Turn images, audio, video, and any custom content into responsive lightbox popups and galleries – directly in the WordPress block editor, no coding required.
Cramming media into a page makes it cluttered – a lightbox lets content shine on demand. Lightbox Block is a Gutenberg plugin that displays different types of media inside a popup: create image galleries, audio playlists, video showcases, or show any custom content in a clean, interactive lightbox. It is simple to use and requires no coding knowledge.
The plugin is fully responsive, so your popups look good on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. Customize layouts, choose from different styles, and adjust settings to match your design – ideal for portfolios, tutorials, product galleries, media libraries, and any site where you want to highlight content.
Free Features
Five Lightbox Types: Gallery, Button, Audio, Video, and Content lightboxes for different kinds of media.
Gallery Content Support: Build galleries with images, audio, video, or custom content blocks.
Multiple Blocks Per Page: Add different lightbox types on the same page without conflicts.
Button Lightbox: Trigger popups with customizable buttons placed anywhere in your content.
Embed External Media: Supports YouTube, Vimeo, and self-hosted videos for quick playback.
Mobile Responsive: Popups automatically adapt to all screen sizes.
Slideshow & Fullscreen Modes: Present galleries as interactive slideshows or expand media fullscreen.
Captions Support: Add titles or descriptions to each popup for context.
Independent Galleries: Run multiple galleries on one site, each working separately.
Layout Options: Choose between the default grid or the Masonry layout.
Custom Layout Controls: Adjust row/column gaps and layout spacing for better design control.
Pro Version
The Lightbox Block Pro version adds more flexibility and advanced controls for media playback and customization.
Pro features include:
Shortcode Support: Insert lightboxes anywhere on your site, even outside Gutenberg.
Extended Media Types: Embed PDFs, iframes, YouTube videos, and custom HTML alongside images, audio, and video.
Custom Overlay & Captions: Change caption style and overlay colors to match your branding.
Autoplay Slideshows: Automatically start popup slideshows for smooth presentations.
Mouse-Wheel Navigation: Scroll to zoom or move between slides.
Advanced Slide Effects: Slide, CrossFade, Classic, or Default transitions.
Topbar Controls: Slide counts, zoom, rotate (clockwise/counter-clockwise), flip, and fullscreen toggle in the popup topbar.
Toolbar Actions: Sharing (Facebook, Twitter), downloads, slideshow controls, thumbnails, and close buttons inside the popup.
Thumbnail Previews: Classic or Modern gallery thumbnails for easy navigation.
Advanced Media Player Controls: Play/pause, restart, rewind, fast-forward, progress bar, duration, mute, volume, PiP, Airplay, settings, download, and fullscreen.
Multiple Audio Players: Four different audio player designs.
Hover Effects: Zoom, Rotate, or Shine animations for gallery items.
Gallery Styling: Border radius plus five aspect ratios (Landscape, Square, Horizontal, Vertical, Portrait).
Color & Size Controls: Modal background, close icon colors, and per-device modal/icon sizes.
Slider Layout: Use a slider format for galleries instead of grid or masonry.
Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made
Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent.
External Services: Communicates with api.bplugins.com (activation events) and wp.freemius.com (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy.