Image Projector

by wpgloe

Description

Image Projector – a unique image viewer that provides a responsive full-window view and slider for images in posts or pages, including galleries and carousels. Flexible options will let you present a minimal or rich interface to the visitor.

Features

Plug and Play, no editing of theme code or other code needed
Tolerant to markup variations, suitable for block themes and classic themes
Modify strings – translate front end to targeted language region, RTL support
Visitor can switch view style and background
Supports zoom, flip image, grayscale view
Optional thumbstrip when relevant
Optional display of image exposure settings
Supports modern image formats WebP and AVIF when browser supports it
Humble, responsive and quiet appearance

Demo

For examples on general use, please visit image-projector.com. Here you will also find an overview of all the admin options as well as other information.

Used on an archive page when ‘Collect post images’ behaviour is chosen, it will limit the collection to the first or featured image in queried posts.

Privacy Notice

This plugin does not track users. It does not store any data to the database other than plugin settings, neither does it send any data to any server.

Last used view style and background style is stored in a cookie on visitor’s device and applied if visitor returns.

Installation

New installation:
1. Install it by using the “Add Plugin” function of WordPress or download and unzip the plugin to your WordPress plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page.
3. Modify the plugin settings as needed and save changes.

Update existing installation:

Press the Update button for the plugin or follow these steps:

Download zip file from WordPress plugin directory.
Deactivate the plugin.
Unzip the downloaded file to the plugin folder.
Activate the plugin.
If any new options are added, check the settings pages and adjust settings as needed.

Screenshots

Example view with thumbstrip.

Faq

How can I use it together with NextGEN gallery or other third-party gallery plugins?

For NextGEN, select None for Lightbox effects in the Other options page of NextGEN gallery plugin.
Other plugins may have a different approach, this should normally be described in the plugin documentation. Please leave a support message if you are not able to make it work as expected.

Only one image from a gallery or carousel is shown, and no arrows – why?

Probably due to that the the gallery or carousel wrapper is not detected. Please specify the parent element for the gallery or carousel elements. If in doubt, do not hesitate to register a support case.

Can I choose which posts/pages and images it shall be activated for or excluded from?

Yes. This can be specified in the plugin settings page.

Can I modify the styles?

Please have a look into the plugin settings page for various options affecting element styles. If there are certain elements you would like to have more control of, please file a support case.

Reviews

bad

By shajolreddy on April 28, 2025

breaking my side design

Best lightbox plugin

By trifido on November 12, 2023

The only plugin that truly works with webp images, simple to use and with excellent support.

Excellent Image Viewer for Images Photo/Document

By Valerie (vdaltman) on May 31, 2023

I needed a way to render images of varied original quality (historical records scanned by a third party) so users could clearly focus on text and read. I tried numerous lightbox, gallery, photo plugins and none accomplished this - magnification / zooming was too limited or resulted in image distortion or loss of responsiveness. What I really wanted was flexible magnification and panning while maintaining clarity and responsiveness. Image Projector does exactly this and doesn't come with excess features/bloat.

When I look for a plugin I read the reviews, I look at whether or not it's being maintained. Ordinarily, I might have overlooked this one given its age and low number of downloads, but it had been recently updated and was a great fit for my needs. After installing, it didn't work. Typically, I walk away and simply use something else, but I'd already tried the other options. This time, I went to the support forum. And viola! I have an updated version (5.3) installed and all is great!

So, a huge applause for the developer who was responsive and expedient with the needed fix. It is completely compatible with WordPress 6.2.2 and twenty twenty-three.

Image Projector is the best I have come across for responsive detailed image viewing with just the right number of customizing options!

Great plugin

By wpdanilo on April 11, 2023

Thank you very much for this plugin, I have tested many but this one answers everything I was looking for!!

Great lightbox plugin

By Simplesite (simplesitehu) on April 22, 2022

This plugin is a good choice if you use DIVI, and want using alternative lightbox. With this plugin can zoom image in lightbox, bright/dark background, lot of control settings, caption support and many more good options. And the support is excellent. I really recommend it.

Such great options!

By ragnarfredrik on December 17, 2021

The possibility to choose background; white/dark is so brilliant. Also you can choose different sizes to show your photo in the lightbox + more options. And as a quick respond to my request they added a choice to limit the image to original size. So -the support is also excellent! A very nice and unique plugin indeed. Recommended.

Useful and unique plugin.

By pigi77 on November 29, 2020

Useful and unique plugin. Easily manages the display and enlargement of images. Great support.

very helpful

By charliezz on April 23, 2018

despite the low number of downloads this is the best WordPress image plug-in, perfect for desktops and smartphones

Absolutely the best

By maxib on April 21, 2018

In my opinion, with the last release, this is the best wordpress image plugin: pinch in/out effect; image browsing with a finger; image shift with a finger, autoplay, possibility to choose the background, etc. Absolutely the best wordpress image plugin.

Very nice plugin

By pippo46 on April 16, 2018

As in the title a very nice and useful plugin which permits also pinch in/out of photos.

Changelog

6.4.2

Bugfix related to detection of captions.

6.4.1

Bugfix related to viewing of exposure settings.

6.4

Added option to show camera exposure settings if available in image file. Display is controlled from menu or key ‘I’ and may be restricted to logged in visitors only. See Exposure section in plugin admin page.
General improvements.

6.3.4

Bugfix

6.3.3

Eliminated issues that triggered warning messages when checking plugin by the WordPress.org Plugin Check plugin.
Extended options in Post images section to control use of featured image.

6.3.2

Plugin admin interface – included update to avoid dynamic property creation. This was deprecated in PHP 8.2.

6.3.1

Hidden images were included in collection of images. Images are now disregarded if display:none.
Now ignoring image elements with src attribute pointing to something else than an image.

6.3

Added options in Appearance:
- specify width of frame for view style 2.
- control whether viewer shall start in fullscreen mode for small devices.
- control whether full screen mode shall remain if active when closing viewer.
Plugin admin page – fixed admin script enqueueing error revealed in WP_DEBUG mode. Error did not have any impact on the plugin behaviour.

6.2.1

Fixed layout issue for view style 2 that could show up on block themes.
Removed a system default image group wrapper class that caused unrelated images to be included in image collection for block themes.

6.2

Removed obsolete call to load_plugin_textdomain().
Fixed minor issues.
Tested for WordPress 6.8.

6.1

Minor adjustments to thumbstrip feature. Option to choose whether the indicator for current thumb shall be shown is addded.

6.0

Improvements to the thumbstrip including new options in Features to choose thumb style, height of thumbstrip and margins.
General improvements.