WordPress plugin comparison

Image Placeholders vs Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder

Image Placeholders

by WordPress Performance Team

60K+ installs3.5

Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder

by Labib Ahmed

3K+ installs4.3

At a glance

Image Placeholders has more active installs: 60K+, against 3K+ for Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder.
On a typical day, Image Placeholders is downloaded about 504 times, Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder about 16.
Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder is rated higher: 4.3 out of 5 from 14 reviews, against 3.5 from 2 reviews.
Image Placeholders was updated more recently: Aug 26, 2026, against Sep 17, 2025 for Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder.
Image Placeholders is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder.
Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder has been around longer: since 2016, against 2023 for Image Placeholders.

Image Placeholders leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Image Placeholders	Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder
Popular rank	#665	#4,168
Active installs	60K+	3K+
Downloads, last 30 days	13.9K	299
Rating	3.5(2)	4.3(14)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.91	×0.34
Last release	2 months ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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