Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block vs LightPress Lightbox

This WordPress Plugin adds a simple & lightweight Lightbox to the standard WordPress Gallery & Image Block. It detects if a post contains a Gallery or Image Block and then loads & initialize baguetteBox.js, a pure JavaScript Lightbox script without any dependencies and a modern minimal look. There is no lock in effect. It does not add a new Block Editor/Gutenberg Block and relies solo on the standard WordPress Gallery and Image Block. You can deactivate this plugin at any time and your Gallery and Image Blocks will work as they’ve done before. Just without the lightbox. Just one important thing to remember: You always have to select Link → Link to image file or Link images to media file (see screenshots below) for all of your Image & Gallery Blocks to work properly. If you choose None or Link to attachment page it will not work. But that’s fine if you don’t want the Lightbox for a specific Image or Gallery. Take a look at the YouTube video from Jakson where he reviews this plugin: Features Here are the features of baguetteBox.js: Written in pure JavaScript No dependencies (e.g. jQuery) Image captions support Responsive Supports swipe gestures Around 13 KB, 7 KB gzipped Works with Gallery Block (Default Block) Image Block (Default Block) Media and Text Block (Default Block) Gallery (Default Classic Editor Gallery) CoBlocks Gallery Collage / Masonry / Offset / Stacked Meow Gallery (+ Gallery Block) Don’t forget to select Link to → Media File for all of your Galleries & Images to work properly. Notice: At the moment, just Blocks inside a post are supported. Not Blocks in a Widget. You can make it work but have to enqueue the necessary style & script yourself. See FAQ –> How to enqueue the necessary assets (script & style) for blocks outside of posts or for block types that are not supported by default?

LightPress Lightbox is a popular, very lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. It is active 40,000 websites. After activation, settings will appear under ‘Lightbox’ on your website’s main admin menu, and images and galleries will open in a nice lightbox. To make images open in the lightbox, you need to set images to “Link To:” media file. For image blocks, this setting is on the toolbar at the top of the block. For galleries, this setting is on the sidebar by other block options. LIGHTBOX DEMOS Free Lightbox Demo Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES – Automatic detection of images and galleries – Customize colors of lightbox and navigation – Classic and modern navigation styles – Option to show info bar – Option to show title or alt text – Option to show download button – Slideshow options – Keyboard navigation – And more! Links: -> Demos -> Docs -> Free Support PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES LightPress Pro is a premium extension for this lightbox plugin that offers: – Priority support via email directly from devs – Powerful, Modern Pro Lighbox – Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox – Dozens of customizations options – Thumbnails within the lightbox – Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, zoom, slideshow, and more – Open videos (Youtube, Vimeo, self-hosted) – Opens PDF files – Opens content from external web pages – Create easy modals and popup boxes – Open image maps – Flawless on mobile devices – Hyper fast performance -> VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS -> GET PRO SUPPORT Background and Thanks Special thanks to Ulf Benjaminsson, who created the original WP JQuery Lightbox plugin and maintained it for many years. Additional Info Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Ulf Benjaminsson. Copyright (C) 2023-Present LightPress LLC. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA