Visual Link Preview

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 57% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ redpandazine

   1.0y ago

   As someone who curates content regularly, this plugin is really what I’ve been searching for. Thank you for it!

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2. ★★★★★ michaelzfreeman

   1.1y ago

   Functionally this is good but no where are we told that the plugin uses Microlink API which has a limit of 50 requests per day. They don’t inform the user of this. Neither do they put up a message telling the user the limit has been reached !

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3. ★★★★★ Dan Greene

   1.3y ago

   I had been using a different plugin’s pro version (Inline Related Posts). But the site I was using it on is very large, 38 thousand posts and counting, and that plugin’s performance was becoming extremely erratic. All really needed was a plugin that would let me search for the post link I wanted to add, pull its title, image, and excerpt into a block, and add some custom styling. Visual Link Preview does exactly that! Thank you for making this plugin

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4. ★★★★★ clinicien

   2.0y ago

   I’ve looked for this kind of plugin for a while and this one does perfectly what it has been designed for.Thank you very much !

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5. ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee

   2.7y ago

   Super nice plugin, thank you! 5-Stars!

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6. ★★★★★ ste_yeu

   2.7y ago

   I was searching for a solution that could auto get images and content from external websites, and this plugin works great for this!Congralutations to the developer!

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7. ★★★★★ xolde

   2.8y ago

   Doesn’t work with Elementor

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8. ★★★★★ kaptaninyeri

   2.9y ago

   Eklentiyi Oluşturana Teşekkürler 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.4.2 Improvement: Block Editor iFrame compatibility Fix: Prevent subscribers from accessing VLP preview endpoint 2.4.2
2. — Version 2.4.1 Fix: Prevent long post titles from causing horizontal scroll 2.4.1
3. — Version 2.4.0 Feature: Create VLP blocks in bulk from a list of websites Improvement: Show 20 most recent posts Improvement: Featured image in post selection Fix: Prevent optional Microlink API key to be accessible by logged in users 2.4.0
4. — Version 2.3.1 Fix: Harden external URL metadata and image fetch endpoints against authenticated SSRF attempts by blocking localhost, private/reserved IP ranges, and unsafe ports 2.3.1
5. — Version 2.3.0 Feature: Elementor Widget for visual links Feature: Use PHP to retrieve URL metadata Feature: Use LinkPreview API to retrieve URL metadata Feature: Automatic fallback to different provider Feature: Manually retry using a 2.3.0
6. — Version 2.2.9 Improvement: Choose how visual links should render inside RSS feeds 2.2.9

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

1. Medium · 4.3 Visual Link Preview <= 2.3.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2026-06-17 CVE-2026-54821 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.3.1 Patched in 2.4.0
2. Medium · 4.3 Visual Link Preview <= 2.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure ↗
   2026-06-02 CVE-2026-48878 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.4.1 Patched in 2.4.2
3. Medium · 6.4 Visual Link Preview <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2026-02-19 CVE-2026-39670 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 2.3.0 Patched in 2.3.1
4. Medium · 4.3 Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-01-18 CVE-2026-24984 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.9 Patched in 2.3.0
5. Medium · 6.4 Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via visual-link-preview Shortcode ↗
   2025-11-04 CVE-2025-11987 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) Affects <= 2.2.7 Patched in 2.2.8
6. Medium · 5.4 Visual Link Preview <= 2.2.2 - Unauthorised AJAX Calls ↗
   2021-08-18 CVE-2021-24635 Improper Access Control Affects < 2.2.3 Patched in 2.2.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 10 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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Visual Link Preview: 10K+ active installs, 4.5★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-link-preview