PWP Lytebox WordPress Plugin
The fast and simple way to make all links pointing to images open in popup modal window.
Plugin uses light-weight Lytebox js-project by Markus F. Hay (http://lytebox.com, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License).
After activate, plugin will make modal-window-openable every link with href="...image" found in post (or page, or custom post) content.
To prevent link to be treated by plugin put "?" symbol on its end:
<a href="image.jpg">...</a> - opens in modal window
<a href="image.jpg?">...</a> - standard behaviourYou can show name and description of picture in modal window. Just put them into "title" and "data-description" attributes:
<a href="image.jpg" title="Picture name">...</a>
<a href="image.jpg" title="Picture name" data-description="This picture is...
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Usage of PWP Lytebox over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 5 to 7 — up 2 (+40%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 7 | +1 |
| June 2024 | 6 | +1 |
| May 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 5 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 5 | +1 |
| February 2024 | 4 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 4 | +1 |
| December 2023 | 3 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 3 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 3 | -1 |
| September 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 4 | -1 |
| July 2023 | 5 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 5 | — |
Sites running PWP Lytebox
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