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Fancybox slideshows

I first saw the Fancybox slideshow on the WP Bees site, thought it looked quite nice so then did a search. I thought that they were probably using fancybox-for-wordpress but there were 78 other plugins to choose from. Time to take a look at a shortlist of six.
Plugin name and descriptionPlugin linksVersion, total downloads, last update, tested
FancyBox
Enables fancybox on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links.
fancy-box
home
1.1.0
281,542
May 12, 2014
3.5.2
Easy FancyBox
Easily enable the FancyBox jQuery extension on just about all media links. Multi-Site compatible. Supports iFrame and Flash movies.
easy-fancybox
home
1.8.18
3,649,240
October 26, 2020
5.5.3
FancyBox for WordPress
Seamlessly integrates FancyBox lightbox into your WordPress blog: Upload, activate, and you're done. Additional configuration optional.
fancybox-for-wordpress
home
3.3.1
1,663,173
January 21, 2021
5.6
FancyBox Gallery
Integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin to generate dynamic pop-up image overlays for WordPress galleries.
fancybox-gallery
home
0.3.2
53,584
August 26, 2015
4.3.25
ZMT fancybox
Plugin adds fancybox code to WP header and footer. This plugin is designed for NextGen…
zmt-fancybox
home
1.2
3,689
July 30, 2011
3.2.1
fancybox2No info available  

I chose to try: easy-fancybox and fancybox-for-wordpress.

On activation easy-fancybox issued multiple Notices: Undefined index. So I deactivated it and tried fancybox-for-wordpress instead.

Published: February 22, 2012 | Last updated: February 4, 2015

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