Meow Lightbox Pro - All Versions & Changelog

v5.5.8

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Released June 27, 2026808.0 KB

Fixed

Resolved an issue where gallery infinite scroll could get stuck in a load more loop.

Improved

Removed placeholder image handling in the lightbox.

Added

Translations support for the lightbox interface with additional language coverage.

Other

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v5.5.7

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Released May 30, 2026788.9 KB

Improved

Fullscreen is now a toolbar action, with "Start Fullscreen" available as a secondary option for mobile and desktop.
Date and Time are now separate settings in EXIF metadata display.
Simplified and refactored EXIF display functions.

Fixed

Images without a lightbox ID but with a known cached URL now correctly load their metadata.

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v5.5.6

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Released May 6, 2026786.3 KB

Added

Dynamic aria-label updates for lightboxified images.
Internationalization support in lightbox components.

Improved

Removed default titles from next and previous buttons.

Fixed

Sub-pixel flickers in the lightbox display.

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v5.5.5

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Released April 26, 2026784.7 KB

Improved

Refreshed the welcome message screen with a new layout.
Better UI/UX.

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v5.5.3

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Released April 18, 2026777.0 KB

Fixed

Resolved an issue where dynamic cache keys could exceed the WordPress transient name limit by using MD5 hashing.
Resolved an issue where scrolling with the mouse wheel on the Description field was not working correctly.

Added

Support for displaying EXIF data on Meow Gallery images without requiring REST calls, using a new dynamic fetch approach.
A "Reset GPS" button in the Meow GPS widget, positioned below the coordinates for easy access.

Improved

v5.5.2

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Released April 15, 2026774.2 KB

Fixed

Resolved an issue where dynamic cache keys could exceed the WordPress transient name limit by using MD5 hashing.
Resolved an issue where scrolling with the mouse wheel on the Description field was not working correctly.

Added

Support for displaying EXIF data on Meow Gallery images without requiring REST calls, using a new dynamic fetch approach.
A "Reset GPS" button in the Meow GPS widget, positioned below the coordinates for easy access.

Improved

v5.5.1

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Released March 10, 2026773.3 KB

Improved

Improved image performance by using hardware-accelerated CSS on image elements.
Reorganized the "Features" options for a clearer layout.

Added

Added aria-label attributes to UI elements (accessibility for screen readers).
Added support for fullscreen mode to provide an immersive viewing experience.

Fixed

Corrected a configuration check in the bundled HTML parser library.

v5.5.0

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Released February 26, 2026772.4 KB

Added

New autoplay option for slideshows so galleries can play automatically.
Support for rendering the lightbox inside a parent element.

Improved

Orphaned media now reuses existing IDs for the same URL to avoid duplicate entries.
Upgraded the DiDom library to v2 to resolve double-encoding issues.

Fixed

Hotfix to prevent server errors (500) when EXIF GPS data is not formatted as an array.

v5.4.9

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Released January 27, 2026768.3 KB

Fixed

Improve shutter speed handling by converting string values to floats.
Speed up thumbnail loading by cleaning URLs before checking for related media attachments.
Ensure deep linking only opens after the page has fully rendered to prevent broken or partial views.

Improved

Improve mobile and tablet detection by using the browser’s user agent.
Allow Orphans to support custom width and height attributes.

Other

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v5.4.8

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Released January 7, 2026767.6 KB

Improved

Improve image matching and lazy loading by using data-src instead of src when available.

Fixed

Improve display and interaction on small screens, including forcing arrow visibility on mobile devices.
Improve lightbox behavior to properly handle rerendering while it remains open.

Added

Support responsive images by handling srcset data for better image quality and performance.
Introduce a "Skip dynamic" option to fetch images as orphans for setups not using wp-json.
Enable the Metadata Toggle feature across all themes.

Meow Lightbox Pro Version History

v5.5.8

v5.5.7

v5.5.6

v5.5.5

v5.5.3

v5.5.2

v5.5.1

v5.5.0

v5.4.9

v5.4.8

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