Title: Lightbox doesn't work
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Lightbox doesn't work

 *  Resolved [Jeveloper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeveloper/)
 * (@jeveloper)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/)
 * When I click on any image of my gallery I added into my post, lightbox doesn’t
   work. I see the full width image with blackened background but there are no navigation
   arrows or close buttom. I have tried many different plugins and none of them 
   work for me so there must be one general thing I am missing. I am building my
   own theme from scratch but i cant link to my website since I am using localhost.
 * a data-rel=”lightbox[gallery-1]” href=”_img source_“>
 *  <img class=”attachment-thumbnail” width=”150″ height=”150″ alt=”image3″ src=”
   _img source_“></img>
 * I can see the rel lightbox added so I don’t understand why it isn’t showing up.
   Add lightbox by default in settings is checked and I tried multiple lightbox 
   scripts.
 * Thank you for help, I’ve been trying to resolve this for hours
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-lightbox/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-lightbox/)

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 *  Plugin Author [dFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfactory/)
 * (@dfactory)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443202)
 * There are many possible answers, but most probably your site is experiencing 
   heavy javascript issues, like outdated jquery (we’ve seen sites with jquery version
   released in 2009, even though the WP was updated regularly), javascript errors
   or/and conflicts.
 * From what you describe the plugin works on the PHP/WP level, but does not work
   on JS level.
 * Can you post a link to your site?
 * Regards,
    Bartosz / dfactory
 *  Thread Starter [Jeveloper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeveloper/)
 * (@jeveloper)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443210)
 * My site isn’t on any server yet since I am only using localhost so I can’t post
   a link
 * <script src=”//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js”></script> I include this
   in my header so my jquery should be updated
 *  Plugin Author [dFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfactory/)
 * (@dfactory)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443214)
 * So you have a different issue from mentioned above.
 * It impossible we dubug this, so you gotta handle it on your own or hire a dev
   to help you out.
 *  Thread Starter [Jeveloper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeveloper/)
 * (@jeveloper)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443224)
 * I was able to resolve this at last, since I am developing my theme, there was
   no `wp_head()` in my header.php file.
 *  Plugin Author [dFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dfactory/)
 * (@dfactory)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443225)
 * Yep, another typical issue.
 * Thx for the info.

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-doesnt-work-16/#post-6443225)
 * Status: resolved