The aim of this plugin is to display a thumbnail when hovering over a link in the blog posts.
As of April 2026, Apercite is a WordPress widget plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
The aim of this plugin is to display a thumbnail when hovering over a link in the blog posts.
Thumbnails are generated by the Apercite service ( http://www.apercite.fr/en/ ). The thumbnail is generated in 20 seconds.
You can choose the thumbnail size between 19 predefined sizes. You also have the ability to enable or disable JavaScript and Java when generating the thumbnail.
If you have a valid subsciption to the Apercite service, you can fill in you login and API key to request the update of the thumbnails. To do so, you need to tick the box in the edition interface of each post.
Feel free to contact me if you need help in finding the appropriate CSS attributes to display the thumbnails on your blog (don’t forget to mention the blog URL).
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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