Improve the product image experience

YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom Premium helps WooCommerce stores present product photography in a more useful, engaging way. Because online shoppers cannot physically touch or try products, clear images play an important role in how they evaluate what to buy. This add-on includes tools that let visitors inspect product details while keeping the product page organized.

Use image zoom, a lightbox, and a thumbnail gallery slider together to make a cleaner product browsing experience. The Premium edition also provides additional controls for deciding where and how these components appear.

Premium image zoom controls

• Enable a zoom icon and tailor its shape and colors.
• Choose whether the zoom window appears inside the main image or externally on the right side.
• Set the size of the zoom window.
• Choose whether the image should blur while it is being zoomed.
• Disable zoom on mobile devices when that better suits the shop layout.
• Disable zoom for specific products or categories.

These controls are useful for stores where customers need to examine textures, finishes, product details, or other visual elements before reading the rest of the product information.

Lightbox and gallery presentation

The lightbox gives shoppers a focused view of product images. You can enable or disable the lightbox capability, customize the lightbox icon, and set the overlay color. This makes it possible to adapt the image viewer to the visual style of the store rather than relying on one fixed presentation.

The product gallery slider organizes thumbnails beneath or around the main image area. Configure the number of thumbnails shown, enable autoplay, and choose an infinite slider style between “Circular” and “Back to 1st.” You can also display fixed arrows or display arrows on hover, then customize their size, colors, and shape.

Emphasize the selected image

Premium gallery styling helps shoppers understand which thumbnail is active. Add a different border color to the active thumbnail, while inactive thumbnails can use opacity or grayscale styling. You can also replace the main image when a visitor hovers over a gallery thumbnail, creating a responsive way to preview products without requiring an immediate click.

Practical store uses

• Show close visual details for fashion, accessories, and physical goods.
• Present several product views in a compact thumbnail slider.
• Use a lightbox for larger image inspection without leaving the product page.
• Tailor zoom, arrows, overlays, and thumbnail styling to match the storefront styling.
• Apply different image behavior to selected products or categories.

Installation and setup

Install the Premium add-on on your WordPress WooCommerce site and activate it. Open its options, enable the image tools you want to use, and configure zoom, lightbox, and gallery settings for your product pages. Review the result on product images and adjust the controls, colors, sizes, and thumbnail behavior to create the presentation that fits your catalog.