screen lightbox, as an Elementor widget and a shortcode.
Alternatives to CSS-Only Lightbox
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Accessible lightboxes for images and PDFs using the HTML dialog element. Add classes to create instant lightboxes!
Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Firelight Lightboxv2.3.25
Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.
Edel Photo Galleryv1.0.2
Responsive photo gallery plugin with a full-screen zooming lightbox. Easily manage image groups and customize layouts with shortcodes.
A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery
Lightbox Block lets you display images, audio, video, and custom content in responsive lightbox galleries or media popups.
Add 50+ shortcodes with live preview for tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders and boxes. Works in Block Editor and Classic Editor.
IOANET CDN Galleryv1.0.2
Build responsive WordPress galleries from direct CDN image URLs or Media Library images, with captions and a full-screen lightbox.
Webcasata Filter Galleryv2.4.2
Create beautiful filterable image galleries with dropdown filtering, lightbox, load more pagination, shortcode and Gutenberg block support.