Image Hotspot by DevVN

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ freelancesgroup

   9mo ago

   The best image hotspot

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2. ★★★★★ hohotototo

   3.5y ago

   Works perfectly with images, text even with different languages

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3. ★★★★★ MartinSwe

   4.5y ago

   Currently the world uses the phone more than a computer, if this plugin is not responsive, why use it? it’s useless. It’s a shame because it’s excellent. I hope you can fix it. BR

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4. ★★★★★ Duke Snoogens

   4.7y ago

   This is convenient, but you can’t scale the icon image and if you decide to change the icon to an SVG, all text from hotspot gets erased. If you try to us an SVG as the icon, it shows up blank with no way to replace the image after words. This tool seems responsive (I was testing it), so that was cool. Convenient and I still think it’s cool for free, but the SVG thing was a bummer.

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5. ★★★★★ benbois

   5.0y ago

   It’s a quick and simple plugin to add hotspots to any images on your WordPress. Well done!

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6. ★★★★★ dasmarian

   5.8y ago

   This is a fantastic plugin. Thank you so much for this! This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link and reference to site

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7. ★★★★★ jerzyrudowski

   5.9y ago

   Tiny, easy to use, does what it should do. For me it would be excellent, if an option for choosing popup background color was added.

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8. ★★★★★ Becky Melton

   6.1y ago

   This plugin makes very nice marker rollovers. Lots of options. But when you insert the shortcode in a page built with SiteOrigin PageBuilder, it renders a blank white page.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.0 SECURITY: Fix Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in hotspot_content custom field meta (CVE-2025-14445) SECURITY: Add re-sanitization of data points when loaded from database to prevent XSS attacks SECURITY: 1.3.0
2. — Version 1.2.9 Add ALT to main image 1.2.9
3. — Version 1.2.8 Fix shortcode in content pin. Enable iframe in content pin. 1.2.8
4. — Version 1.2.7 Update JS to be compatible with lazy load Update .pot file (Thanks to Alex Lion (阿力獅) feedback) 1.2.7
5. — Version 1.2.6 Add allowed_classes => false to unserialize. As suggested by “Michelle Porter – Wordfence Web Application Vulnerability Analyst”. Many thanks to Michelle Porter Add ALT tag to point 1.2.6
6. — Version 1.2.5 Fix serious error in version 1.2.4 1.2.5

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Image Hotspot by DevVN <= 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field Meta ↗
   2026-02-18 CVE-2025-14445 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.9 Patched in 1.3.0
2. High · 8.8 Image Hotspot by DevVN <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2024-08-23 CVE-2024-7656 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 1.2.5 Patched in 1.2.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-18 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1311 days in tier
2. 2022-12-15 20K+ → 30K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Image Markers – Easy Hotspot Solution 700+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Imsanity 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• S Simple Lightbox 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B

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Image Hotspot by DevVN: 20K+ active installs, 4.3★ (29 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/devvn-image-hotspot