10 Best Easy Lightbox Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Easy Lightbox has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Easy Lightbox
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ARI Fancy Lightbox
Closest matchARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress
4.7 (71) 10,000+ active installsLightbox for WordPress with social and viral features. Show photos, gallery, PDF, videos, WooCommerce images, inline content, Google Maps links.
Shares the lightbox, popup, video lightbox tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated September 24, 2025.
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4.1 (76) 2,000+ active installsPopupAlly allows you to create advanced popup signup forms in under 5 minutes without dealing with messy code.
Shares the lightbox tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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4.6 (42) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin offers a nice and elegant way to add Lightbox functionality for images, html content and media on your webpages.
Shares the lightbox tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 8, 2025.
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4.7 (85) 10,000+ active installsPop-up Popups
Shares the lightbox tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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4.5 (340) 10,000+ active installsCreate targeted popups for lead capture, event notifications, announcements, and promotions — shown at the right time without disrupting your visitors …
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.4 (70) 9,000+ active installsCart Popup for WooCommerce enables Ajax add-to-cart and displays an instant popup showing the added product.
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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Popup Maker – Responsive popup, Exit Intent Pop up, Email Optins, Autoresponder & More
4.5 (144) 7,000+ active installsPopup Maker plugin will help you run cleverer and more effective marketing popups for your website. Create the most optimal popup to boost your sales.
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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MailOptin
Paid version availableMailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc.
4.8 (436) 10,000+ active installsCreate popup, optin forms using easy form builder & popup maker. Send automated email to subscribers — Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Campaign Monitor etc
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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HashBar
Paid version availableHashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign
4.2 (36) 9,000+ active installsCreate Announcement Bars, Notification Bars & Popup Campaigns with countdown timers, A/B testing, smart targeting & analytics.
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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FireBox
Paid version availableFireBox – WooCommerce Popup Builder, Exit Intent Popup, Email Optin & Cart Abandonment
4.9 (75) 7,000+ active installsNewsletter optins, discount coupon popups, sticky bars and lightbox modals that capture leads and recover abandoned WooCommerce carts.
Shares the popup tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
Switching from Easy Lightbox: common questions
What is the best alternative to Easy Lightbox?
ARI Fancy Lightbox is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Easy Lightbox alternative has the most users?
ARI Fancy Lightbox, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Easy Lightbox alternative is rated highest?
FireBox, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 75 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Easy Lightbox alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Easy Lightbox score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Easy Lightbox on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
ARI Fancy Lightbox is the closest match to Easy Lightbox by the data we track, and ARI Fancy Lightbox has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. FireBox shipped the most recent release, on August 28, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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