68
Image Hotspot by DevVN
Love the simplicity until the mobile layout breaks everything.
Healthy
68/100
Users love the simplicity but the lack of mobile responsiveness is a significant flaw.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.3★
29 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
0%
Holding steady
83 → 83 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · 0% in the last year
83/day a year ago→83/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayImage Hotspot by DevVN is well-regarded as a simple, free, and easy-to-use hotspot plugin for WordPress images, but a recurring and significant concern is that hotspot pins do not remain correctly positioned when the image is resized, making it unreliable on mobile/responsive layouts.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use, with a low learning curve×6
- +Works well for basic image hotspot needs×7
- +Favorably compared to paid alternatives for the same purpose
- +Works with different languages
- +Free and functional for simple image maps×2
Common complaints
- −Hotspot pins do not stay in correct position when the image is resized, breaking responsiveness on mobile devices×2
- −SVG icons are unsupported: switching to SVG erases all hotspot text and leaves the icon blank with no way to replace it
- −Icon images cannot be scaled
- −A JavaScript error renders the plugin completely unusable for at least one user
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.27★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-12-062026-03-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 29 total
Latest reviews · 29 analyzed
- 2025-11-20★★★★★Perfertfreelancesgroup
- 2023-02-28★★★★★Amazing pluginhohotototo
- 2022-02-18★★★★★Not responsive!MartinSwe
- 2021-12-29★★★★★Convenient but…Duke Snoogens
- 2021-08-25★★★★★Perfect, quick and easy!benbois
- 2020-11-05★★★★★Awesome Plugin!dasmarian
- 2020-10-16★★★★★Very nice plugin, but conflicts with SiteOrigin PageBuilderBecky Melton
- 2020-10-06★★★★★For me -great!jerzyrudowski1-shot
- 2020-06-15★★★★★Doesn't WorkGerdski
- 2020-04-07★★★★★Great pluginmstudioIL
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
83
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
82
Prior 7-day baseline
60
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
86
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+1.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
79%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.34 → 4.27★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered