Best hover-animation plugins for WordPress
The most popular hover-animation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image Hover Effects for Elementor leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Link Different (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “hover-animation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 hover-animation plugins
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Image Hover Effects for ElementorThe most installed hover-animation plugin, with 60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Link Different10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 2 plugins tagged “hover-animation”
Image Hover Effects for Elementor
#19,854by Liton Arefin5 months ago
Add image hover effects to any Elementor page. Showcase images with hover titles and descriptions, with fully responsive touch-enabled effects.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Different
Up in the last 7 days:329#32,728by Nick Hamze1 year ago
Add animated hover effects to WordPress links. 5 delightful link animations with custom colors. Works with Gutenberg block editor. No coding required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day