Hello @jptailfashion, @torax, @netesh and @felipexa,
I just wanted to inform you the issue has been resolved and we will release a theme update today.
The problem was caused by the PhotoSwipe JS, a library we used when we switched to Vanilla as of 3.0.0 version.
Unfortunately, the script authors didn’t have a solution for this problem, and until that changes and the script is stable enough to be implemented, we are switching back to Magnific Popup. This script has been in use with OceanWP from the beginning.
Once again, a huge thanks to everyone who reported the issue (sites with a large amount of images were experiencing it), especially for the understanding and the patience.
A special thanks goes to @torax and @felipexa for allowing us to investigate the problem on their staging sites. @felipexa even went the extra mile to isolate the staging on a separate server so we can perform any type of testing, and that has made quite an impact on finding the cause of the issue fast and solving it.
Once the update is released, please test on staging / localhost / test site.
We did perform tests on all the sites mentioned above, but this is a standard precaution measure regardless of the update (big or small, any theme / plugin).
Wishing all of you an amazing day and if you have any questions please let us know