Title: FancyBox
Author: Kevin Sylvestre
Published: <strong>June 16, 2009</strong>
Last modified: May 12, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# FancyBox

 By [Kevin Sylvestre](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kevinsylvestre/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/fancy-box.zip)

 * [Details](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/)

## Description

This plugin uses the jquery implementation of fancybox and makes use of [attr] style
selectors by adding a section to the wordpress header.

For more information and examples of slimbox visit:

[FancyBox](http://fancy.klade.lv/)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Fancybox in action.

## Installation

 1. Upload `fancy-box` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload `fancy-box` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/262451e38fa5489b6cfeac85877a7554314968eacd5169c16bfbf5a3a31792d7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[straight pulldown of fancbox](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/straight-pulldown-of-fancbox/)󠁿

 [Broken Ninja](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bala223344/) September 3, 2016

Loved it as a developer as it has nothing but a plain fancybox.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63061c74f1e4a2864747e30a748a3ec24af637ce5955463a003ca40ac1ad4f81?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Why???](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-15/)󠁿

 [webeida](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webeida/) February 7, 2017

Why would anyone give this plugin 1 star? It’s a fantastic little plugin. I use 
it on my site. You can see how it works beautifully on my gallery. So two fingers
up to those 1 star folk!

 [ Read all 9 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“FancyBox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Kevin Sylvestre ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kevinsylvestre/)

[Translate “FancyBox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/fancy-box)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **4,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/)
 * Tags
 * [fancybox](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fancybox/)[images](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [javascript](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/javascript/)[lightbox](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lightbox/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pirate.wordpress.org/plugins/fancy-box/advanced/)

## Ratings

 2.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  5 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Kevin Sylvestre ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kevinsylvestre/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fancy-box/)