Inlarge brings the abc-enlarge jQuery library to WordPress. Unlike typical lightbox plugins that dim the whole screen, it enlarges the clicked image in place — the article text around it stays readable. Ideal for web magazines and long-form articles.
👉 Try the live demo — click an image and watch the text keep flowing around it. A before/after comparison is in the screenshots below.
What it does
- Automatically adds the
abc-enlargeclass to linked images in your post content (only images wrapped in a link to an image file, so nothing breaks). - Swaps in the high-resolution image from the link’s
hrefon click, and restores the small one on collapse. - On portrait phones, expands the image into a horizontally scrollable, auto-centered view.
- Can also apply to WordPress galleries (classic and block), making those images enlargeable regardless of their link setting. Off by default — tick it per post.
- Lets you disable enlargement per post — enabled by default.
- Runs on one very small JavaScript file. No extra CSS file is loaded.
Usage
Under Settings Inlarge, tick which post types (post, page, custom post types) enlargement runs on. Only checked post types are enabled; all eligible types are checked by default.
Within an enabled post type, each post also has controls in the Inlarge box:
- Block editor: the box appears at the bottom of the editor.
- Classic editor: the box appears in the right-hand sidebar.
The “Enable image enlargement for this post” checkbox is checked by default; uncheck it to opt that post out. The Apply to WordPress galleries checkbox is off by default — tick it when you also want images inside classic and block galleries to be enlargeable.
Screenshots
Before — the image sits inline in the article at its normal size.
After one click — the image is enlarged in place and swapped to the high-resolution file. No overlay, no dimming: the article text below stays readable and the scroll position never moves. Click again to restore.