WordPress plugin comparison
Hover Preview vs Visual Link Preview
Hover Preview
by Oleksiy Lavrynenko
Fewer than 10 installs
Visual Link Preview
by Brecht
10K+ installs4.5
At a glance
- Visual Link Preview has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Hover Preview.
- On a typical day, Visual Link Preview is downloaded about 71 times, Hover Preview about 1.
- Hover Preview has no reviews yet.
- Visual Link Preview was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Jan 27, 2025 for Hover Preview.
- Visual Link Preview is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.7.11 for Hover Preview.
- Visual Link Preview has been around longer: since 2017, against 2025 for Hover Preview.
Line by line
Visual Link Preview leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Hover Preview | Visual Link Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #57,994 | #1,851 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 10K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 29 | 1.5K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.5(36) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 100% |
| Tested up to | 6.7.11 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.01 | ×0.97 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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