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OnHover Link Preview

by Rajin Sharwar · Uncategorized

OnHover Link Preview plugin automatically adds link preview pop-ups so visitors can see the preview of the hyperlink without leaving your website, and …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 16/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 55 average across 12,902 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

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

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

58 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 24/100
WP compatibility 68/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 913 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-01-18 · 911 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-39% vs prior 30d
Jan 24
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

27

now · peak 172

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

OnHover Link Preview · #35615 Broken Link Checker · #119 SiteOrigin Widgets B · #148 LuckyWP Table of Con · #455

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2024-01-17 · 904 observations

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
2.5y ago
Added
2024-01-15 · 2 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.4.8
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-08-08 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2025-08-04 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-31 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-29 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2025-07-24 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in tier
  7. 2025-07-03 20+ → 10+ down after 61 days in tier
  8. 2025-05-03 10+ → 20+ up after 18 days in tier

Competes with

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OnHover Link Preview: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/onhover-link-preview