Kings Caption Hover
This plugin will add multiple awesome hover effects for the captions of your portfolio/ gallery items in your WordPress site using shortcodes and cust …
3(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Kings Caption Hover is a WordPress gallery plugin with 10 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Smart Slider 3.
3/52 reviews
10active installs
4.4K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin will add multiple awesome responsive hover effects for the captions of your portfolio/ gallery items in your WordPress site using shortcodes and custom post.
Usage:
Here’s a step by step user manual:
- Install the plugin. (Find the instructions in the “Installation” section.)
- Find the custom post “Hover Captions” in your WordPress dashboard and click on it’s submenu: Add New.
- Put the title of the item in the “Title” field of the post. Write your description in the content box. Add the image in the “featured image” box (preferred image size: 400px width and 300px height). You can add the author’s name or a sub heading too, by adding a custom field named “author”.
- Use the following shortcode to sho…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8.3+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Initial Release
Contributors
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