Shadowbox JS WordPress Plugin
Shadowbox is an online media vieiwing application similar to Lightbox and Thickbox but with more functionality. Supports all types of media.
Shadowbox is an online media viewing application that supports all of the web's most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.
This plugin uses Shadowbox written by Michael J. I. Jackson.
Javascript libraries supported are: None, YUI, Prototype, jQuery and MooTools. Prototype and jQuery are used from the Javascript libraries included with WordPress, YUI is loaded from Yahoo APIs and Mootools is loaded from Google APIs.
This plugin can also be used as a drop in lightbox replacement, without requiring you to edit posts already using lightbox
audio
Formatting
images
javascript
JS
lightbox
lightview
links
movies
overlay
Post
posts
shadowbox
thickbox
youtube
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Usage of Shadowbox JS over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 1 212 to 882 — down 330 (-27.2%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 882 | -80 |
| June 2024 | 962 | -12 |
| May 2024 | 974 | +2 |
| April 2024 | 972 | -2 |
| March 2024 | 974 | -4 |
| February 2024 | 978 | -35 |
| January 2024 | 1 013 | -15 |
| December 2023 | 1 028 | -5 |
| November 2023 | 1 033 | +1 |
| October 2023 | 1 032 | -51 |
| September 2023 | 1 083 | -89 |
| August 2023 | 1 172 | -23 |
| July 2023 | 1 195 | -17 |
| June 2023 | 1 212 | — |
Themes used with Shadowbox JS
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Thematic |
| 4 | Twentyeleven |
| 5 | Twentyten |
| 6 | Arras |
| 7 | Canvas |
| 8 | Avada |
| 9 | Arthemia |
| 10 | Suffusion |
| 11 | Atahualpa |
| 12 | X |
| 13 | Divi |
| 14 | Hieroglyph050 |
| 15 | Lifestyle |
| 16 | Simplicity |
| 17 | Magnificent |
| 18 | Hybrid |
| 19 | Nandonik |
| 20 | Sahifa |
Sites running Shadowbox JS
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