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ARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress

Lightbox for WordPress with social and viral features. Show photos, gallery, PDF, videos, WooCommerce images, inline content, Google Maps links.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.4.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 3.4 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update24 Sept 20251y ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 71 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records ARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress version 1.4.1 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Need a lightbox plugin to show various content on any device (from mobile to desktop)? ARI Fancy Lightbox is the right choice.

It uses Fancybox popup to bring lightbox effect to WordPress sites. Use it to show images from native WordPress, NextGEN, FooGallery, Justified Image Grid and Jetpack galleries, photos, videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Vine, Metacafe services, PDF documents, Google Maps links, inline content, external pages into the lightbox.

It works with WordPress native and Jetpack (tiled, circle) galleries out of the box. Just install and activate the plugin and images from galleries will be opened into fancybox popup.

Easy to use, no need any additional modification of HTML code. Just select media items which want to display into the lightbox (for example YouTube or Vimeo videos) and the plugin attaches lightbox automatically to all appropriate links on your site.

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“ARI Fancy Lightbox” supports the following features:

Features

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Mobile friendly. Works well on any device. Supports gestures (tap, zoom, pan and pinch), swipe navigation, inline zoom.

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Show videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Metacafe services into the popup.

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Integration with NextGEN galleries.

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Can load get titles from EXIF data or use file names as titles for images.

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One click integration with WooCommerce. Show WooCommerce product images in fancy lightbox.

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Automatic integration with WordPress and Jetpack galleries. Photos from galleries will be opened into the lightbox.

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FooGallery support.

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Can disable right click for images to avoid copying URLs.

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Show local PDF files in cross-browser PDFJS viewer.

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Supports slideshow mode and loop navigation.

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Can show all external links into the lightbox.

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Provides UI interface to change lightbox styles.

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Open content in fullscreen mode.

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Show thumbnails toolbar for fast navigation between lightbox items.

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Display inline content and web pages.

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Supports custom actions and filters. Extend functionality easily.

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Highly customizable.

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Uses Fancybox3

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Premium Features

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Supports deeplinking. Generates an unique link for each lightbox item and open the lightbox automatically when the link is opened into a browser.

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Integration with Facebook comment plugin.

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Share lightbox content via social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, VK. Send by e-mail.

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Extended parameters for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion video players (auto-play, related video, fullscreen button and others).

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Possible to disable the lightbox on small screens.

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Create splash window via shortcode. The lightbox with the defined content will be opened on page load. Possible to show it only once.

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Can show external/internal links with target=”_blank” attribute into the popup.

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Supports integration with Justified Image Grid.

More information can be found in user’s guide.

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Featured In The Media

We’ve been featured in 10 Best WordPress Lightbox Plugins for 2017 and Best WordPress Lightbox Plugins.

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • video lightbox
  • fancybox
  • fancybox3
  • popup
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.4 · PHP not listed
Update activity24 Sept 20251y ago

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