Depending on an effect you want, Awesome Gallery can link your images to the “original” page, custom URL or one of the lightboxes available. Currently, Awesome Gallery supports the next lightboxes:
- Magnific Popup – a basic “fallback” responsive lightbox, default for compatibility reasons.
- PrettyPhoto – a more powerful one. Included into Awesome Gallery.
- SwipeBox – a good lightbox with support for touch device swipe gestures. Included into Awesome Gallery.
- JetPack Carousel – a nice lightbox built into famous JetPack plugin. Requires JetPack to be installed and activated (for free).
- iLightbox – a powerful commercial lightbox available from CodeCanyon
- FooBox – yet another commercial lightbox. Very powerful too, just a bit different design.
Which one is best for you?
You can choose what lightbox is right for you using this feature matrix:
| Magnific Popup | PrettyPhoto | SwipeBox | JetPack Carousel | iLightbox | FooBox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Included | Included | Included | Free | Paid | Paid |
| Responsive | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Touch support | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Social sharing | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Comments | No | No | No | For on-site images | No | No |
| Slideshow mode | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Skins available | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Video support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| IFRAME support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Minigallery | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| EXIF data | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
And, an example.
Click any of the images below to see them in a lightbox.