Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorOxilab
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 04 Jul 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record59
Rating4.7 /5 · 248
Added to directory06 Aug 2016
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Oxilab throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| biplob018 | 41 | 06 Jul 2017 | 02 May 2025 |
| richardmallick | 18 | 14 Sep 2024 | 04 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
104 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 57% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 166/day28 Aug 2026
Install band fell to 10,000+ on 20 Aug 2026, from 20,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 67 | 57 | 80 | 0 | 109 | 71 | 114 | 56 | 60 | 99 | 107 | 127 | 166 |
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 20,000+ | 20,000+ | 20,000+ | 20,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (248) · version (9.11.7) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
27 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 years ago 06 Aug 2016
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 04 Jul 2026, 55 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 5 other plugins, 4 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 20,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202626 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 04 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 9.11.7 released
- 28 May 20263 months agoVersion 9.11.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 28 May 20263 months agoVersion 9.11.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 01 May 20264 months agoVersion 9.11.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 25 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 9.11.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 25 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 9.11.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 27 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 9.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 05 Feb 20267 months agoVersion 9.11.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 21 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 9.10.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 31 Oct 202510 months agoVersion 9.10.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 16 Oct 202510 months agoVersion 9.10.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 22 Aug 202512 months agoVersion 9.10.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 10 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 9.10.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by richardmallick.
- 06 Jul 20179 years ago46 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 06 Jul 2017 and 09 Aug 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 06 Aug 201610 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Oxilab for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (04 Jul 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 248 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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