Title: Tobidase Swipe LightBox
Author: SatoruHatano
Published: <strong>June 17, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 17, 2026

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# Tobidase Swipe LightBox

 By [SatoruHatano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/satohata/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tobidase-swipe-lightbox.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox/#developers)

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

## 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:**

 1. Insert an image in the post editor
 2. Click the image  click “Link” in the block toolbar
 3. Select “Media File” and save

**How to insert a video:**

 1. Place the cursor at the insertion point in the post editor (Text mode)
 2. Click the “Tobidase Movie” quicktag button
 3. Enter the video URL in the dialog
 4. 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

 1. Upload the `tobidase-swipe-lightbox` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin from the WordPress admin “Plugins” screen
 3. Go to **Tools > Tobidase SLB** to configure settings

## FAQ

### The popup does not open when I click an image.

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.

### Can I use this with videos?

Yes. YouTube, Vimeo, Niconico, Dailymotion, and MP4 are supported. Use the “Tobidase
Movie” quicktag button in the post editor to insert a video.

### How do I navigate between slides?

 * **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

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Tobidase Swipe LightBox” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ SatoruHatano ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/satohata/)

[Translate “Tobidase Swipe LightBox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [gallery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[lightbox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightbox/)
   [popup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/popup/)[swipe](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/swipe/)
   [youtube](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tobidase-swipe-lightbox/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ SatoruHatano ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/satohata/)

## Support

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