WordPress Colorbox plugin is a simple lightbox tool for WordPress. It allows users to pop up content in lightbox using the popular jQuery ColorBox library. They can also view the larger version of a particular media file without leaving the page.
Requirements
- Latest version of WordPress
- A self-hosted website running on WordPress hosting
Feature
- Beautiful lightbox popup style
- Flexiblity of creating your own lightbox link
- Pop up custom/HTML content in lightbox
- Trigger lightbox from either a text/image link
- Compatible with WordPress multisite
- Add lightbox to a YouTube or Vimeo video link
- Enable lightbox functionality on your site which supports all major browsers
- Use a simple shortcode anywhere on your site (Post, Page, Homepage etc.)to pop up a media file in lightbox
- Apply lightbox effect on images inserted into WordPress post/page
- Open external page in lightbox using iframe
- Responsive lightbox popup which works on mobile devices. Also it fits perfectly on smaller screens.
How to Use WP Colorbox
Pop up image in lightbox
Create a new post/page and use the following shortcode to create a text/image link which will trigger lightbox once clicked:
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" type="image" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]
here, url is the link to the media file that you wish to open in lightbox and hyperlink is the anchor text/image.
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" type="image" hyperlink="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/thumb.jpg"]
Pop up YouTube video in lightbox
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video"]
Pop up Vimeo video in lightbox
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1284237" type="vimeo" hyperlink="click here to pop up vimeo video"]
Show Title in lightbox
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" title="overlay image" type="image" hyperlink="click here to pop up image"]
Specify an Alternate Text for an Image
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/overlay.jpg" title="overlay image" type="image" hyperlink="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/thumb.jpg" alt="Thumbnail image description"]
Apply Custom CSS
You can specify your own CSS class in the shortcode to customize a text/image link.
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video" class="custom_class"]
Multiple CSS classes can be separated with a space. For example:
[wp_colorbox_media url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nmp3Ra3Yj24" type="youtube" hyperlink="click here to pop up youtube video" class="custom_class custom_class2"]
For detailed documentation please visit the WordPress Colorbox plugin page
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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.