WordPress 5.6 break plugins

The workaround works for this plugin, but does damage to other ones, so I’m not able to use it. :/ Is there a timeframe on when there could be an update? Otherwise I’d have to look for an alternative, I’m afraid. Really love this one, though!

Completely agree! I use this plugin on multiple websites and really like it! So I’m not looking forward to having to go and look for an alternative. But without a timeframe for an update the pressure is building to go and look… ??

I gave up… switched to WP Featherlight instead which looks very similar and works perfectly for my site. I might switch back one day, but until then, this one spares me any workaround.

I’ve tried in vain to contact @ulfben so decided to have a go at fixing the problem myself. I’ve pushed a new version of this plugin to my github.

1.4.8.2 (2021-01-23) =
* Tested for WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.x. by @papijo
* Fixed WP 5.6 with default JQuery 3.5 compatibility problems.
* Removed <iframe id=”lightboxIframe” /> which crashed the plugin.
* Fixed all the minor deprecated JQuery functions.
* Compatible with the Gutenberg Image & Gallery blocks (for the caption field).

I’d be grateful if people would give it a try (preferably on a test site rather than on a live/production site) and report here any problems.

Hopefully @ulfben will see this post and test my version and make it available.

And here is the address of the fixed version branch of the plugin on my GitHub (the “master” branch is the current, non-fixed version):
https://github.com/rezeau/wp-jquery-lightbox/tree/compatible-wp-56

Nice work! I’ll take a look at your patch and merge the fixes into the next release as soon as time permit. Thanks for helping out!

Hi @ulfben Thanks for the swift reply. I e-mailed you (twice) recently re this plugin and other matters, at your @speldesign e-mail address. Did you get those? You can contact me at my e-mail address at the bottom of my “garden site” home page, whose address is in my WordPress forum profile here.

Thanks @papijo I have test your fix and is OK.
@ulfben I await the official fix to update my sites.

The plugin has now been patched for WordPress 5.6, courtesy of papijo. Many thanks for your help!

Very thanks @ulfben and @papijo

Perfect! ?? Thanks a lot!

Thank you @ulfben and @papijo