Title: ThickBox
Author: Christian Schenk
Published: <strong>February 10, 2008</strong>
Last modified: June 21, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# ThickBox

 By [Christian Schenk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/thickbox.1.6.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/thickbox/)

## Description

Allows you to embed ThickBox into your blog. Simply insert ThickBox compliant markup

where ever you want and you’re all set. It is a pretty lightweight plugin but here
are some of its features:

 * comes with an expert mode that allows you include the JavaScript and CSS for 
   ThickBox only on those pages that actually need it
 * you can opt to use the script and style already bundled with WordPress
 * automatically adds the correct class attribute when using the gallery shortcode
 * and also contains SmoothBox

### Licence

This plugin is released under the GPL.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Some pictures in a gallery.
 * [[
 * If you click on a picture you’ll see the larger image.

## Installation

 1. Unzip the plugin into your wp-content/plugins directory and activate it
 2. [Integrate](http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-thickbox-plugin/#howto)
    it into a post or page.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“ThickBox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Christian Schenk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/)

[Translate “ThickBox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/thickbox)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/thickbox/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/thickbox/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/thickbox/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/thickbox/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.6.1

 * Added a translation for the Serbo-Croatian language (thanks to [Web Hosting Hub](http://www.webhostinghub.com/))

#### 1.6

 * Confirmed compatibility with most recent version of WordPress

#### 1.5

 * You may now use the script and style that’s bundled with WordPress
 * Automatically adds a class to the images generated by the gallery shortcode
 * Fixed glitch on admin interface (couldn’t disable some options)

#### 1.4

 * New admin interface with various options
 * Added german translation for ThickBox and SmoothBox
 * You may now add variants of ThickBox and SmoothBox as you see fit
 * Plugin supports i18n now

#### 1.3.1

 * Small bugfix regarding jQuery.

#### 1.3

 * Updated ThickBox (3.1) and SmoothBox (v20080623) to latest version.

#### 1.0 – 1.2.x

 * First drafts

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/)
 * Tags
 * [gallery](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gallery/)[images](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [pictures](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pictures/)[smoothbox](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smoothbox/)
   [thickbox](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thickbox/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/thickbox/advanced/)

## Ratings

 2.6 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/thickbox/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Christian Schenk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chschenk/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/thickbox/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.christianschenk.org/donation/)