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Also it fits perfectly on smaller screens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>How to Use WP Colorbox<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Pop up image in lightbox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Create a new post\/page and use the following shortcode to create a text\/image link which will trigger lightbox once clicked:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/overlay.jpg\" type=\"image\" hyperlink=\"click here to pop up image\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>here, url is the link to the media file that you wish to open in lightbox and hyperlink is the anchor text\/image.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/overlay.jpg\" type=\"image\" hyperlink=\"http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/thumb.jpg\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p><strong>Pop up YouTube video in lightbox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmp3Ra3Yj24\" type=\"youtube\" hyperlink=\"click here to pop up youtube video\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p><strong>Pop up Vimeo video in lightbox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1284237\" type=\"vimeo\" hyperlink=\"click here to pop up vimeo video\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p><strong>Specify an Alternate Text for an Image<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/overlay.jpg\" title=\"overlay image\" type=\"image\" hyperlink=\"http:\/\/example.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnail image description\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p><strong>Apply Custom CSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>You can specify your own CSS class in the shortcode to customize a text\/image link.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[wp_colorbox_media url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmp3Ra3Yj24\" type=\"youtube\" hyperlink=\"click here to pop up youtube video\" class=\"custom_class\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Multiple CSS classes can be separated with a space. 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