Best image hover effects plugins for WordPress
The most popular image hover effects plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Image Hover Effects leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) (10K+) and Hover Effects (7K+). All 6 plugins tagged “image hover effects” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 image hover effects plugins
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Image Hover EffectsThe most installed image hover effects plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 83 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
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Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 250 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
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Hover Effects7K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Image Hover Effects3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 42 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Advanced Image Hover Effect for Elementor1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 days ago.
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Image Hover Effects For Elementor20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 6 plugins tagged “image hover effects”
Image Hover Effects
Down in the last 7 days:3#887by Blocksera4 months ago
Add creative image hover effects to Elementor page builder. Easily customize title and content and effects with intuitive interface.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(83)
- Downloads
- 105/day
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,428by Oxilab5 days ago
Add stunning image hover effects to WordPress. 500+ CSS3 animations, 10 effect modules. Native Elementor widget, Gutenberg block & WPBakery widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(250)
- Downloads
- 309/day
Hover Effects
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,538by 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
Image Hover Effects
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,050by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Create stunning image hover effects with animated captions and overlays. Fully responsive, lightweight, and easy to use.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(42)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Advanced Image Hover Effect for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:8#5,281by KAP ASIAs2 days ago
Best Addons for Image Hover effect for Elementor. Create Awesome Image Hover Effects with built in 25+ effect.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Image Hover Effects For Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:330#27,842by LeanPlugins6 years ago
"Image Hover Effects" is a Elementor Addon for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day