Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect

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1. ★★★★★ assolesmurmureslitteraires

   1.9y ago

   Easy to use and lightweight

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2. ★★★★★ edizkacmaz

   2.4y ago

   I was looking for a way to shake the containers and i found this extension. Beautiful

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3. ★★★★★ hojatkh1402

   3.1y ago

   hi , very nice and helpful. please add more effects. i recommend to add the effect ‘hover and see the title‘. the title display in mouse hover in bottom with white background just 25% height in hover. thank you in advance.

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4. ★★★★★ egocefalo

   3.1y ago

   No way to control the effects parameters, some are too exagerated and some too light/small and there’s just that single setting. Next…

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5. ★★★★★ Dominik Kozmáli

   3.3y ago

   The plugin is very easy to use, it is not applied to all images en masse, but you can choose a separate effect for each image. Excellent plugin! I recommend :). Thank you very much to the creator for creating it. I really appreciate it! 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ georgesbikes

   3.8y ago

   Super easy and works a treat.

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7. ★★★★★ Jeffrey S. Whitmore

   3.9y ago

   So easy and exactly what I needed. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ medicalclub

   4.0y ago

   Beautiful effects!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.1.3 Fixed: security issue. 2.1.3
2. — Version 2.1.2 Fixed: minor bug with PHP 8.2 2.1.2
3. — Version 2.1.1 Fixed: security issues 2.1.1
4. — Version 2.1 Added: Copy class function 2.1
5. — Version 2.0 Changed: Admin style Fixed: minor bugs 2.0
6. — Version 1.0 Initial release 1.0

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 · 4.9 Hover Effects <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ↗
   2025-06-27 CVE-2025-53258 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 2.1.2 Patched in 2.1.3
2. Medium · 6.8 Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect <= 2.1 - Authenticated Local File Inclusion ↗
   2022-05-16 CVE-2022-29447 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-27 8K+ → 7K+ down after 843 days in tier
2. 2024-04-05 7K+ → 8K+ up after 451 days in tier
3. 2023-01-10 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-01-09 7K+ → 6K+ down after 11 days in tier
5. 2022-12-29 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2022-12-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2022-12-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 6 days in tier
8. 2022-12-21 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier

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).

• Image Hover Effects For Elementor 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Fancy Elementor Flipbox 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
• Image Hover Effects – WordPress Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
• Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect: 7K+ active installs, 4.8★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hover-effects