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How Do I Open a Slide In A Lightbox Modal?

If you would like a slide to open up into a lightbox modal when the user clicks on it, you can use MetaSlider Lightbox, a separate plugin that extends MetaSlider.

A slideshow allows you to create a beautiful showcase of images for your visitors.

You can enhance your slideshow with a lightbox. Visitors can view your slideshow and then click on an image and see a larger, higher-resolution version of the image. Often the background is darkened so that the viewer’s eyes can focus on the image alone. This feature currently works for Image Slides only.

You will also need to install a lightbox plugin. Here are some of the options:

In fact, there are even more plugins supported by MetaSlider Lightbox. You can see a full list on the WordPress.org listing.

  • Once you have created a slideshow in MetaSlider, look in the right sidebar. You are looking for the “Advanced Settings” area.
  • Scroll down and check the “Open in lightbox?” setting.
Open in lightbox

Now go and visit your slideshow on the front of your site. This image below shows a normal slideshow.

Click on any of the images in your slideshow, and you’ll see a full pop-up window. You can navigate through the images. This example was created with the “Easy FancyBox” plugin.