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Image Hover Effects

Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon

by Blocksera · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.4.5 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 5.6+

Image Hover Effects has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 702,749 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 27, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Image Hover Effects at a glance

Active installs
40,000+
Total downloads
702,749
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Image Hover Effects well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
2%
2 of 83 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Easy to customize options
  • 40+ Image Hover Effects
  • Circle and Square border both comes with all effects
  • Center the text horizontally
  • Control the spaces between elements
  • WPML Compatibility

Image Hover Effects reviews and ratings

83 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.9 out of 5

83 reviews

5★
79
4★
2
3★
0
2★
0
1★
2

  • Excellent plugin just what I need

    Excellent plugin just what I needed and it's very light adding only positive effects to your website!

    scottcomgs

  • Vulnerability in current release

    Wordfence scan: Critical Problems: * The Plugin "Image Hover Effects Block" has a security vulnerability.Vulnerability Severity: 6.4/10.0 (Medium) The Image Hover Effects Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

    visionsconnect

  • Does not work

    We think it works but as soon as we check outside of Élémntor an error message appears on the site instead of the image.

    gseyral

  • Useless Plugin.

    Useless Plugin.

    johnalpha74

  • Good hover plugin

    Works fine

    roger.garcia

  • Good plugin for elementor

    Please keep update this plugin. I love it.

    sw38

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Details

Add creative image hover effects to Elementor page builder. Easily customize title and content and effects with intuitive interface.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • addons
  • css effects
  • elementor
  • elementor widget
  • image hover effects

More from Blocksera

Version
1.4.5
Last updated
Jun 27, 2026
First published
May 19, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Image Hover Effects FAQ

What does Image Hover Effects do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Image Hover Effects offers Easy to customize options, 40+ Image Hover Effects, Circle and Square border both comes with all effects, Center the text horizontally and Control the spaces between elements.

How many active installs does Image Hover Effects have?

WordPress.org reports 40,000+ active installs for Image Hover Effects as of September 7, 2026.

Is Image Hover Effects still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on June 27, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Image Hover Effects free?

Image Hover Effects is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.