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Hover Effects For Visual Composer

by themebon · Page Builders

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 69 average across 1,272 Page Builders plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

28.0K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.85★

Rating (adjusted)

3.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+24%

83

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.23, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 17/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2471 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+24% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

83

now · peak 167

8330d downloads · Sep 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Hover Effects For Vi · #15782 you Amazing Hover Effect · #11817 Image Hotspot With T · #10000 Pollen · #13049

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Sep 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

830per 1k installs · Sep 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-12-11 · 1,386 observations

100Installs · Sep 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.6.6
Last updated
6.8y ago
Added
2016-11-16 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
5.3.23
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ themebon
    9.4y ago

    You can find lot of effects and unlimited customization in this addon. Thanks

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  2. ★★★★★ sspainhour
    9.4y ago

    If you start with a blank canvas it will probably work well, but if you have an existing theme, the chances are the visual editor will not work and your plugin would have been a waste. The customer service is pretty poor as well, sub-contracting sales reps to sell products. Now I am stuck trying to get a refund – after under 8 hours of use; it appears they have problems issuing out refunds and want you to spend a day troubleshooting until they will do anything, such as reloading your theme and possibly losing all your work. Shouldn’t believed the pitch, my bad. This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by sspainhour.

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  3. ★★★★★ wpeffects
    9.7y ago

    This plugin has very impressive effects with tons of feature. Thanks author

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-08-30 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-08-29 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-08-28 200+ → 100+ down after 539 days in tier
  4. 2023-03-08 300+ → 200+ down

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