Clickable Featured Image vs Firelight Lightbox

Clickable Featured Image fixes a common WordPress problem: featured images often look clickable, but nothing happens when visitors click them. Activate the plugin and featured images become useful links: On single posts and pages, featured images link to the full-size image file by default, which works well with common lightbox plugins. If the image already displays the full-size file, the plugin leaves it unlinked instead of opening the same image again. In Query Loop blocks, featured images link to the post by default. In classic theme archive loops, the plugin leaves thumbnail markup to the theme when the theme may add its own post link. If a theme or block already links the featured image, the plugin leaves it alone to avoid duplicate links. The default setup is still zero configuration, but version 1.1.0 adds a small Settings screen for sites that need more control. Features Make post featured images clickable Link single-post featured images to the full-size image file Skip pointless same-image links when the displayed single featured image is already the full-size image Link Query Loop featured images to the post permalink Avoid duplicate or nested archive image links when the theme owns the post thumbnail link Optional attachment-page or no-link behavior on single posts Optional no-link behavior on archives Enable only the post types you want Works with the core Featured Image block and Query Loop block Tested with GeneratePress, Twenty Twenty-Four, and common lightbox workflows Lightweight: no front-end JavaScript unless Meow/Lightbox compatibility is needed When to use it Use this plugin when: Your Query Loop thumbnails should link to posts. Your single-post featured image should open in a lightbox. Your theme displays featured images but does not make them clickable. You want a small plugin instead of a full gallery or lightbox suite. Settings Go to Settings > Clickable Featured Image. Available settings: Single posts and pages: full-size image file, attachment page, or do not link. Archives and query loops: post permalink or do not link. Post types: choose which public post types with featured image support should be affected. Defaults match the original plugin behavior for single posts and Query Loop blocks. Classic theme archives are handled conservatively so themes can keep their own thumbnail permalink markup without duplicate links.

NEWS: Easy Fancybox is now Firelight Lightbox. Read about it here. Firelight Lightbox is the most popular lighbox plugin for WordPress, active on over 200,000 WordPress installations. It adds a lightweight and flexible lightbox for viewing images, video, and other media on your website. After activation, links to images, galleries, videos, pdfs, maps, modals, etc, will open in a lightbox. Settings will be under ‘Lightbox’ on your main admin menu. QUICK LIGHTBOX DEMOS Demos for images, videos, PDFs, maps, and modals/popups: Free Lightbox Demo Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES – Automatic detection of images – Automatic detection of galleries – Customize options for Lightbox appearance, style, and behavior – Opens all common image formats including webp and svg – Opens WordPress core galleries – Opens videos from Youtube, Vimeo, and Dailmotion – Opens PDF files (embed with object tag, iframe, external Google Docs Viewer) – Opens NextGEN galleries (instructions) – Opens content from external web pages (instructions) – Create easy modals and popup boxes (instructions) – Open image maps (instructions) – Open lightbox from WordPress menu items (instructions) – Support for Jetpack Infinite Scroll – Support for WordPress Multsite (see Installation instructions) Links: -> Demos -> Docs -> Free Support PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES Firelight Lightbox Pro is an extension for this lightbox plugin that offers: – Dozens of Pro features for free lightboxes (Fancybox Legacy, Classic, V2) – Priority support direct from developers – New and Powerful Pro Lighbox based on Fancybox 5, including: – Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox – 100+ customizations options – Thumbnails within the lightbox – Social sharing for images – Link direct to images in the lightbox – “Download image” button – Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, social sharing, zoom, slideshow, etc – Open videos – Open PDFs – Open popups – Open inline content and iframes – Open Google maps – NextGEN Gallery integration – Elementor integration – Perfect on mobile devices – Optimized lightbox speed -> VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS -> GET PRO SUPPORT GDPR / EU Privacy This plugin does not collect any data or set any browser cookies. The PRO version offers an option to disable the automatic popup after the first visit, which needs a browser cookie. This cookie stores the visitors first website visit timestamp and path on the client side. It is not shared nor is any data stored server side or elsewhere. Contribute If you’re happy with this plugin, please consider writing a quick rating, helping others in the forum, or translating. Known conflicts & issues See Firelight Lightbox Troubleshooting.