Responsive Lightbox2 is a WordPress app, with a 3.7 average rating from 3 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Responsive Lightbox2 is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Noor Alam. With a rating of 3.7★ from 3 reviews.
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Responsive Lightbox2 is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 3 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 Noor Alam — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.7★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (3) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Responsive Lightbox2 works
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Responsive Lightbox2 plugin adds lightbox functionality to your WordPress site. It allows you to overlay images on top of the current page. You can add this lightbox popup effect to your website images, photos, album or even gallery. Responsive Lightbox2 is responsive and works on all modern browsers.
Responsive Lightbox2 is very user friendly so there is absolutely nothing for you to configure in the lightbox settings. All you need to do is install this plugin and add shortcode to a page to create beautiful lightbox popup.
Responsive Lightbox2 plugin is based on the original jQuery Lightbox script developed by Lokesh Dhakar. This plugin makes it possible for users to add Lightbox2 effect to their WordPress sites.
Requirements
Latest version of WordPress
Feature
Beautiful lightbox popup style
Flexibility of creating your own lightbox link
Pop up responsive images in lightbox
Trigger lightbox from either a text/image link
Compatible with WordPress multisite
Add lightbox to a text/image link
Enable lightbox functionality on your site which supports all major browsers
Use a simple shortcode anywhere on your site (Post, Page, Homepage etc.)to pop up an image in lightbox
Apply lightbox effect on images inserted into WordPress post/page
Add lightbox effect to an album or photo gallery
Add lightbox effect to a gallery of images
Responsive lightbox2 popup which works on mobile devices. Also it fits perfectly on smaller screens.
Responsive Lightbox2 Usage Open lightbox from a text
Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a text link which will trigger lightbox once clicked:
[lightbox2 url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]
here, url is the link to the image file that you wish to open in lightbox and hyperlink is the anchor text.
Open lightbox from an image
[lightbox2 url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" hyperlink="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/thumb.jpg"]
here, hyperlink is the anchor/thumbnail image.
Show Title in lightbox
[lightbox2 url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" title="overlay image" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]
For detailed documentation please visit the Responsive Lightbox plugin page
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Frequently asked questions
What is Responsive Lightbox2?
Responsive Lightbox2 is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.7-star rating from 3 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Noor Alam.