Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox for WordPress Plugin Directory
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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox is a WordPress app, with a 3.9 average rating from 95 reviews, as of July 11, 2026.
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by FooPlugins. With a rating of 3.9★ from 95 reviews.
AppRanks data: Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox ranks #0 in Images on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Images category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 95 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by FooPlugins — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.9★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (95) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox works
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FooBox adds a lightbox to your WordPress site, so images are loaded in a modal or popup instead of redirecting your visitors away from your site.
Some people often refer to a lightbox as an “Image Zoom” effect. It’s really just a modal overlay or popup that showcases your images.
FooBox was the first lightbox to take responsive layout seriously. Not only does it scale images to look better on phones, but it rearranges it’s button controls to look great in both portrait or landscape orientation.
Add a modal popup to your website images with no setup. FooBox will automatically add modals to WordPress galleries, WordPress images with captions, and attachment images.
NEW: Auto Link Existing Images
Have older posts with images that do not open in FooBox? That is probably because those images were inserted without linking to the full-size media file.
Enable Auto Link Existing Images and FooBox will automatically wrap unlinked WordPress attachment images on the frontend, so visitors can open them in the lightbox without you editing old content.
Works with most image gallery plugins, but works best with our FooGallery Gallery WordPress Plugin.
FULL GUTENBERG SUPPORT
Within Gutenberg, FooBox lightbox will automatically add a modal popup to images and galleries that have the “Link To” setting set to “Media File”.
Image captions set in the editor are also automatically picked up in the FooBox modal popup.
FooBox Image Lightbox Features:
Responsive lightbox design
Modern lightbox design
Zero configuration!
Works with WordPress galleries
Works with WordPress captioned images
Auto links older unlinked WordPress attachment images
Control when to exclude / include FooBox JS & CSS assets
Includes a 7-day free trial of FooBox Pro Lightbox!
You can try the PRO version for free for 7 days.
FooBox PRO Features:
Social sharing (10+ networks)
Video lightbox support
HTML lightbox support
iFrame support
Deeplinking
Fullscreen and slideshow modes
Glass lightbox theme (including custom color pickers)
Metro lightbox theme
Flat lightbox theme
5 color schemes, 12 button icons and 11 loader icons
12 animation effects
85+ settings to customize
FooBox PRO Works With:
The Best Image Gallery Plugin for WordPress
NextGen
Justified Image Grid
Envira Gallery
WooCommerce product images (Works with WooCommerce v3+)
JetPack Tiled Gallery
AutOptimize
Check out the full feature comparison.
Complete FooBox Asset Control
By default, FooBox lightbox includes javascript and stylesheet assets into all your pages. We do this, because we do not know if the page content contains media or not.
If you want more control over when FooBox assets are included, you can now exclude the assets by default, by enabling a setting. Then on each page, you can choose to include them when required.
Alternatively, you can leave the setting disabled, and then choose to exclude the FooBox assets from particular pages. A new metabox is now available when editing your pages or posts.
This new feature was only available in the PRO version beforehand, but we feel control over your website performance is something you should not have to pay for. Enjoy!
Translations
Serbo-Croatian by Borisa Djuraskovic
Category rankings
As of Jul 11, 2026- Images#0of 275Top 1%
- Lightbox#0of 104Top 1%
- Modal#0of 70Top 1%
- Popup#4of 418Top 1%
- Gallery#10of 595Top 2%
- _browse_popular#424of 509Top 84%
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Frequently asked questions
What is Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox?
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.9-star rating from 95 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Images category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by FooPlugins.
Who uses Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox?
Currently around 100,000 active stores have installed Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Images category on WordPress.