#257 by installs
Firelight Lightbox
Formerly Easy Fancybox. The most popular WordPress lightbox plugin. Simple, fast, and responsive. Opens images, videos, PDFs, and custom popups.
- Installs
- 200,000+
- Rating
- 4.8 (361)
- Updated
- 26 days ago
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox
A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- #427 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 3.1M
- 3,123,172
- Downloads, 30 days
- 60K
- 8.3K in the last 7
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5
- 95 reviews
- Last updated
- 19 days ago
- Oct 12, 2026
- Version
- 2.8.7
- 19 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 12, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.8 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.4 or newer |
| First published | April 8, 2014 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 2 threads resolved (50%) |
Reviews
3.9 / 5 from 95 reviews
| 5 stars | 63 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 5 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 5 |
| 1 star | 18 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
FooBox adds a lightbox to your WordPress site, so images are loaded in a modal or popup instead of redirecting your visitors away from your site.
Some people often refer to a lightbox as an “Image Zoom” effect. It’s really just a modal overlay or popup that showcases your images.
FooBox was the first lightbox to take responsive layout seriously. Not only does it scale images to look better on phones, but it rearranges it’s button controls to look great in both portrait or landscape orientation.
Add a modal popup to your website images with no setup. FooBox will automatically add modals to WordPress galleries, WordPress images with captions, and attachment images.
NEW: Auto Link Existing Images
Have older posts with images that do not open in FooBox? That is probably because those images were inserted without linking to the full-size media file.
Enable Auto Link Existing Images and FooBox will automatically wrap unlinked WordPress attachment images on the frontend, so visitors can open them in the lightbox without you editing old content.
Works with most image gallery plugins, but works best with our FooGallery Gallery WordPress Plugin.
FULL GUTENBERG SUPPORT
FooBox adds native block-editor controls to core Button, Image, Gallery, and Group blocks:
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
What is a WordPress gallery lightbox?
A WordPress gallery lightbox displays images in a modal overlay above the page when clicked, allowing visitors to view larger images and navigate through a gallery without leaving the page.
Does WordPress have a built-in lightbox?
Yes. WordPress 6.4+ includes a basic Expand on Click feature for galleries. It provides a simple overlay but lacks advanced features like navigation controls, styling options, and social sharing.
What is FooBox?
FooBox is a WordPress lightbox plugin that adds customizable, responsive overlays for images, with zero configuration.
Is FooBox mobile-friendly?
Yes. FooBox supports responsive layouts, swipe gestures, and touch-optimized controls for mobile and tablet devices.
Can FooBox be customized?
Yes. FooBox PRO includes themes, color controls, icons, animations, caption display options, slideshow mode, fullscreen viewing, and deep-linking.
Does FooBox slow down a website?
No. FooBox is performance-optimized and loads assets only when needed. When combined with optimized images, it does not negatively impact page speed.
Latest changelog entry
- Updated 12 Oct 2026
- Update : updated to Freemius SDK v2.13.5 (includes security fixes)
Screenshots
Frontend example 
Phone example
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.