Hover Pin-It
by michellemacphearson · Social
Adds a Pinterest "Pin It" button to images on your site, with eye catching hover effects.
45 health vs 58 average across 557 Social plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5034 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 150
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-31 40+ → 30+ down after 198 days in band
- 2025-09-14 50+ → 40+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-08-26 40+ → 50+ up after 234 days in band
- 2025-01-04 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-12-30 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2024-12-25 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-12-21 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in band
- 2024-12-10 50+ → 40+ down after 141 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- J jQuery Pin It Button for Images 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- N Newpost Catch 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
- W WP Image Borders 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Header Extended 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pinterest for WooCommerce 300K+ installs · 2.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hover-pin-it" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Hover Pin-It — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Hover Pin-It: 30+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hover-pin-it