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WP Lightbox 2 Plugin- How to Click to Enlarge Images on WordPress

October 29, 2013 by J9 Designs Filed Under: Ask J9 Designs, Blog Advice

Recently, I began a new series called Ask J9 Designs, where I asked other WordPress Users to ask me their technical questions on how to use certain aspects, such as simple coding, plugins and more.

Ask J9 Designs

Ask J9 Designs

Askfisher left me a comment on this post asking me in his own words,

 

“I am trying to code photos on my blog so readers can ‘click to enlarge’, but I can’t make sense of anything I have found yet. If you have something for dummies on how to code a photo for click to enlarge, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!”

 

So, I got to work and an awesome plugin for WordPress that does this automatically if it isn’t a part of the theme you may be running.

 

I immediately installed, activated and ran it on J9 Designs Blog to make sure it worked.  It not only worked, but I love it.

 

So, you may be asking what plugin I am talking about.

 

The plugin is WP Lightbox 2, which is used to add the lightbox (overlay) effect to the current page images on your WordPress blog.

WP Lightbox 2

 

Now that my share the step-by-step tutorial of how to install, activate and get it running on your WordPress site.

 

1. Search and Install the Plugin:

Search for WP Lightbox 2

Search for WP Lightbox 2

2. Activate the Plugin:

Activate WP Lightbox 2

Activate WP Lightbox 2

3. Check That the Settings Are Correct:

Settings for WP Lightbox 2

Settings for WP Lightbox 2

4. Take a Look at the Original Image (here is an example from my last post):

Original Image on Your WordPress Site

Original Image on Your WordPress Site

5.  Roll-Over and Click the Image to See That Your Image Is Indeed Been Enlarged to Fit the Screen.  (When you are done just hit escape to bring it back to the original image and page.)

Rollover of Image with WP Lightbox 2 Plugin

Rollover of Image with WP Lightbox 2 Plugin

And there you have it we have successfully been able to install the WP Lightbox 2 Plugin to have readers be able to rollover and click an image to enlarge on your WordPress site.

 

Please feel free to leave me some comment love and ask your technical questions here on this post, so I can try my best to help you my readers with all your WordPress needs now.

 

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Comments

  1. @askfisher says

    October 31, 2013 at 6:09 am

    You are awesome! thank you so much. I will give it a go today.

    • Janine Huldie says

      October 31, 2013 at 7:57 am

      Totally happy that I could help you and let me know how it goes!! 🙂

  2. Amy P says

    November 3, 2013 at 10:17 am

    This is a nice tutorial, love how it turned out too. You are such a light in the blogging community and I look forward to all your insights. It makes me want to be on WordPress even more. Have a great weekend.

    • Janine Huldie says

      November 4, 2013 at 9:12 am

      Thanks so much Amy for your kind words here and I love sharing these tutorials and just happy when I can helps other bloggers out with them. And you know I am here whenever you do decide to come over to WordPress! 🙂

  3. creating a blog says

    December 3, 2013 at 6:16 am

    This is really nice tutorial.this post help user to install plugin, their activation and how to run on WordPress.
    can you give me a code to enlarge image?
    visit my recent post http://wpnukes.com/a-couple-of-tips-on-creating-a…

  4. Kate says

    March 17, 2014 at 4:16 pm

    Hi. Just a couple of quick questions. Will this work with Wix and is it easy to use?

    • Janine Huldie says

      March 17, 2014 at 8:02 pm

      Hi Kate, this plugin is for WordPress users and as far as I know not for Wix.

  5. Kate says

    March 19, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    Thanks Janine! Any suggestions?

    • Janine Huldie says

      March 19, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      Kate, I never really used or set up Wix to be honest. Might have to do straight coding to your template and that would be my take and guess.

  6. Custom WP Plugins says

    March 30, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    WordPress is the best tool to build websites now its so easy to build a website.
    My recent post Custom WordPress and Plugins updated Sat Mar 29 2014 1:25 pm EDT

    • Janine Huldie says

      March 30, 2014 at 6:07 pm

      Totally agree and WordPress is always my first choice, too.

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