12 Responsive Lightbox Options for Website Developers

Responsive website development is taking over the industry. But what about lightboxes, which are a common way to open media such as images or video over a screen? If the rest of the website is responsive we of course want the lightboxes to be responsive also..well here you go, a list of the top 12 responsive lightboxes for your development needs!

1. JackBox

Recently released, the Jackbox is fully responsive, has social sharing built in, and has an extended license option which should keep theme developers smiling.

2. Flare

Flare is a super slick looking responsive lightbox by developer pixelentity.

3. MetroBox

MetroBox is a responsive lightbox option with comments built in.

4. Foobox

Foobox is a really slick looking responsive lightbox option and they will soon have updated licensing options for WordPress theme developers, great news!

5. Shadowbox

You can make the Shadowbox fit the browser window with the handleOversize argument.

6. fancyBox 1

You can make the original fancyBox fit the browser window with the fitToView argument

7. fancyBox 2

The new fancyBox, version 2, is truly responsive and adjusts to your screen size “on the fly”.

8. YoxView

The YoxView responsive lightbox option is pretty slick looking, and released unti the MIT licensing, good news to all developers!

9. Colorbox

Colorbox adjusts images with its scalePhotos argument.

10. rlightbox

rlightbox is yet another responsive option.

11. Fresco

Fresco is a super classy looking responsive lightbox option.

12. Yootheme

Another responsive lightbox, this one over at YooTheme.

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