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Flipbox – Awesome Flip Boxes & Image Overlay for WordPress
Flashy flip cards that look great but lack reliable support.
HealthyGrowing
79/100
Users enjoy the lightweight animations but often struggle with unresponsive support and layout bugs.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
147 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+35%
Growing fast
54 → 73 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
Growing fast · +35% in the last year
54/day a year ago→73/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFlipbox is generally praised for its ease of use, lightweight design, and attractive, responsive flip boxes, but users report significant support gaps and occasional display bugs.
What people like
- +Easy to use and intuitive interface×8
- +Lightweight and low impact on site performance
- +Flip boxes render well across browsers and mobile devices×2
- +Visually appealing, professional-looking flip boxes×2
- +Quick to implement and edit content
- +Responsive support experience for some users
Common complaints
- −Support is unresponsive or absent, with long wait times×2
- −Setup and interface are not smooth
- −Flip boxes may not display when inserted via shortcode in header widgets (e.g., Astra theme)
- −CSS/Z-index conflicts when using multiple flip boxes from different templates
- −Responsive sizing issues causing truncated displays on smartphones
- −Refund process unclear, leading to feeling of being scammed
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.45★Verified rating — drops from 4.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 31%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 147 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-10-01★★★★★Works well once installedbarringerllc
- 2025-08-12★★★★★Very nice plugin. Very good support.milotze
- 2025-06-30★★★★★I love it!mlkhalifax1-shot
- 2025-05-10★★★★★Very GoodNoteapures
- 2025-04-23★★★★★Super Nicetbnewsblog
- 2025-04-03★★★★★NiceRob.
- 2025-03-10★★★★★I like this pluginWebrider
- 2025-02-26★★★★★Not awesomesbph30
- 2025-02-09★★★★★super nice add-onmathieumansart1-shot
- 2024-12-12★★★★★bad newsrkanciala1-shot
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.
67
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
54
Prior 7-day baseline
77
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,216
Mean release-day peak (30d)
76
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+24.1%
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.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.06
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
31%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.62 → 4.45★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered