Description

Inlarge brings the abc-enlarge jQuery library to WordPress. Unlike typical lightbox plugins that dim the whole screen, it enlarges the clicked image in place — the article text around it stays readable. Ideal for web magazines and long-form articles.

👉 Try the live demo — click an image and watch the text keep flowing around it. A before/after comparison is in the screenshots below.

What it does

Automatically adds the abc-enlarge class to linked images in your post content (only images wrapped in a link to an image file, so nothing breaks).
Swaps in the high-resolution image from the link’s href on click, and restores the small one on collapse.
On portrait phones, expands the image into a horizontally scrollable, auto-centered view.
Can also apply to WordPress galleries (classic and block), making those images enlargeable regardless of their link setting. Off by default — tick it per post.
Lets you disable enlargement per post — enabled by default.

Usage

Under Settings Inlarge, tick which post types (post, page, custom post types) enlargement runs on. Only checked post types are enabled; all eligible types are checked by default.

Within an enabled post type, each post also has controls in the Inlarge box:

Block editor: the box appears at the bottom of the editor.
Classic editor: the box appears in the right-hand sidebar.

The “Enable image enlargement for this post” checkbox is checked by default; uncheck it to opt that post out. The Apply to WordPress galleries checkbox is off by default — tick it when you also want images inside classic and block galleries to be enlargeable.

Screenshots

Before — the image sits inline in the article at its normal size.

After one click — the image is enlarged in place and swapped to the high-resolution file. No overlay, no dimming: the article text below stays readable and the scroll position never moves. Click again to restore. — Before — the image sits inline in the article at its normal size.

Installation

Upload the inlarge folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Make sure your images link to the media file (in the block/classic editor, set the image link to “Media File”). Those images are enlarged automatically.

FAQ

Which images get enlarged?

Outside galleries: only images wrapped in a link that points to an image file (.jpg, .png, .gif, .webp, .avif, .bmp, .svg). This is what WordPress produces when an image links to its Media File. Images without such a link are left untouched so they never break.

Inside WordPress galleries: nothing, unless you tick Apply to WordPress galleries on the post (it is off by default). With it on, gallery images are made enlargeable regardless of their link setting: the plugin resolves a full-size image URL (from the image’s attachment ID, or by dropping the resize suffix from the filename) and never swaps in a non-image, so images don’t break.

Does it work with the block editor?

Yes. The per-post toggles work in both the block editor and the classic editor.

Does it work with custom post types?

Yes. The script and auto-class run on every singular view, and the per-post toggles are shown for posts, pages, and public custom post types that support the editor.

How do I load the unminified script for debugging?

Define SCRIPT_DEBUG as true in wp-config.php and the plugin loads the non-minified build.

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Contributors & Developers

“Inlarge – Inline Image Zoom” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Kyo Ichida

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Changelog

1.2.4

Remove the Japanese section from the description. The readme is now translated properly through translate.wordpress.org, so ja.wordpress.org shows a fully Japanese page and the English page stays English. The bundled ja translation for the admin screens is unchanged.

1.2.3

Japanese: bundled ja translation for the admin screens, and a Japanese section in the plugin description.

1.2.2

Stop shipping the directory-assets folder (icon and screenshots) inside the plugin download — it belongs only in the wordpress.org assets area. Cuts the download back to its normal size; no functional change.

1.2.1

Changed default: “Apply to WordPress galleries” is now off by default and opt-in per post. Gallery markup varies between themes, so galleries are no longer touched unless you ask for them. Posts where you had already unticked the box are unaffected; posts relying on the old default need the box ticked to keep enlarging gallery images.
Add a plugin icon, before/after screenshots, and a link to the live demo.

1.2.0

Add a Settings Inlarge page to choose which post types (post, page, and public custom post types) image enlargement runs on. Only checked post types are enabled. Defaults to all eligible post types.

1.1.2

Reword the per-post control to “Enable image enlargement for this post”, checked by default. Unchecking it is evaluated first, before any class is added, so opted-out posts get no abc-enlarge markup at all. No change to existing posts (default stays enabled).

1.1.1

Update the bundled abc-enlarge script to v1.0.3, adding a gallery CSS rule so an enlarged image fills its .gallery-item cell.

1.1.0

Add a per-post “Apply to WordPress galleries” option (on by default). Classic and block gallery images become enlargeable regardless of their link setting.
Extend the per-post toggle to public custom post types that support the editor.

1.0.0

Initial release. Auto-adds the abc-enlarge class to linked content images and adds a per-post enable/disable toggle.

Description

Usage

Screenshots

Installation

FAQ

Which images get enlarged?

Does it work with the block editor?

Does it work with custom post types?

How do I load the unminified script for debugging?