Meow Lightbox

Description

Responsive Lightbox designed for photography which can also displays EXIF data. This lightbox is highly optimized and designed to be very fast and elegant. You will love it! Learn more about it here: Meow Lightbox.

KEY FEATURES

  • Responsive Layout. Looks great on mobile, tablets and bigger screens.
  • Responsive Images. Image resolution itself will adapt to the screen and device.
  • Display Image / EXIF information. Shutter speed, aperture, camera, lens.

DEMOS

If you want to see how it performs, have a look at those examples.

GALLERY

We believe that choice of the gallery system depends on you. We however recommend you to use the Meow Gallery.

PRO

Getting the Pro version will support us and the development of the plugin, and also add those features:

  • Deep-Linking: allow sharing an URL that will open the Lightbox directly on a specific image.
  • Slideshow: you can start a slideshow from the Lightbox.
  • Social Sharing: share the image on social networks.
  • Animation: the Lightbox can be animated when opening and closing.
  • Google Maps: if GPS is available in your image, a map will be available.

IMPORTANT

By default, the selector is set for the classes ‘.entry-content, .gallery, .mgl-gallery’. If you need the Lightbox to be active for more selectors, you will need to update the settings. The plugin will apply the lightbox for images contained by the selector. For more information, please check the official page.

Languages: English.

Screenshots

  • Lightbox displaying EXIF information

Installation

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

FAQ

Please have a look at Meow Lightbox.

Reviews

ለካቲት 25, 2024
I use it with Meow Gallery and its the perfect fit. I wanted a simple and light weight lightbox. This one is the best match for me (I tested many others).
ለካቲት 22, 2024
There is really little to add to the title of this review other than to congratulate the Developer Mr. Jordy Meow. As mentioned in the title of this review, the Meow Lightbox WordPress plugin is really well designed and coded, it also turns out to be very streamlined, lightweight and packed with lots of features and most importantly it works perfectly (mind you, do not confuse the errors that can be caused by an incompatibility with obsolete versions of PHP, because using the updated versions of PHP and supported by this plugin, although I have been using this plugin for a long time, I have not yet encountered any errors in this plugin).Basically, with Meow Lightbox, this simple but very powerful plugin for WordPress, you can have a responsive Lightbox designed specifically for photography that can also display EXIF data also allows you to have a responsive layout which is great on mobile devices, tablets and on larger screens, and still responsive images so the same image resolution will adapt to both screens and mobile devices as well as having the ability to display image / EXIF information such as shutter speed, aperture, camera, lens and much, much more. Oh I forgot… it is virtually completely free but there is also a paid Professional version available (optionally) that adds, for those who need it, support for: Carousel Layout: Display your images in a beautiful carousel (you might know this layout as slider). Map Layout: Instead of a gallery of images, a map will be displayed. The GPS written in your photos will be used. Infinite Loading: If you have huge galleries, with hundreds of thousands of photos, this feature will make it doable and smooth. Animations: Sleek animations. To finish I still give my compliments to the Developer Mr. Jordy Meow and I can only recommend you to try it because it is really an Excellent plugin for WordPress and I am very proud to have completely translated it into Italian! Greetings and have a nice day.
ለካቲት 6, 2024
On the market of Lightbox plugins, this one really stands out with a wide variety of options, settings, etc.. A great addition to the Lightbox is the ecosystem plugins that are very useful and well-supported. I had some issues with 3rd party plugin that the developer kindly researched and offered a solution that could eliminate similar problems. The developer informed he will try to implement it in the coming update. Overall, I am pleased with the paid version of the plugin and its support.
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Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

“Meow Lightbox” has been translated into 9 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

5.1.4 (2024/03/16)

  • Fix: Avoid issues with non-image media.
  • Add: Static CDN support (to retrieve EXIF data for offloaded media).
  • ✨ If you have a moment, please write a little review for the Meow Lightbox. Thank you! 💕

5.1.3 (2024/02/02)

  • Add: Introduced “Selector Ahead” in Performance for back-end class checks.
  • Update: Replaced “Hide/Show info” with a “Fullscreen” feature for enhanced viewing.
  • Fix: Removed debug log for cleaner operation.

5.1.2 (2024/01/20)

  • Add: Maintenance features with export, import, and reset options.
  • Update: Implemented map/image icon logic.
  • Fix: Resolved issue with no metadata on output buffering due to empty anti-selector.
  • Update: Introduced separate galleries based on Selector functionality.

5.1.1 (2023/12/25)

  • Update: Single click feature for unzooming images.
  • Add: Zoom and Pan functionality for mobile devices.
  • Add: Pan support when zoomed and double-click to unzoom.
  • Update: Implementation to ignore anti-selectors in lightboxify process.
  • 🌲💫 Merry Christmas!

5.0.9 (2023/11/29)

  • Add: Support for the collections of the Meow Gallery.
  • Add: WordPress Big Image Display support.
  • Fix: Compatibility with Beaver Builder.
  • Fix: Warning in the Meow GPS box.

5.0.8 (2023/11/15)

  • Add: New backdrop opacity setting for enhanced visual customization.
  • Add: Animation speed control for dynamic gallery transitions.
  • Update: Compact carousel design with integrated navigation and captions for an immersive experience.
  • Fix: Resolved various carousel issues including caption visibility, zoom opening on larger carousels, and missing closing – comparison.
  • Fix: Addressed lightboxify empty DOM in large galleries and fixed missing wp-image class with output buffering.

5.0.7 (2023/11/03)

  • Fix: Calculation for the date.
  • Add: Toggle Animation. You can see it in action here.

5.0.5 (2023/10/23)

  • Fix: Issue related to the zero date.
  • Update: If ran into a Meow Gallery, the lightbox will only be applied to the images of the gallery.

5.0.4 (2023/10/02)

  • Fix: Compatibility with PHP 8.2 (DiDom).
  • Fix: Size of navigation arrows.
  • Fix: Use WordPress timezone for EXIF date.
  • Add: New option for Date Timezone Compensation.

5.0.3 (2023/09/15)

  • Add: Line returns in captions.
  • Add: Caption Ellipsis (for long captions) is now an option.
  • Add: HTML support for titles.
  • Fix: Removed the potential mwl_data error.

5.0.1 (2023/09/12)

  • Fix: It was only displaying the first 12 images of a gallery.

5.0.0 (2023/09/01)

  • Update: The plugin was completely refactor, many parts were rewritten as well. This will allow us to add new features more easily.
  • Info: I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some issues in some cases, please let me know if you find any.

4.0.6 (2023/05/30)

  • Fix: Issue with Map Layout.

4.0.5 (2023/05/01)

  • Fix: Carousel was only working in the right conditions.
  • Add: ALT for all images to please those SEO checkers.
  • Update: General cleanup to simplify the code structure.
  • Add: Keywords in the EXIF section.

4.0.4 (2023/04/09)

  • Fix: Description now allows HTML.
  • Fix: Hide nav when only one photo.
  • Fix: Could not click the Google Maps buttons.
  • Fix: Slideshow was stopping by itself.

4.0.2 (2023/03/23)

  • Fix: Restore the common dashboard, and lighter bundle.

4.0.1 (2023/03/22)

  • Add: New filter mwl_download_link. If you return an empty link, the icon will be removed.
  • Fix: Issue with Output Buffering.
  • Update: Huge update, new system. Looks should be the same, but from now, it will be easier to maintain and add new features. Please test it well and let me know if you find any issue.

3.2.2 (2022/09/29)

  • Fix: Compatibility with WordPress 6.0.1.
  • Add: Latest versions of packages.

3.2.1 (2022/04/21)

  • Add: jQuery is not required anymore.
  • Fix: There were some random issues.

3.1.9 (2022/04/14)

  • Add: Option for Output Buffering. That will avoid issues for some users.

3.1.8 (2022/04/07)

  • Fix: No more scrolling of the site with the Lightbox is displayed.
  • Fix: There was some issue with the JS and CSS only used when actively used.

3.1.7 (2022/02/23)

  • Update: Only load the JS and CSS when the Lightbox is actively used.
  • Add: Support for ‘mwl-img-disabled’ class.

3.1.6 (2022/02/20)

  • Add: Zoom level for map.
  • Fix: Title was overriden by themes too easily.

3.1.5 (2021/09/22)

  • Fix: Low-res could be larger than high-res.
  • Fix: Issue with download.
  • Update: Common lib 3.6.

3.1.4 (2021/09/21)

  • Fix: Issue with low res first not sized correctly.
  • Add: A metabox that displays the GPS info (useful for debugging it).

3.1.3 (2021/09/18)

  • Fix: Catch error when no srcset or sizes.
  • Fix: Don’t escape HTML in title/caption.

3.1.2 (2021/09/11)

  • Fix: Refresh metadata when media updated through ajax.
  • Update: New and lighter architecture.

3.1.1 (2021/09/01)

  • Fix: Enhanced security.

3.0.9 (2021/07/08)

  • Add: Option for social sharing.
  • Update: Sanitize the value for selector and anti selector
  • Update: Added a few cameras and lenses.

3.0.8 (2021/05/22)

  • Update: More natural zoom.
  • Fix: Tiny fixes and improvements.

3.0.4

  • Add: Option for magnification.
  • Fix: Avoid breaking pagebuilders.
  • Update: Replace Leaftlet by Google Maps SDK.
  • Fix: Listen to arrow keys when lighbox is open.

3.0.3

  • Fix: Doesn’t break page builders and Rank Math SEO.
  • Update: Meow Common 3.3.

3.0.2

  • Add: Option to disable cache.
  • Fix: Lightbox navigation arrows keeping hover state on mobile.

3.0.1

  • Update: Avoid issues when reading the PHP Error Logs.
  • Update: Re-added the timer/delay for the slideshow.

3.0.0 (2020/09/06)

  • Update: Brand new UI on the admin side.

2.0.7

  • Fix: Const was used in a non-transpiled environment (and therefore, not working on old browsers).

2.0.6

  • Fix: Divi Builder was not working when Meow Lightbox was enabled.

2.0.5

  • Fix: Issue in the map when lazyloading was used in the gallery.

2.0.4

  • Add: Option to load a low-res first, to make sure the image appears instantly.
  • Fix: Exif data format.
  • Fix: Bug with certain theme, only the first image was displayed.

2.0.3

  • Fix: Performance issue related to the DOM.
  • Update: Optimized the way the images are prepared.
  • Fix: Move lightbox controls down when admin bar is displayed.
  • Fix: Wraps EXIF when too long.
  • Fix: Byebye to the naturalWidth issue.
  • Fix: Hide map icon if… it’s disabled.
  • Add: Display focal length and capture date.

1.7.9

  • Fix: There was a little notice in the Error Logs for old versions of PHP.

1.7.8

  • Fix: Issue with WooCommerce checkout.

1.7.6

  • Update: Exif analysis code restructured.
  • Add: Slideshow feature for Pro.

1.7.5

  • Fix: There was an JS error with ImageLoad.
  • Update: Improve sizing of low-res image.
  • Fix: Compatibility with IE11.

1.7.3

  • Fix: REST requests with the GET method were handled by the plugin (and they shouldn’t).
  • Update: Loader SVG was moved inline.

1.7.1

  • Fix: Avoid notices when lens it not available in EXIF.
  • Fix: Swipe detection.

1.6.9

  • Fix: Simpler and probably better REST detection.
  • Fix: Potential fix for WooCommerce.
  • Add: Support more camera names.

1.6.8

  • Fix: Remove the notices about the ‘Undefined index: geo_coordinates’ and the missing path.
  • Add: Filters for all the image information.
  • Add: Enable right click option.
  • Info: If you like this lightbox, please review it. We absolutely need your help in order to add fresh features. You can do it here. Thanks a lot 🙂

1.6.4

  • Add: Image Size option (Responsive Images or defined Image Size).
  • Add: Low-Res First, Deep-Linking.
  • Update: Better loader and cleaner JS.

1.6.3

  • Fix: Issue with OB and REST updates in the Post Editor.
  • Update: Dashboard and common librairies refreshed.
  • Update: Default settings are now set to use OB Mode and HtmlDomParser. If that brings issues for you, please have a look at this: For broken HTML / other issues, and try the second piece of code.

1.6.1

  • Fix: There was a little mess-up with the Output Buffering.
  • Update: Back-end process go through all images instead of being limited by the selector (selector is activated in the front only).
  • Info: Sorry, there was a lot of work done on the plugin this week to make it work everywhere, as always, your feedbacks are really valuable. Thank you so much 🙂

1.5.8

  • Add: New hidden/internal options.
  • Updated: Now use OB, coupled with a fast parsing engine.
  • Update: Still trying to find the best compromise compatibility/performance (with default behavior that works on 99.8% of the installs). Now the internals of the plugin can work differently depending on internal options, so if you have an issue, please contact us and we will look into it.

1.5.7

  • Update: Fix HTML issues and rendering.
  • Update: Additional compatibility for W3C.

1.5.6

  • Fix: Little issue caused by anti-selector.
  • Fix: Captions and EXIF weren’t showing in images used outside galleries. The Lightbox is now parsing the DOM to actually get all the required information and should work for everything.
  • Info: If you like this lightbox, please review it. We absolutely need your help in order to add fresh features. You can do it here. Thanks a lot 🙂

1.5.4

  • Note: Many things were fixed in the very last commit, but are linked to the very recent changes. Please have a look at the changes below, and it is also recommended to visit your settings for the Lightbox and click on the Reset Cache button (at the top).
  • Update: Refactoring of many parts of the lightbox, settings were simplified.
  • Update: Do not use slow asynchronous requests anymore = no more delay, the lightbox works right away, with EXIF caching.
  • Update: Icons and styles were reviewed.
  • Fix: The little images are not blown out anymore.
  • Info: If you like this lightbox, please review it. We absolutely need your help in order to add fresh features. You can do it here. Thanks a lot 🙂

1.4.6

  • Fix: Cache was not always reset accordingly.

1.4.4

  • Fix: GPS was not being cached.
  • Fix: Ajax calls optimization.
  • Update: Caching optimization.

1.4.2

  • Update: Added Anti Selector (CSS selector) to avoid Lightbox to be applied.
  • Fix: Better display of arrows on light photos.
  • Fix: There was an issue when the same photo was used twice on the same page.
  • Fix: Incompatibility had the bad effect to freeze the website.
  • Update: Compatibility with WP 5 and Gutenberg.

1.2.2

  • Fix: Remove Updraft link.
  • Update: For speed and confidentiality purposes, top using external CDNs. Inline SVGs are used instead.
  • Info: If you like this lightbox, please review it. We absolutely need your help in order to add fresh features. You can do it here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meow-lightbox/reviews/?rate=5#new-post. Thanks a lot 🙂

1.1.2

  • Add: By default, also add the Lightbox to the Meow Gallery.
  • Update: Display a message in the admin if the Permalinks are not enabled (they are required by the Lightbox API).

1.1.0

  • Update: Code cleaning.
  • Fix: SSL verify for updates.

1.0.6

  • Add: Swipe.
  • Fix: Issue with preloading.
  • Fix: Issue with vertical photo.

1.0.3

  • Fix: If there are errors in the EXIF, show images anyway.
  • Fix: Incompatibility with older versions of PHP.

1.0.0

  • Add: Map for the Photography Layout, if there are GPS coordinates.
  • Add: GPS coordinates for images.
  • Update: Better performance.
  • Update: Disable PrettyPhoto if it is forced by a theme.

0.1.3

  • Add: Option to choose which caption to display in the lightbox (caption or description).

0.1.2

  • Update: Better handing of the API calls.
  • Pro: Preloading.

0.1.0

  • Add: Lens information.
  • Update: Bigger arrows.
  • Update: Camera info, from now this data will be made “nicer” to look at little by little.

0.0.7

  • Add: Theme (Dark or Light)
  • Add: Layout (Minimal)
  • Update: Improved options.

0.0.3

  • Fix: Was catching too many JS key events.
  • Add: Swiping images
  • Add: ‘Close’ button

0.0.1

  • First release.