by Wow-Company 4.8 (17 reviews)

Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect

Name: Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect
Rating: 4.8 (17 reviews)
Author: Wow-Company

Hover Effect is easily applied to your own elements, modified or just used for inspiration.

Hover Effects ranks #2,539 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #323 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 17 reviews, and was last updated Aug 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.1.3 Current Version v2.1.3

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 25 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#323 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs Actively maintained

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Active Installs

7K+

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Downloads

75.6K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (17 reviews)

Next Milestone 8K

Total Progress 87.2%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Jun 27, 2025

Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect [hover-effects] < 2.1.3

CVE-2025-53258 · Fixed in v2.1.3
May 16, 2022

Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect [hover-effects] < 2.1.1

CVE-2022-29447 · Fixed in v2.1.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.3
Last Updated: Aug 25, 2026
Requires WP: 4.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Wow-Company

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 17
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and designers who want to add CSS-based hover effects to elements on their site. It provides a library of 39 pre-built hover effects that can be applied, copied, or used as inspiration without needing to write custom CSS from scratch.

39 hover effects
2D transition effects
Shadow and glow transitions
Speech bubble effects
Use in menu
Use for any element
Self-contained copy-paste effects

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect

Just add the effect class to links, buttons, logos, SVG, featured images and so on. The class is under an effect name

Go to page Hover Effects Select effect and copy class (begin with 'hvr-') Go to Appearance -> Menus, select which menu item to which you want to add the effect, and add the effect class under 'CSS Classes (optional)' Save your menu

Under Appearance -> Menus, click 'Screen Options' (top right of screen) and make sure that 'CSS Classes' is checked. If not - check it!