Easy FancyBox vs Feeds for YouTube Pro
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| Feature | Easy FancyBox v2.3.25 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Feeds for YouTube Pro v2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Firelight Lightbox · Firelight Lightbox Pro ($) | Feeds for YouTube Pro ($) |
| Pros | Automatic lightbox for images and galleries; YouTube and Vimeo video embeds in the overlay; Settings for appearance and behaviour | List, grid, gallery and carousel layouts; Live stream feeds and single video pages; Stores videos as a custom post type for on-site browsing |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the settings; PDFs open through a Google Docs viewer, which sends the file URL to Google | Paid licence; updates depend on an active licence; Needs a YouTube Data API key; Sends usage data by default in the Pro version |
| Mentioned in our posts | 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 ($) | List, grid, gallery and carousel layouts ($), Live stream feeds ($), Feed from a search result ($), Videos stored as a custom post type ($), Single video shortcode ($), Elementor widgets ($), Licence key and updates from the vendor ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | YouTube, Vimeo | YouTube Data API ($) |
| Plugins | — | Elementor ($) |
| Other | Google Docs viewer | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.4.3 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | docs.google.com | reviews.smashballoon.com, www.googleapis.com, plugin.smashballoon.com, connect.smashballoon.com, usage.smashballoon.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |