CSS3 Lightbox is a high-performance lightbox which is working completely independant from jQuery and Javascript. This lightbox is incredible fast because
it makes use only of browser native CSS3 functions. Especially mobile devices are working faster and more reliable
than with other lightbox plugins which depend on Javascript libraries.
CSS3 Lightbox demo
This lightbox plugin is in not longer in active development and will not be be updated
Features
- High Performance Lightbox, especially on mobile devices
- No jQuery/JavaScript is used
- Lightbox works with any embedded image
- Lightbox with very low memory footprint
- Lightbox uses browser native CSS3 functions
- Faster than any other JS Lightbox plugin which depends on JavaScript
How does it work?
The plugin parses all your images in your blog posts and creates some specific classes for this images which are called from a smart and complex css file. This css entries are able to open your images
in a very nice looking lightbox.
How to install and setup?
Install it via the admin dashboard and to ‘Plugins’, click ‘Add New’ and search the plugins for ‘Lightbox CSS2’. Install the plugin with ‘Install Now’.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.