# Image Hover Effects – WordPress Plugin

> Create stunning image hover effects with animated captions and overlays. Fully responsive, lightweight, and easy to use.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `image-hover-effects`
- Author: Labib Ahmed
- Version: 5.6
- Active installs: 3,000+
- Last update: 2025-07-07 (16 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.8.12 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.5, PHP any
- Tags: animated image overlay, css3 hover effects, hover caption, image hover effects, responsive image hover
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2025-07-07).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.8.12).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-11-07 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 5.5). CVE-2023-47552, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb947f1f-8cce-448d-9c86-1d3c01a4637d?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.4). CVE-2022-4010, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4ecf437-b9f5-47d3-85b2-c8159c937473?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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