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Best hovercards plugins for WordPress

The most popular hovercards plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gravatar Hovercards leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of BuddyPress Hovercards (10+) and Extended Gravatar (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “hovercards” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 3 hovercards plugins

  1. 1.
    Gravatar Hovercards

    The most installed hovercards plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.

  2. 2.
    BuddyPress Hovercards

    10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago.

  3. 3.
    Extended Gravatar

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.

All 3 plugins tagged “hovercards”