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Grey Owl Lightbox

Responsive lightbox plugin for images, galleries, videos, HTML and AJAX content with JavaScript event support.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version2.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 4.1 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Aug 20251y ago
Active installations50Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Grey Owl Lightbox version 2.0.0 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Responsive lightbox plugin for images, galleries, videos, HTML and AJAX content with JavaScript event support.

About Plugin

The “Grey Owl Lightbox” plugin is designed to display different content in the lightbox,

For example: image, galleries, videos and other html content.

JS file

At the core of the plugin is the js library, which works with jQuery, each developer can use events for more features of this plugin. A list and examples of all events are on the documentation page.

First view

Open image in lightbox

to open an image in a lightbox after clicking a button or a link, you need to add a class to the button, which will be used as a trigger in the JavaScript code

Opens gallery in lightbox

to open the gallery in a lightbox after clicking a button or link, you need to add a class to the button that will be used as a trigger in the JavaScript code, in the options add an object with links to images

Opens video in lightbox

to open a video in a lightbox after clicking a button or link, you need to add a class to the button that will be used as a trigger in the JavaScript code, in the options add a link to the video

Opens HTML element from DOM in lightbox

opens HTML elements in a lightbox, making them invisible beforehand, it is also possible to embed dynamic content into HTML

AJAX callback

opens AJAX requests elements in a lightbox

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • content html
  • ajax
  • lightbox
  • media
  • video
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 4.1 · PHP 7.0
Update activity30 Aug 20251y ago

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