Can you please recommend a plugin that can handle making images open in lightbox instead of in a new window? The plugin that is recommended in your documentation - https://wpdatatables.com/documentation/column-features/image-columns/ - WP Lightbox 2 has not been updated for the last 3 years. I really need this to work, preferably with a lightbox that also displays caption below it.
I am sorry, but Lightbox 2 is the only plugin we've worked with, and I can confirm that it is still working fine when I last tested it (about a week ago). So you should be good to go.
I wouldn't recommend anything else, simply because I haven't used anything else. There was no need to search for an alternative. But you're welcome to do your own research and see if there's a better plugin out there.
Please note, though, that issues like conflicts with third party plugins or themes are always possible due to the nature of WP.
But is there another way to add an image to a cell, a thumbnail that links to bigger image that opens in a lightbox but WITH caption. Something like this: " target="_blank">a href="https://www.hafdal.dk/tng/andlitsmyndir/1924-05-19-JohannaGeirlaugPalsdottir.jpg"img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-112887" src="https://www.hafdal.dk/tng/andlitsmyndir/1924-05-19-JohannaGeirlaugPalsdottir.jpg" alt="Jóhanna Geirlaug Pálsdóttir" width="32" height="45"/a
In this code (as you can see), the name "Jóhanna Geirlaug Pálsdóttir" will be placed below the image in the lightbox. Is this somehow possible in WPDatatables?
Unfortunately, like stated in our documentation, our plugin does not create thumbnails (at least for the moment), so you will need to take care of this yourself.
You can add images using string type columns like this:
<img src="link_to_image" height="42" width="52">
This will create a thumbnail, using HTML tags, but adding captions, opening in a lightbox, etc. is something we don't have control of, and what the Lightbox plugins should be able to do, but I can't say for sure since we only used the WP Lightbox 2, without captions.
Hello!
Can you please recommend a plugin that can handle making images open in lightbox instead of in a new window? The plugin that is recommended in your documentation - https://wpdatatables.com/documentation/column-features/image-columns/ - WP Lightbox 2 has not been updated for the last 3 years. I really need this to work, preferably with a lightbox that also displays caption below it.
Hope you can help :-)
Best regards
Rakel
Hello Rakel.
Thank you for your purchase.
I am sorry, but Lightbox 2 is the only plugin we've worked with, and I can confirm that it is still working fine when I last tested it (about a week ago). So you should be good to go.
I wouldn't recommend anything else, simply because I haven't used anything else. There was no need to search for an alternative. But you're welcome to do your own research and see if there's a better plugin out there.
Please note, though, that issues like conflicts with third party plugins or themes are always possible due to the nature of WP.
Best regards.
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
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Hello Aleksandar
I managed (with support from the plugin owner) to get ARI Fancy Lightbox to work with WPDatatables with the column set as "Image" and the text in the cell is https://domain.com/thumb.png||https://domain.com/fullsize.png as described in your documention.
See an example here https://www.hafdal.dk/legstadaleit/index.php/2019/02/13/kalastadir/ (image next to the name "Guðm. Guðmundsson").
But is there another way to add an image to a cell, a thumbnail that links to bigger image that opens in a lightbox but WITH caption. Something like this:
" target="_blank">a href="https://www.hafdal.dk/tng/andlitsmyndir/1924-05-19-JohannaGeirlaugPalsdottir.jpg"img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-112887" src="https://www.hafdal.dk/tng/andlitsmyndir/1924-05-19-JohannaGeirlaugPalsdottir.jpg" alt="Jóhanna Geirlaug Pálsdóttir" width="32" height="45"/a
In this code (as you can see), the name "Jóhanna Geirlaug Pálsdóttir" will be placed below the image in the lightbox.
Is this somehow possible in WPDatatables?
Hello again Rakel.
Glad to hear you found another Lightbox plugin.
Unfortunately, like stated in our documentation, our plugin does not create thumbnails (at least for the moment), so you will need to take care of this yourself.
You can add images using string type columns like this:
This will create a thumbnail, using HTML tags, but adding captions, opening in a lightbox, etc. is something we don't have control of, and what the Lightbox plugins should be able to do, but I can't say for sure since we only used the WP Lightbox 2, without captions.
Best regards.
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
[email protected]
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