Title: Simple lightGallery Author: Savvas Published: October 4, 2021 Last modified: April 18, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-lightgallery/assets/icon.svg?rev=2838721) # Simple lightGallery By [Savvas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/savvasha/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-lightgallery.1.7.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-lightgallery/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-lightgallery/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-lightgallery/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-lightgallery/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/) ## Description An easy way to integrate either v1 or v2 of lightGallery JavaScript to WordPress. lightGallery is a lightweight, modular, JavaScript library for creating beautiful image & video galleries for the web and the mobile #### Features In **Settings > Simple lightGallery** you can find several options to control in which parts of your site the lightGallery will be loaded. Some of lightGallery core features ([taken from lightGallery officially site](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/docs/getting-started/)) * Fully responsive. * Modular architecture with built in plugins. * Highly optimized for touch devices. * Mouse drag supports for desktops. * Double-click/Double-tap to see actual size of the image. * Animated thumbnails. * Social sharing. * And many more. #### Usage 1. Select in which post_types and taxonomies you want the lightGallery to be loaded. 2. Make sure you are using the correct [markup](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/docs/getting-started/#the-markup) and the appropriate [initialization](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/docs/getting-started/#initialize-lightgallery) for your galleries. 3. If you want to use lightGallery with WP native `[gallery]` shortcode make sure to use it with the option `link="file"`. * For more usage tips, go to [lightGallery officially site](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/) ## Screenshots * [[ * lightGallery Customization Options using v1 of the script * [[ * lightGallery Customization Options using v2 of the script ## Installation 1. Install and activate Simple lightGallery plugin 2. Either use your own markup and code to initialize it on the frontend or enable the support for the WP `[gallery]` shortcode. #### Credits * [Chosen](https://github.com/jjj/chosen/) * [lightGallery](https://www.lightgalleryjs.com/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b94af65ef4e74785f9322ce28d431edef85aabdd4ed57b0defffba57215dfc93? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Gorgeous, touch friendly, and well supported!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gorgeous-touch-friendly-and-well-supported/)󠁿 [Josh Journey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ljosh/) August 19, 2024 I’ve experimented with dozens of galleries, this is certainly one of the best in WordPress. Very light weight, loads fast, displays photos how I’d like, works with mobile/touch screen monitor, has URL hash for linking, displays nice thumbnails, navigates very well, and friendly tech support. Thank you for developing this and swiftly addressing things. 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e48271a8d83a0b66e303b910f233d97d6c9a3ef289ebbc87389ce4463743d234? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[fantastic implementation of LightGalleryJS in WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-implementation-of-lightgalleryjs-in-wordpress/)󠁿 [James Revillini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrevillini/) August 17, 2024 This plugin is simple, lightweight, and has great support! It worked exactly as described and now my galleries are beautiful and accessible! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple lightGallery” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Savvas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/savvasha/) [Translate “Simple lightGallery” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-lightgallery) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-lightgallery/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-lightgallery/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-lightgallery/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-lightgallery/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.7.2 * Fix: Remove jQuery dependency from v2 code #### 1.7.0 * Update lightGallery to version 2.7.2 #### 1.6.1 * Fix: Hash plugin is not working on multiple galleries. * Fix: Image captions are not shown at slideshow. #### 1.6.0 * Fix: lightGallery v2 Plugins are not working. #### 1.5.1 * Code cleaning… #### 1.5.0 * Replace jQuery Chosen library with Select2 * Add the option to auto-include the needed inline js code (for V1 only!) #### 1.4.0 * Update lightGallery to version 2.7.0 #### 1.3.0 * Update lightGallery to version 2.3.0 #### 1.2.0 * Add the option to use lightGallery with WP native `[gallery]` shortcode #### 1.0.1 * Cosmetic fixes #### 1.0.0 * First Release! ## Meta * Version **1.7.2** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[jquery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/) [lightgallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightgallery/)[photography](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/photography/) [responsive](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/responsive/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-lightgallery/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-lightgallery/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Savvas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/savvasha/) ## Support Got something to say? 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