Easy FancyBox vs Slider by Soliloquy
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| Feature | Easy FancyBox v2.3.25 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Slider by Soliloquy v2.8.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | Firelight Lightbox · Firelight Lightbox Pro ($) | Responsive WordPress Slider - Soliloquy Lite · Soliloquy Pro ($) |
| Pros | Automatic lightbox for images and galleries; YouTube and Vimeo video embeds in the overlay; Settings for appearance and behaviour | Drag-and-drop slider builder; Shortcode and Gutenberg block placement; Responsive slides for phones, tablets and desktops |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the settings; PDFs open through a Google Docs viewer, which sends the file URL to Google | Thumbnail navigation and other addons need Pro; Fetches addon list and notices from the vendor site; Lite upgrade prompts appear in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Lightbox overlay for images and media, YouTube and Vimeo in the overlay, PDF viewer through Google Docs, Disables the core WordPress lightbox, Settings page for lightbox options, Pro upgrade screens and licence prompts ($) | soliloquy shortcode to place a slider, Soliloquy Gutenberg block, Sliders stored as a soliloquy post type, Thumbnail navigation addon offered as an upgrade ($), Addons page loading the vendor addon list |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | — |
| Other | Google Docs viewer | Soliloquy vendor site (addons and notices) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 5.7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | docs.google.com | fast.wistia.net, soliloquywp.com, plugin.soliloquywp.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |