[SOLVED][Drupal Colorbox] You need to download the Colorbox plugin and extract the entire contents of the archive

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Many Drupal users were faced with the error "You need to download the Colorbox plugin and extract the entire contents of the archive into the /sites/all/libraries/colorbox folder of your server" in the Colorbox Configuration page. If you are facing the same issue with Colorbox in your Drupal site then check out the complete solution below.

Here is the solution

  • First check if you have downloaded and copied the Colorbox plugin as simply downloading and installing the module is not enough.
  • Download the Colorbox plugin and extract it to
    sites/all/libraries/colorbox/colorbox
  • Check if the Colorbox directories have the correct permissions.
    chmod 755 sites/all/libraries/colorbox
    chmod 755 sites/all/libraries/colorbox/colorbox
  • If you have Drush installed you could do
    drush colorbox-plugin

Hope that helps.

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