Title: Why doesn't lightbox work?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Why doesn't lightbox work?

 *  [pierremg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierremg/)
 * (@pierremg)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-lightbox-work/)
 * Hi. I installed your plugin and it’s really great, but I can’t get lightbox working.
   I set “use another viewer” and then I set lightbox on ‘other viewer settings’.
   I have wp jequery lightbox installed and its works properlly just adding rel=”
   lightbox” in images links, but unfortunatelly I can’t get it working with Shashin.
   Only Prettyphoto and Fancy box is working, but Prettyphoto is not that good. 
   I tried to use other viewers, but I had no success. Can you help me solve this
   issue? I have some coding knowledges and I can make any changes you tell me to
   do. I’m working on a local server, so I’m not able to give my site URL. If its
   possible to integrated lightbox on Shashing code, please let me know.
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/shashin/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/shashin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mike Toppa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toppa/)
 * (@toppa)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-lightbox-work/#post-4050707)
 * It should work for viewing individual photos and sets of photos. For viewing 
   albums there may need to be some custom javascript added. Can you let me know
   specifically which version of lightbox you are using? (lightbox has become such
   a generic term, I want to make sure i know which version you mean).
 * I may actually remove the option to use other viewers. As the javascript has 
   been getting more intricate with each new version of Shashin, it’s hard to keep
   it open for use with any viewer.
 *  Thread Starter [pierremg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierremg/)
 * (@pierremg)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-lightbox-work/#post-4050708)
 * Thanks for answering me Mike. I’m using this lightbox 2 plugin wordpress.org/
   plugins/wp-jquery-lightbox/
 *  Plugin Author [Mike Toppa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toppa/)
 * (@toppa)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-lightbox-work/#post-4050710)
 * I’ve been working on Shashin this weekened, and I’ve decided to remove support
   for other viewers in the upcoming version. The main feature of the new version
   is making Shashin responsive for mobile devices, which involves more custom coding
   to get prettyPhoto to work nicely in a mobile environment. It’s another aspect
   that won’t work generically for other viewers.
 * Having said that, I may add Lightbox 2 as a built-in viewer in a subsequent version.
   The current version of Fancybox is not GPL compatible (which means it’s not allowed
   in the wordpress plugin repository), so the version in Shashin is pretty old 
   now. So I’ll probably remove Fancybox and replace it with Lightbox 2 (but not
   in the version that’s about to come out – after that)
 *  [kiwiBri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiwibri/)
 * (@kiwibri)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-lightbox-work/#post-4050753)
 * Mike,
    thanks for the update. I too would love to see LightBox 2 incorporated
   with Shashin!
 * I’m sure I’m not along in saying that I appreciate the updates you provide to
   this plugin. I am still evaluating your plugin, but compared to some of the other
   ones that I have paid for “pro” versions this blows them out of the water. Keep
   up the great work.

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