Title: Lightbox problem
Last modified: July 1, 2017

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# Lightbox problem

 *  Resolved [Otter Boyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otterboyd/)
 * (@otterboyd)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/)
 * *** update: I just rolled back to the previous version of this theme 3.0.1 and
   it seems to have resolved the issue. It’s the current version, 3.0.2 that is 
   having trouble.
 * —-
 * I am unable to get the lightbox to display properly on mobile (android) devices
   I’ve tested. As a result of this issue I’ve turned off the theme lightbox until
   I can solve the problem.
 * The lightbox works as expected on a desktop pc. On mobile devices however the
   lightbox loads images way down the bottom of pages off the screen. When mobile
   visitors click images they see a dark screen (the lightbox) and are unaware that
   their image has loaded out of sight way down at the bottom of their browser window.
 * The page that this first became apparent on is here: [http://otterboyd.com/black-bear-cub-visits-my-house/](http://otterboyd.com/black-bear-cub-visits-my-house/).
   I soon discovered that all pages and posts using a lightbox were affected.
 * Like many of my pages the one mentioned above contains a grid of images and each
   should open in a lightbox when clicked. Since I can’t get that working properly
   on mobile I disabled the lightbox. For now images open in their own pages which
   makes for cumbersome navigation of images.
 * Perhaps I hadn’t noticed the issue up front but I don’t recall this being a problem
   until the last few days. As far as I remember the lightbox was working in desktop
   and mobile when I first used it. I assumed then that I might have a conflicting
   plugin or setting so I’ve spent some time deactivating plugins, restoring settings
   and removing any custom CSS to see if I can get back to a functional lightbox.
 * I deactivated all other plugins with any sort of gallery features, including 
   jetpack, and this problem persists.
 * I then tried other gallery and lightbox plugins, such as jQuery Masonry and Simple
   Lightbox, but when any other plugin is in use both the desktop and mobile views
   are affected in the same way (lightbox images are pushed out of sight to the 
   bottom of the page). This occurs whether I have the theme lightbox turned on 
   or off.
 * At this point the best I can do is get the theme lightbox half working (works
   on desktop but not on mobile). I can’t get any other gallery or lightbox plugin
   to work properly in desktop or mobile.
 * I can’t think of what else to try, other than experimenting with other themes,
   that will let me use the lightbox and other gallery plugins properly in both 
   desktop and mobile views. I really like the look of the Virtue theme and hope
   there will be a way to solve this lightbox issue so I won’t have to start over
   with a new theme. Thanks!

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 *  [betumayo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/betumayo/)
 * (@betumayo)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9281406)
 * same problem here….how can i get the previous version of the theme i have no 
   idea how to do that can you help me?
 * anyone could solve the proble any other way?
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [betumayo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/betumayo/).
 *  [michaelbm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelbm/)
 * (@michaelbm)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9281416)
 * same problem at my side/site:
    [http://www.freiheitstauglich.com/abenteuer-allrad-2017/](http://www.freiheitstauglich.com/abenteuer-allrad-2017/)
 *  Thread Starter [Otter Boyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otterboyd/)
 * (@otterboyd)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9281569)
 * betumayo, I used a the “WP Rollback” plugin to rollback to the previous version
   of the theme. The instructions with the rollback plugin gives numerous warnings
   about the damage it can do in some cases, so if you use it be careful. In my 
   case there were no problems. Just one click and the theme got rolled back to 
   the previous version and my lightbox problem vanished.
 *  [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jx-3p/)
 * (@jx-3p)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9282123)
 * I’ve sent this onto the plugin developer so that he can take a look at this asap.
 * -Kevin
 *  [Ben Ritner – Kadence WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/britner/)
 * (@britner)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9282362)
 * Hey, thanks for reporting. I just pushed out an update that should solve this.
 * Ben
    Kadence Themes
 *  [betumayo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/betumayo/)
 * (@betumayo)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lightbox-problem-14/#post-9283142)
 * i see its working well now thank you for your quickly response and fixing
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [betumayo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/betumayo/).

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