Responsive Image Maps

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.

1. ★★★★★ kahlidah

   4.0y ago

   I had created an image map with pure html on wordpress, and it was perfect except for the responsive scaling. I thought I was in for a whole redo of it all, but I installed this plug in and all I had to was activate it and bang..everything scaling perfect without me having to do a thing. Thank you so much for this. I hope it continues to work with future wp updates and will check on that when needed, but for now, its works perfectly.

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2. ★★★★★ kavamura

   5.2y ago

   It works!

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3. ★★★★★ awalsadja

   6.2y ago

   This is the one and only such kind of plugin August 2020, WordPress 5.5, still perfect

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4. ★★★★★ pcnoggin

   7.1y ago

   I couldn’t tell you which version but after one of the latest updates to WordPress, the plugin no longer works for me. It was bound to happen. Email warnings have been issued by WordPress for some time. It hasn’t been tested for the last three major releases of WordPress. Looks as though the plugin development and support has been completely abandoned from looking at the support tickets. I have a simple site using this plugin so it’s not likely to be an issue of a conflict with another plugin. Still could be something on my end but … my take: find another avenue to explore. This is not the plugin you are looking for.

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5. ★★★★★ ngreeves

   7.3y ago

   I was looking for a solution for responsive image maps inside WordPress as a new user. It works beautifully. My only concern is that it hasn’t been updated for a long time. It works just fine at present and I hope future versions don’t break it.

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6. ★★★★★ lydia_b

   8.0y ago

   Works just as advertised on wordpress 4.9.8 with the latest Divi theme and Divi pagebuilder. I’m impressed!

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7. ★★★★★ jpgreen3

   8.3y ago

   I manually added <map> </map> sections with href sections for three images sized for different screen sizes – one each for tiny, tablet and desktop screen sizes. Before installing the plugin the image map overlay was clearly larger than the displayed image, judging by where in the image display the href url displayed at the bottom of the browser changed as I moved the mouse over the image. It appears that after installing the plugin, the displayed image is now larger, and matches the map of the image. This topic was modified 8 years ago by jpgreen3.

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8. ★★★★★ alicia250

   8.6y ago

   Still working, and the easiest plugin ever!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4 Updated the RWD Image Maps jQuery plugin to version 1.5. 1.4
2. — Version 1.3 Updated the RWD Image Maps jQuery plugin to version 1.4. Images are no longer required to have width/height attributes. Updated readme.txt 1.3
3. — Version 1.2 Updated the jQuery RWD Image Maps plugin to version 1.3, which adds IE8 support: https://github.com/stowball/jQuery-rwdImageMaps/pull/7 1.2
4. — Version 1.1 Fixed path to jQuery plugin Updated readme file 1.1
5. — Version 1.0 Initial release 1.0

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

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-24 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-10-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-10-20 4K+ → 3K+ down after 6 days in tier
4. 2026-10-14 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-10-13 4K+ → 3K+ down after 630 days in tier
6. 2025-01-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 294 days in tier
7. 2024-04-02 6K+ → 5K+ down after 360 days in tier
8. 2023-04-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Responsive Image Maps: 3K+ active installs, 4.9★ (64 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/responsive-image-maps