Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) v9.11.8
Image Hover Effects Ultimate is the most powerful image hover effects plugin for WordPress. Whether you want a clean caption reveal, a dramatic flip card, a side-by-side image comparison, or a magnifi...
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- Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 15, 2026
- Last audited Sep 15, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.4+
- Requires WordPress 6.2+
- Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 56% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 84 Passed
- 31 Warnings
- 10 Failed
25 of 37 checks passed.
43 of 61 checks passed.
8 of 12 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
2 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
6.2 MB
32.1 MB unzipped
Total files
1,229
across all file types
Lines of PHP
72,474
in 338 files Large
File types
- PHP
- JSON
- CSS
- JS
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 6 Critical
- 99 High
- 369 Medium
- 340 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 30 audited versions of Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ), Security improved the most (+3). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 6% in size.
Audited 9.8.0 → 9.11.7 · 30 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
1,405
downloads
Today
197
downloads
Week over week
−82%
vs previous week
Month over month
+211%
vs previous month
Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
44% of installs run an older version
≈ 4.4K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v9.8
- v9.9
- v9.10
- v9.11
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Jul 4, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 41 days
average between releases
Total releases
59
since Jul 2017 · 9 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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