Title: Gutenberg Gallery Blocks Lightbox
Author: Ben Dunkle
Published: <strong>јануари 8, 2021</strong>
Last modified: мај 22, 2025

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Gutenberg Gallery Blocks Lightbox

 By [Ben Dunkle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/empireoflight/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gg-lightbox.1.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gg-lightbox/)

## Description

This plugin transforms the Gutenberg gallery block into a lightbox with previous/
next navigation. It was built to offer those who wish to present a series of images
in lightbox/slider format with a simple, lightweight solution.

#### Installation

 * Install the plugin through the Install Plugins interface or by uploading the `
   ggbl-lightbox` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 * Activate the plugin.
 * Make sure you select “Media File” in the Link To dropdown menu for your galleries

#### Why did you make this plugin?

I haven’t found a lightbox that is optimized for Gutenberg galleries. Many generate
their own gallery formats or contain unneccesary options. I wanted to build one 
that was as minimal as possible, while offering a functional and elegant experience.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Brilliant!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-1682/)󠁿

 [sophibee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sophibee/) ноември 20, 2025

I can’t believe how easy my image gallery issue was solved. Thanks so much for your
work on creating such a helpful plugin.

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### 󠀁[best plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-plugin-1433/)󠁿

 [readysite](https://profiles.wordpress.org/readysite/) ноември 19, 2024

Great simple plugin

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-work-586/)󠁿

 [JBertrand10](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jbertrand10/) јуни 19, 2024 1 reply

Exactly what I was looking for, very minimal and just works.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Just works perfectly! Highly Recommended](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-works-perfectly-highly-recommended/)󠁿

 [ozzymuppet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ozzymuppet/) ноември 9, 2023

Great plugin, allowing me to quickly make a single or multiple images into a lightbox
without having to download some ridiculously huge plugin that wants a monthly subscription
or something nuts. Works well on mobile, and sure it does’nt have “swipe”, but it
has left/right arrows which work perfect. It’s not meant to be bulky and fancy, 
just to provide the basic functionality that should already come with WordPress 
but does’nt. Thank you developer, you’re a great help!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not mobile friendly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-mobile-friendly-40/)󠁿

 [civilization](https://profiles.wordpress.org/civilization/) јануари 17, 2023 1
reply

Giving three stars because only half work is done when developing this plugin. On
mobile, arrows get out of center and in general look a bit weird Also it is impossible
to swipe to the next picture. Considering that these days very big part of the users
are using mobile phones, those are critical issues.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Hält was es verspricht](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/halt-was-es-verspricht-4/)󠁿

 [1stein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/1stein/) јануари 16, 2023

Das Plugin macht genau, was der Titel verspricht. Bilder aus der Gutenberg Galerie
öffnen sich in einem modalen Fenster, wie man es erwartet. Tiptop!

 [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gg-lightbox/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Gutenberg Gallery Blocks Lightbox” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ben Dunkle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/empireoflight/)

“Gutenberg Gallery Blocks Lightbox” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you
to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gg-lightbox/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Gutenberg Gallery Blocks Lightbox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gg-lightbox)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gg-lightbox/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gg-lightbox/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gg-lightbox/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gg-lightbox/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

=1.5=
 * Tested for wp 6.8.1. Minor UI updates. Added swipe on mobile

=1.2.4 =
 * Tested for wp 6.6.2. Removed tags, updated plugin uri

=1.2.3 =
 * Tested for wp 6.5

=1.2.2 =
 * Changed lightbox to position:fixed to prevent unwanted scrolling. Props@
Antahai

=1.2.1 =
 * test for wp 6.0. Adds support for left/right arrow key navigation. Adds
support for ESC key to close gallery.

=1.2 =
 * test for wp 5.9. Works with updated wp-blocks-gallery class

=1.1 =
 * Ensure that lightbox is above all other elements on the page

=1.0 =
 * Initial Release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5**
 *  Last updated **1 година ago**
 *  Active installations **1.000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/)
   и [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gg-lightbox)
 * Tags
 * [block](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[gallery](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)
   [lightbox](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightbox/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mk.wordpress.org/plugins/gg-lightbox/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ben Dunkle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/empireoflight/)

## Support

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