WordPress lightbox plugins you should know of

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What is a lightbox in WordPress? Why is everyone suddenly using it? I guess you have not been following the latest trends in web design. WordPress lightbox is a, well, box that shows up on your screen and displays your media files the way you want to while keeping the page behind it in the dark.

Adding a lightbox to your website creates a more elegant and professional look to it. Besides, the pop-up will show your readers the content they clicked on without ever leaving the page.

Other lightbox alternative uses include the displaying a video, a WooCommerce product image, or even the ability to create forms for creating an email list. It also gives you many customization options for your images such as adding captions, descriptions, borders.

Psst! Adding captions and descriptions is a great way to rank up in search engines.

WordPress user roles: What they are and how to edit them

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Understanding how WordPress role permissions work is essential if you have a team of people adding and editing your websites’ content. In the following text, we will explain how WordPress user roles work and why they are useful.

Let us have a look at each default role, and then move to some tips on how to apply them!

WordPress roles explained in less than a minute

As we already mentioned, WordPress user roles are what defines which user is allowed to do what. To paint a picture, besides other WordPress user permissions, an author can publish a post, while an editor can do that and a bit more – publish pages, for example.