Best hover effects plugins for WordPress
The most popular hover effects plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hover Effects leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of Fancy Elementor Flipbox (4K+) and Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder (3K+). All 16 plugins tagged “hover effects” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hover effects plugins
- 1.
Hover EffectsThe most installed hover effects plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Fancy Elementor Flipbox4K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder3K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
AnimateGL2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Advanced WpBakery Page Builder Addons100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Image Hover Effects Widgets100+ active installs. Rated 2.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Image Hover Effects for Elementor60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
HoverMagix40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Classic Image Hovers for Elementor20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “hover effects”
Hover Effects
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,537by Wow-Company2 months ago
Hover Effect is easily applied to your own elements, modified or just used for inspiration.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Fancy Elementor Flipbox
Down in the last 7 days:28#3,383by Hossein Hashemi1 year ago
Create flip box and 6 more effects with front and back side options
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:9#4,164by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Add stylish CSS3 hover effects with captions to images in WPBakery Page Builder. Create engaging animations that enhance your site’s visual appeal.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 14/day
AnimateGL
Up in the last 7 days:7#4,220by creativeinteractivemedia8 days ago
Scroll animations, hover effects, typewriter text and count-up numbers for Gutenberg, Elementor and Bricks. CSS and 3D WebGL effects. No code.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 129/day
Advanced WpBakery Page Builder Addons
Down in the last 7 days:78#13,469by themescup6 years ago
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- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Hover Effects Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:81#15,464by aThemeArt Translations10 years ago
A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images,Content, And CSS3 Hover Animation.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.1(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
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
HoverMagix
Down in the last 7 days:294#22,707by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Add beautiful image hover effects with captions and animations using Elementor. Includes scale, direction, and layered effects.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:309#22,721by wpexpertlab2 months ago
A lightweight motion and interaction toolkit for Elementor. Add fade, reveal, marquee, hover and button motion effects with zero code.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Classic Image Hovers for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:96#26,936by Classic Addons2 months ago
Classic Image Hovers adds stylish hover effects to your images with captions in Elementor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Hover Effects For Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:147#27,844by LeanPlugins6 years ago
"Image Hover Effects" is a Elementor Addon for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SS Link Hover Effect
Down in the last 7 days:5#29,342by Shiful H6 years ago
Post inside all links hover effects. There has many more controls on this.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LinkStar
Down in the last 7 days:1,829#52,900by Engramium9 months ago
Create customizable link blocks with hover effects and advanced styling options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Promexa
Down in the last 7 days:422#57,944by Kartik chavda3 months ago
Create modern promo boxes, animated CTA layouts, hover effects, and marketing sections for Elementor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filteralia image style filters mixer
Down in the last 7 days:10,834#66,008by Tommaso G. Scibilia2 months ago
An advanced extension for the WordPress native Image block Styles tab. Mix CSS filters and add dynamic hover effects directly from the editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Hover Effects On Image Wpbeckary(Visual Composer)
#71,293by themescup8 years ago
Advanced Wpbeckery Hover Effects is a collection of some advanced and beautiful Hover Effects that helps you to easily create magnificent interactive …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day