Best image hover plugins for WordPress
The most popular image hover plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gallery Styles leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Image Hover Effects for WPBakery Page Builder (80+) and Image Hover Effects for Elementor (60+). All 11 plugins tagged “image hover” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 image hover plugins
- 1.
Gallery StylesThe most installed image hover plugin, with 500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Image Hover Effects for WPBakery Page Builder80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 3.
Image Hover Effects for Elementor60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
HoverMagix40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Exclusive Hover effects20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 6.
Product Image Hover Addon For WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 7.
modal popup portfolio and hover effects10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 8.
super portfolios and effects10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 9.
VC Image Hover Effect oCoder Free10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
WPThemePrime Product Image Swap for WooCommerceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 11 plugins tagged “image hover”
Gallery Styles
Up in the last 7 days:19#9,117by Daniel Floeter9 days ago
Sort gallery images by Exif date, title or filename, plus hover styles, colors and duotone filters for the WordPress gallery block.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day
Image Hover Effects for WPBakery Page Builder
Up in the last 7 days:37#18,057by jkreative7 years ago
Creative hover images effects addon for WPBakery Page Builder (Visual Composer)
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- 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
Exclusive Hover effects
Down in the last 7 days:271#27,104by Prince Chowdhury10 years ago
Exclusive HOver effects have few hover effects on images,buttons for make your website stunning and beautiful
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Image Hover Addon For WooCommerce
#29,612by Narinder Singh3 years ago
Product Image Hover Addon For WooCommerce is a custom plugin for WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
modal popup portfolio and hover effects
#43,797by Prince Chowdhury11 years ago
modal popup portfolio and hover effects plugin providing your modal description for portfolio and few effects on your portfolio image
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
super portfolios and effects
Up in the last 7 days:2,281#44,350by wpcops.com11 years ago
super portfolios and effects providing your modal description for portfolio and few effects on your portfolio image
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
VC Image Hover Effect oCoder Free
Up in the last 7 days:1,500#46,018by oCoder Solutions9 years ago
VC Image Hover Effect oCoder Free is a free version of "Image Hover Effects for Team Member oCoder" on codecanyon.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPThemePrime Product Image Swap for WooCommerce
#64,544by wpthemeprime1 month ago
Swap WooCommerce product images on hover with 8 animations. Auto gallery fallback, mobile tap support, live preview in settings.
- 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