Image Hover Effects – WordPress Plugin
Create stunning image hover effects with animated captions and overlays. Fully responsive, lightweight, and easy to use.
4.4(42 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 9 months agoAs of April 2026, Image Hover Effects is a WordPress hover caption plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 42 reviews. It has been downloaded 141K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are down 11% this week.
4.4/542 reviews
3.0K+active installs
141K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Image Hover Effects – WordPress Plugin helps you display beautiful hover animations on your images with stylish captions and overlays. Perfect for portfolios, galleries, team sections, and product showcases.
Simply upload your image, choose an effect, and you’re ready to go. The plugin is fully responsive, mobile-friendly, and built using fast-loading CSS animations.
No bloated code. No complex setup. Just clean visuals that make your images interactive and professional.
Features
- 30+ built-in image hover animation styles
- Add captions, overlays, and links to your images
- Fully responsive and mobile-ready design
- Lightweight and fast performance (CSS-only)
- Works with all modern themes
- No coding knowledge required
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Ratings & Reviews
4.442 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Poor performance, no service, lost my money
by felician·4 years ago·1 reply
I purchased the plugin, unfortunately, you can’t save the changes you have made. Even when you try to find support, you will never find it! I have lost my money
Poor performance, error after update, poor service
by appareas webdesign·4 years ago
I used the paid pro version of the plugin.
Using the plugin delayed the loading times of the website considerably.
After an update i could no longer configure the Image Hover Effects Pro plug-in because the configuration page in the WordPress dashboard was no longer loaded. Only the loading symbol is displayed, I can no longer make any changes. Deactivating other plugins (for example the caching plugin) and also deactivating and reactivating Image Hover Effects Pro did not have any success.
The answer to my inquiry came several days later – far too long for a commercial product used on a customer website.
Sadly
by hpetter·5 years ago
Sadly, the plugin makes the loading of my pages very slow and on the tablet often the pages dont load at all.
I have bought the pro version but getting service took so many steps that i take my loss and i will use an other plugin.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by hpetter.
Excellent plugin, Excellent support
by niropunkt·5 years ago
Labib Ahmed, you helped me a lot! Really thanks for the support! Image Hover Effects Pro is a professionally designed plugin by a Professional!
simple and beautiful
by ulinux·6 years ago
I had some initial issues but developer helped me a lot
Thank you for your attention Labib!
Tive alguns problemas iniciais mas desenvolvedor me ajudou muito
Obrigado pela atenção Labib !
- This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by ulinux.
Download Trends
Today: 9Yesterday: 13This week: 78Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.6
65.5%
Other
15.9%
v5.2
9.6%
v5.5
9.1%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.0
- Improved admin settings
- Responsive typography option added
- Slider option added
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.