I first saw the Fancybox slideshow on the WP Bees site, thought it looked quite nice so then did a search.
I thought that they were probably using FancyBox for WordPress(...) but there were 78 other plugins to choose from. Time to take a look at a shortlist of six.
| Plugin name and description | Plugin links: WP,homepage,bw notes | Version, total downloads, last update, tested |
|---|---|---|
| FancyBox Enables fancybox on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links. | fancy-box home ... | 1.0.6 70097 2009-12-18 2.9.2 |
| Easy FancyBox Easily enable the FancyBox 1.3.4 jQuery extension on just about all media links. Multi-Site compatible. Supports iFrame and Flash movies. | easy-fancybox home ... | 1.3.4.9 103677 2012-05-03 3.3.2 |
| FancyBox for WordPress Seamlessly integrates FancyBox into your blog: Upload, activate, and you're done. No further configuration needed. However, you can customize it | fancybox-for-wordpress home ... | 3.0.1 291321 2011-12-18 3.3.2 |
| FancyBox Gallery Integrates the FancyBox jQuery plugin to generate dynamic pop-up image overlays for WordPress galleries. | fancybox-gallery home ... | 0.3.2 28561 2011-08-19 3.2.1 |
| ZMT fancybox Plugin adds fancybox code to WP header and footer. This plugin is designed for NextGen Gallery. You can use multiple galleries on page. | zmt-fancybox home ... | 1.2 1276 2011-07-30 3.2.1 |
| FancyBox2 Enables fancybox2 on all image links including BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, and PNG links. | fancybox2 home ... | 2.0.3 1827 2011-12-12 3.3.2 |
I chose to try: easy-fancybox and fancybox-for-wordpress.
On activation easy-fancybox issued multiple Notices: Undefined index. So I deactivated it and tried fancybox-for-wordpress instead.