WP Video Lightbox WordPress Plugin
Very easy to use WordPress lightbox plugin to display YouTube and Vimeo videos in an elegant lightbox overlay.
The WordPress Video Lightbox plugin allows you to embed videos on a page using lightbox overlay display.
This plugin can be used to display images, flash, YouTube, Vimeo, iFrame etc in a lightbox overlay. The embedded videos can be viewed on iPhone and iPad too.
Embedding Vimeo Video
You can embed a vimeo video using the following shortcode in a WordPress post or page:
[video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id="13562192" width="640" height="480" anchor="click here to open vimeo video"][video_lightbox_vimeo5 video_id="13562192" width="640" height="480" anchor="http://www.example.com/images/vimeo-thumb.jpg"]You need to replace the value of "video_id" with your actual vimeo video ID. When a user clicks on the anchor text/image your vi
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Sites running WP Video Lightbox, click to open one
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Usage of WP Video Lightbox over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 4 448 to 4 355 — down 93 (-2.1%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 4 355 | -248 |
| June 2024 | 4 603 | +84 |
| May 2024 | 4 519 | +105 |
| April 2024 | 4 414 | +163 |
| March 2024 | 4 251 | +54 |
| February 2024 | 4 197 | -100 |
| January 2024 | 4 297 | +21 |
| December 2023 | 4 276 | +232 |
| November 2023 | 4 044 | +114 |
| October 2023 | 3 930 | -168 |
| September 2023 | 4 098 | -203 |
| August 2023 | 4 301 | -118 |
| July 2023 | 4 419 | -29 |
| June 2023 | 4 448 | — |
Themes used with WP Video Lightbox
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Divi |
| 2 | Genesis |
| 3 | Avada |
| 4 | X |
| 5 | Divi-child |
| 6 | Enfold |
| 7 | Salient |
| 8 | Bridge |
| 9 | Jupiter |
| 10 | Dt-the7 |
| 11 | Avada-child-theme |
| 12 | Twentytwelve |
| 13 | Canvas |
| 14 | Twentyeleven |
| 15 | Betheme |
| 16 | U-design |
| 17 | X-child |
| 18 | Twentythirteen |
| 19 | Impreza |
| 20 | Enfold-child |
Sites running WP Video Lightbox
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