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Hover Highlights – Editor highlighting

by Sybre Waaijer · Blocks

Also makes 5 other plugins · 204.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Adds highlighting on hover with a distraction-free experience for the Gutenberg/Block Editor.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 45/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 67 average across 1,680 Blocks plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

1.4K

Total downloads

since 2023

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+40%

49

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

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

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 53/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 510 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-05-13 · 1,206 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+40% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

49

now · peak 127

4930d downloads · Aug 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 Highlights · #24239 you Ultimate Blocks · #748 Genesis Custom Block · #1966 aThemes Blocks · #2801

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.

2.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.4y ago

latest release · v1.1.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.0 · 1.4y ago1.0.0 · 2.1y ago

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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
20–30 ≈27

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 240 days.

Install history · since 2023-05-12 · 1,166 observations

20Installs · Aug 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 · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1.0
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2023-05-12 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.3.0
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Kadim Gültekin
    9mo ago

    This plugin makes block editor more useful. Thanks!

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  2. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    3.0y ago

    Simple but effective. Finally giving Gutenberg a try but man.. that interface is so hard to get used to. This little perk helps me a lot. Thanks guys (and Chat GPT haha)

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 140 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-13 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-12 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-02 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-01 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
  6. 2026-03-29 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-11 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-08 20+ → 30+ up 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).

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Hover Highlights – Editor highlighting: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hover-highlights-editor-highlighting