WP Colorbox

Description

WP Colorbox plugin is a simple lightbox tool for WordPress. It allows users to pop up content in lightbox using the popular jQuery ColorBox library. They can also view the larger version of a particular media file without leaving the page.

Features

• Beautiful lightbox popup style
• Flexiblity of creating your own lightbox link
• Pop up custom/HTML content in lightbox
• Trigger lightbox from either a text/image link
• Add lightbox to a YouTube or Vimeo video link
• Enable lightbox functionality on your site which supports modern browsers
• Use a simple shortcode to pop up a media file in lightbox
• Apply lightbox effect on images inserted into WordPress post/page
• Open external page in lightbox using iframe
• Responsive lightbox popup which works on mobile devices. Also it fits perfectly on smaller screens.

How to Use WP Colorbox

Pop up image in lightbox

Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a text/image link which will trigger lightbox once clicked:

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" type="image" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]

here, url is the link to the media file that you wish to open in lightbox and hyperlink is the anchor text/image.

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" type="image" hyperlink="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/thumb.jpg"]

Pop up YouTube video in lightbox

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video"]

Pop up Vimeo video in lightbox

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1284237" type="vimeo" hyperlink="click here to pop up vimeo video"]

Show Title in lightbox

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" title="overlay image" type="image" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]

Specify an Alternate Text for an Image

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" title="overlay image" type="image" hyperlink="https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/thumb.jpg" alt="Thumbnail image description"]

Apply Custom CSS

You can specify your own CSS class in the shortcode to customize a text/image link.

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video" class="custom_class"]

Multiple CSS classes can be separated with a space. For example:

[wp_colorbox_media url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video" class="custom_class custom_class2"]

For detailed documentation please visit the WordPress Colorbox plugin page

Screenshots

Installation

1. Go to the Add New plugins screen in your WordPress Dashboard
2. Click the upload tab
3. Browse for the plugin file (wp-colorbox.zip) on your computer
4. Click “Install Now” and then hit the activate button

FAQ

Can I use this plugin to pop up an image in lightbox?

Yes.

Can I use this plugin to pop up a YouTube video in lightbox?

Yes.

Can I use this plugin to pop up a Vimeo video in lightbox?

Yes.

Can I use this plugin to pop up an external page in lightbox?

Yes.

Can I use this plugin to pop up inline HTML content in lightbox?

Yes.

Is this plugin responsive?

Yes.

Is this plugin compatible with desktop, tablet and mobile devices?

Yes.

Reviews

Best flexible lightbox on the market

alphaomegawebdesign June 1, 2022

I use the colorbox lightbox for many years in my projects and for me it′s still the best lightbox plugin on the market. Its easy to use and very flexible in functionality and design. Really great job. Thank you!!!

Great Text solution

klstock12 May 11, 2018

I was looking for a pop-up text solution. This fit it great.

Firefox

gtwa March 16, 2018

Very good but it is not running on firefox and ms edge

Simle and Jump-starting!

brontho January 11, 2018

Many thanks to the plugin developers – you did a great job! I was able to start enjoying nice lightbox stuff on my website right after I saved my initial Fancybox settings(and no matter what class was attributed to my img links!) I changes nothing in my php/css, which is so cool. It just works. That’s fantastic!

Great plugin!

malagraphicdesign October 28, 2017

Works perfectly, thanks!

Great support finally

Joss0ne September 28, 2017

I needed to be patient adn I got good continuous support from Noor. He managed to help me resolve m the issue I was encountering.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.1.5

• Made some security related improvements in the plugin.

1.1.4

• Removed some unused files.

1.1.3

• Made some security related improvements in the plugin.

1.1.2

• Updated Colorbox to the latest version (1.6.4).

1.1.1

• Compatible with WordPress 4.8
• Updated all the permalinks

1.1.0

• Disabled scrolling option for YouTube and Vimeo videos.

1.0.9

• Alt (alternate text) attribute can now be specified in the shortcode for a thumbnail image.

1.0.8

• Added translation option so the plugin can take advantage of language packs
• WP Colorbox is now compatible with WordPress 4.4

1.0.7

• WP Colorbox is now compatible with WordPress 4.3

1.0.6

• Added a new shortcode parameter to apply custom CSS classes on a text/image link

1.0.5

• Added a new shortcode parameter to show the title of a media in lightbox

1.0.4

• colorbox shortcodes can now be embedded in a text widget

1.0.3

• Lightbox now opens full-sized images

1.0.2

• Lightbox window is now responsive

1.0.1

• WP Colorbox is now compatible with WordPress 3.9

1.0

• First commit