Title: use shortcode with lightbox
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# use shortcode with lightbox

 *  Resolved [stug2013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stug2013/)
 * (@stug2013)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-shortcode-with-lightbox/)
 * Hi, thanks for developing the plugin. It works really well for me if I want to
   insert content into another post. I wondered if it is possible to use the same
   idea to display the content in a lightbox?
    thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-pages/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-pages/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figureone/)
 * (@figureone)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-shortcode-with-lightbox/#post-6412522)
 * Thanks! It’s probably better to use one of the lightbox plugins that let you 
   create a link to the content that opens in a lightbox when clicked. Example:
   
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-lightbox-lite/faq/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-lightbox-lite/faq/)
 * This way the lightbox content doesn’t load until the lightbox appears, which 
   speeds up the initial page load.

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 * [content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/content/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [Paul Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figureone/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-shortcode-with-lightbox/#post-6412522)
 * Status: resolved