Description
Tobidase Swipe LightBox opens images and videos in a fullscreen popup with swipe support.
Features:
- Swipeable popup for images and videos
- Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Niconico, Dailymotion, and MP4
- Auto-fetches title and thumbnail from YouTube and Vimeo
- Two popup styles: standard popup and zoom
- Switch popup style per post type in the admin settings
- Override the style for individual items directly in the post editor
- Group images and videos within a post for sequential slideshow display
- Pause and resume slideshow at group boundaries
- Slide counter display (current / total)
- Loop, autoplay, and mute options
- Caption alignment (center / left)
- Keyboard navigation ( , Esc)
- Admin bar compatible (z-index safe)
- Hint animation on popup open (mobile)
How to open an image in the popup:
- Insert an image in the post editor
- Click the image click “Link” in the block toolbar
- Select “Media File” and save
How to insert a video:
- Place the cursor at the insertion point in the post editor (Text mode)
- Click the “Tobidase Movie” quicktag button
- Enter the video URL in the dialog
- Optionally add a thumbnail and caption, then click “Insert”
External services
This plugin connects to third-party services to retrieve video metadata (thumbnails and titles). These requests are made only when a video URL is entered in the admin editor dialog, or when a post containing a [tdslb-movie] shortcode is published/saved.
YouTube
Fetches thumbnail images and video titles via the YouTube oEmbed API and thumbnail CDN.
No personal user data is transmitted; only the video ID is used.
Terms of service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Vimeo
Fetches thumbnail images and video titles via the Vimeo v2 API.
No personal user data is transmitted; only the video ID is used.
Terms of service: https://vimeo.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
Niconico (NicoVideo)
Fetches thumbnail images and video titles via the Niconico public API (ext.nicovideo.jp).
No personal user data is transmitted; only the video ID is used.
Terms of service: https://account.nicovideo.jp/rules/account
Privacy policy: https://account.nicovideo.jp/rules/account
Dailymotion
Fetches thumbnail images and video titles via the Dailymotion public API.
No personal user data is transmitted; only the video ID is used.
Terms of service: https://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.dailymotion.com/legal/privacy
Installation
- Upload the
tobidase-swipe-lightboxfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin from the WordPress admin “Plugins” screen
- Go to Tools > Tobidase SLB to configure settings
FAQ
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The popup does not open when I click an image.
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Make sure the image link is set to “Media File”. If the link is set to “Attachment Page” or “None”, the popup will not open.
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Can I use this with videos?
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Yes. YouTube, Vimeo, Niconico, Dailymotion, and MP4 are supported. Use the “Tobidase Movie” quicktag button in the post editor to insert a video.
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- Mobile: Swipe left/right, or tap the navigation buttons at the bottom of the popup
- PC: Click the arrow buttons on the left/right of the screen, or use the keyboard keys
- Close: Tap the ✕ button, tap the background, or press Esc
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Contributors & Developers
“Tobidase Swipe LightBox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0
- Initial release