I can see and use other installed WP plugins, for example:“Bricksable” plugin elements inside Bricks Builder, but not a single “Responsive Lightbox” element is visible after installing (11) paid plugin extensions from author Digital Factory. I am only a WP novice (but a coder since 1977) so not seeing RL-elements could be operator error on my part. However I used the same installation procedure for RL as I did for the Bricksable plugin. I can see Bricksable elements in Bricks Builder panel in the canvas editing environment but as mentioned, not a single RL element.
Other folks who post comments on the Bricks Builder online forum here mention having installed (and I presume have used) “Responsive Lightbox” elements authored by dFactory, however these successful RL installs could have been under an older WP version. My current WP version on Bluehost.com is WP v6.6.1
Could you let me know (Yes / No) if you can see the free RL-lightbox plugin elements in whichever WP editing environment you are using ? And also let me know under what version of WP ?
— Is Responsive Lightbox Still a Viable WP Product ? —
I have an unconfirmed suspicion that Responsive Lightbox is either a deadend product for the author Digital Factory and is no longer in active development, which might explain why RL could run well under older versions of WP but not the most recent which my hosting vendor is using for my small website. Or… Digital Factory has become a shell company generating income from online sales enabled by the company’s prior reputation, but no longer funds ongoing software development work. Another hint: during the past few months the Digital Factory website throws WP errors when I have used some website functions. How many WP development company websites throw non-trivial WP errors that persist for months ? I wonder if Digital Factory has ceased to be a fully functioning company ?
When I look at the dates associated with posts to the Responsive Lightbox online forum, I see very little activity in any topic thread during the past few years. Many posts never receive replies and have languished inactive for months if not years. This strikes me as unusual for a WP plugin product that boasts hundreds of thousands of users in it’s online advertising.
I can appreciate running a WP plugin development business is very difficult. There are so many free WP plugins available, it makes attracting customers to support a full featured paid plugin a struggle, doubly so when other for-profit WP companies are competing to stand out and win customers (cost-of-sales). That WP itself is a moving target with frequent revisions is an issue all by itself for WP plugin developers. That said: customers who pay for WP plugins that are not compatible with current WP versions or major editing environments at the time of purchase are not being treated fairly in my opinion. Vendors of WP plugins should be expected to tell customers if their product is known not to work within major WP editor environments, YMMV.
If Responsive Lightbox plugins are not working for you in Bricks, can you recommend any other Lightbox focused plugins that work in Bricks ? My use case is for non-profit orgs to present a gallery of short videos highlighting their work to website visitors (videos shown in a lightbox).
Thank-you, any response is appreciated.