10+ jQuery Image Zoom Effect Plugins

With jQuery image zoom effect plugins, you can create amazing image zoom effects with minimal coding effort.

This is very useful if you have large images that will otherwise take up too much space on your web pages. With a jQuery zoom script you can keep the image smaller and allow visitors to zoom in as needed.

Using jQuery zoom image effects is an elegant way to show details e.g, in photographs, art or designs. Image zoom also works well as simple hover effects where the hovered image wither zoom in or out for usability purpose.

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Collection of jQuery Image Zoom Effect Plugins

For this post I have collected most of the jQuery plugins available to create image zoom effects on websites and blogs. If you do not find what you need in this article to feature your images I recommend you check out some jQuery Sliders as they provide another great technique for showcasing images. This article was recently updated with more image jQuery zoom plugins, and I also checked all links.

Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a commission if you purchase through those links (at no extra cost to you). I recommend that you do your own independent research before purchasing any product or service. This article is not a guideline, a recommendation or endorsement of specific products. 

Pinch Zoomer jQuery Plugin

Pinch Zoomer jQuery plugin is a user friendly extension for both desktop and mobile that is very easy to setup. It will incorporate a pinch to zoom and mouse scroll zoom functionality to HTML content.

Version 2.0 of Pinch Zoomer comes with HTML content support, use of native scrolling once you zoom out of content, markers, native full screen, adaptive image loading and additional examples that use API. Support for IE8 and below as well as Android 2.2.X was removed. Modernizr is also not required anymore.

This plugin features fully responsive design, touch gestures, cross browser compatibility, simple setup, developer API, multiple image zoomers in a single page, zoom DIV content, marker support, full screen toggle support, adaptive image loading and more.

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WowBook, a flipbook jQuery plugin with zoom

With this plugin, you can create flipbooks that utilizes images, pdf files and html. Before going further into this plugin, be advices that PDF rendering is not compatible with IE9 since the PDF.js library is not working on the browser.

WowBook is a responsive plugin and comes with features like zoom and for resizing your book to different screen sizes. It is very user friendly and incorporated with 3 ready made samples. You can create toolbars automatically as well as table of contents, book page numbers, thumbnails and a responsive container.

With WowBook, you can render PDF files with PDF.js library. Additional features include, single page mode, responsive single page mode for mobiles, toolbar with font icons, Lightbox, lazy loading, curl page corner when hovering, auto thumbnails and more.

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Lightweight eCommerce Product jQuery Plugin, Ubislider

This is a ready to use plugin that will allow you to showcase your products the right way with Lightbox displaying and zooming. It comes with all the modern features that are available on the market today.

Ubislider lightweight eCommerce product jQuery plugin is fully responsive. Thus, it can adapt to all device slides, which may have videos, images or HTML content. The plugin is fully themed but comes in small file size. You can implement browser support easily. The plugin also loads fast and is also very light.

The features of Ubislider include customizable plugin and CSS options, product zooming, product displaying in Lightbox and popup modes, display arrows, auto generated small thumb nails, callback functions and reload functions.

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Ultimate Zoom Product Image

Ultimate Zoom Product Image is a plugin that will allow you to see product images in the clearest possible manner. This plugin is completely fresh and fully compatible with WooCommerce. It provides a user friendly interface so you can understand the plugin settings quickly. The package also includes one click install.

Ultimate Zoom Product Image plugin features easy installation, smooth and fast operation, inside zoom, tint zoom, lens zoom, bottom/top/left/right zoom, free support, latest WordPress and jQuery compatibility, full documentation and easy use and setup. The package comes with source code and FAQ. Unlimited zooms is also available on page so there is no need to compromise or customize the side design. Ultimate Zoom has great browser compatibility on mobiles, tables and legacy browsers. It requires no server programming.

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NuvuZoom 2.0 – Simple, Elegant jQuery Zoom

With the NuvuZoom jQuery zoom plugin you get various great visual zoom effects and styles. The plugin is lightweight and simple to use. One of the features I am sure you will love is the zoom in and out effects.

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Epic Image Zoom

I think Epic Image Zoom is one of the zoom plugins worth checking out. The script allows you to  add zoom-in functionality to any image with configurable magnification level and magnifier appearance. Epic Image Zoom also provides built-in image preloading.

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HoverEx – jQuery image hover animation plugin

With HoverEx you get a image hover animation toolbox and you will also be able to add hover zoom effects. HoverEx contains over 36 animations and 18 hover animation templates to get you started fast. It also support for image zoom and slider effect.

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ZoomBox 2 – The Photographer’s Zooming Lightbox

ZoomBox 2 is a jQuery powered lightbox with zoom effect. It comes with a clean design design and social media connectivity. ZoomBox is responsive from Mobile to HD and support touch gestures.

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 Smooth Zoom Pan – jQuery Image Viewer

This is a jQuery image viewer prepared to display product photos, maps or any image within custom small area. Can be configured and implemented in web pages with simple copy / paste steps. More than 30 parameters available to customize, yet a standard version can work simply with 2 values.

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Zoome

This jQuery plugin will let you zoom in or out of an image using your mouse wheel. Zoome features several hoover effects that include grayscale, blur and transparent.

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jQuery Zoom

A plugin to enlarge images on mouseover or mousedown.

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AnythingZoomer jQuery Plugin

You have a small area. You mouse over it. An area pops up giving you a zoomed in closer look. This is a jQuery plugin that does it. I’m not going to tell you what you should use it for or elaborate use-case scenarios. Your own creativity can help you there.

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Etalage

A ready to use jQuery image zooming plugin to present your images in the highest detail without leaving the page.

Simply link to the JavaScript and CSS files and apply it to your HTML element like other jQuery plugins. Customize the settings and CSS to match your style and purpose. Full documentation and examples included.

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PHP & jQuery image upload and crop

Awesome solution for allowing users to upload and crop images on your site.

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