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ImageLinks – Interactive Image Builder with Hotspots

by Avirtum · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 10.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

Create Interactive Images for Your Site That Empowers Publishers and Bloggers

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 61/100
Listing tuning 92/100
Support resolution 100/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-21% vs prior 30d
12Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

483

now · peak 2.6K

46130d 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

ImageLinks · #5256 you Vision · #4519 Image Map Connect · #15088 Advance Image Mappin · #25799

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.9Stars · Aug 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.

461per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

4

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v1.7.1

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.7.1 · 2mo ago1.7.0 · 2mo ago1.6.2 · 3mo ago1.6.1 · 3mo ago1.6.0 · 2.2y ago1.5.4 · 3.7y ago1.5.3 · 3.7y ago1.4.1 · 7.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 33% 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 43%
v1.7 33%
v1.5 21%
v1.4 3.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

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

Install history · since 2017-05-31 · 1,430 observations

1KInstalls · 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.

low confidence

Est. annual revenue

≈$1.1K range $250–$5.2K

Est. acquisition value

≈$2.2K range $380–$13K

A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.

How we estimate this

Assumptions

  • Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
  • Annual price per customer. $49–$129 a year, typical for WordPress plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
  • Acquisition multiple. 1.5x–2.5x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, compressed because the install trend is declining.
  • Install base. 1K–2K active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).

Inputs

Active installs
1K–2K
Category
Uncategorized
Pro tier
detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
Download trend
declining (30d downloads down vs prior 30d)
Reviews
9
Last updated
66 days ago

Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.

Details

Version
1.7.1
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2016-11-28 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. MrWrighty
    3.6y ago

    Happy to restrict the free version to 1 image, but do not like the image icon being displayed. Plugin removed for this reason. This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by MrWrighty.

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  2. holyhat
    7.0y ago

    This useful plugin is working very well and does exactly what we needed. The author was very helpful with a special problem we had so that we could solve it quickly and without much effort. Thanks a lot for this plugin and your help!

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  3. nicholas012
    7.5y ago

    Great plugin. Plus the author sent me JS code to fix a scrolling issue – and – CSS code to improve user experience – and this was before I bought the Pro version. This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by nicholas012. This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by nicholas012.

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  4. stenver
    7.8y ago

    High functionality and fantastic support. A must-have for any WordPress Site

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  5. gilcantinelli
    8.3y ago

    Great but it’s written nowhere in your explanation that Lite version will authorize ONLY ONE MAP !!!!! So I work one hour on a second map and when i published it, a message appear that i can’t because i don’t have the paid version !!!!! I will change my review if you change your description here 😉 This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by gilcantinelli.

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  6. ismailfarooq
    8.4y ago

    Nice plugin overall but has bug on mobile, popover is not responsive. Also its good to have if you add light box option

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  7. roabe
    9.5y ago

    But – a little problem with another language besides English (with diacritical marks) and PHP must be at least 5.6

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  8. Anonymous
    9.6y ago

    The non-Pro version seems to work very well even on mobile devices.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. 2023-10-29 CVE-2023-46823 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.5.4 Patched in 1.6.0
  2. 2022-12-16 CVE-2022-4393 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.3 Patched in 1.5.4
  3. 2021-10-11 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.5.2 Patched in 1.5.3

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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. 2026-05-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1088 days in tier
  4. 2023-05-25 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

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