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How to Display YouTube Videos in a Lightbox? WordPress

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Does anyone know how to display youtube videos in lightbox on wordpress? i know digg.com does/did do it at some point.

i have found many image lightbox plugins, and i found a plugin that displays wmv movies in a lightbox, but i cant find something that will quickly display a youtube video in a lightbox plugin.

Answers (5)

2009-12-27

Rebecca M answers:

Hi Omar,
This plugin looks amazing and you can create thumbnails so that you have more control over the design and images on your site - [[LINK href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/youtube-with-fancy-zoom/"]]YouTube Fancy Zoom[[/LINK]].
Good luck,
Rebecca

2009-12-27

Dan Davies answers:

I recommend using [[LINK href="http://www.shadowbox-js.com/"]]ShadowBox[[/LINK]], and using the iframe player support it comes with. You can use this to open YouTube videos in a lightbox.

2009-12-27

Tony Geer answers:

Easy Frame work is a CSS/HTML/JavaScript framework that includes the code to do this. The demo page can be found here under the Flash heading: [[LINK href="http://easyframework.com/demo_popup.php"]]http://easyframework.com/demo_popup.php[[/LINK]].

You can either check to see how he does it (it's free) or simply use the framework. Hope that helps.

2009-12-27

VĂ­ctor Urrea answers:

you can use this plugin [[LINK href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-prettyphoto/"]]http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-prettyphoto/[[/LINK]] its perfect for you!!

2009-12-27

Thomas Maier answers:

The very best Lightbox for Youtube videos (and other stuff) is this one: [[LINK href="http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/"]]http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/[[/LINK]]

This is what you want - as simple as you want it.