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Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effe
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Plugin audit
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effe
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effe has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
10K+
Rating
4.7★
250 reviews
Downloads / 30d
28K
Momentum
+40%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3293 tracked Media plugins: health 85 vs 62 average · rating 4.68★ vs 3.81★.
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 85/100 on health yet sits at 10,000 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: tags match the text. Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("css3 effects", "image gallery", "photo gallery" missing).
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+40% vs prior month). Good moment to amplify.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
Trusted by users. 250 reviews at 4.68★ adjusted, a durable reputation.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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Plugin promotion & growth
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effe is a strong product that not enough people know about.
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