Grade C

Weblizar Pin It Button On Image Hover And Post

Name: Weblizar Pin It Button On Image Hover And Post
Rating: 3.9 (64 reviews)
Author: Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Plugin

⤓ Download v4.8 on WordPress.org ↗

by Weblizar - WordPress Themes & Pluginupdated 2026-02-23🎲The Mixed Bag

Pin your photos easily unless the button decides to pin your logo.

DecliningPoor rating

62/100

The plugin offers simple functionality but suffers from bugs and unreliable exclusion settings.

Loved19/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

// Enqueue Pinterest's own "Pin It" widget script
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    wp_enqueue_script(
        'pinterest-pinit',
        'https://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js',
        [],
        null,
        true
    );
} );

// Wrap every post/page image with a Pinterest "Pin It" overlay
add_filter( 'the_content', function ( $content ) {
    return preg_replace(
        '/<img([^>]+src=["\']([^"\']+)["\'][^>]*)>/i',
        '<span style="position:relative;display:inline-block;">$0'
        . '<a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=' . urlencode( get_permalink() )
        . '&media=$2&description=" '
        . 'data-pin-do="buttonPin" data-pin-count="beside" '
        . 'style="position:absolute;top:4px;left:4px;display:none;" '
        . 'class="pin-it-btn" target="_blank">'
        . '<img src="https://assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png" /></a>'
        . '</span>',
        $content
    );
} );

// CSS: show the button on image hover
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    echo '<style>
        span:hover > .pin-it-btn { display:inline-block !important; }
    </style>';
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also offers per-post/page toggle settings and a customisable button size; this snippet applies the button globally to all content images.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.0★

64 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-43%

Declining fast

90 → 51 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORverified rating is 3.85★
MINORdownloads down 43% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -43% in the last year

90/day a year ago→51/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Weblizar Pin It Button works for some users and integrates with Gutenberg, but many encounter functional bugs, poor exclusion controls, and theme conflicts, with support experiences varying widely.

What people like

+Performs core functionality as described, simple and easy to use, with ability to exclude pages and individual images
+Compatible with the Gutenberg editor
+Support is responsive and helpful, fixing bugs and issues promptly×2
+Pin button appears on image hover in a non-invasive, visible manner

Common complaints

−Plugin often fails to work at all, showing errors or only a save button without hover functionality×2
−Support can be slow or unresponsive, with delayed replies and unresolved refund requests
−Conflicts with themes or overrides theme styling, causing visual problems×2
−Exclusion settings are unreliable; images or pages meant to be excluded still show the button×4
−Button appears on unwanted locations (e.g., Instagram widget, other share icons), leading to UI clutter×3
−Overly broad application interferes with touch-screen usability, requiring extra taps to open images

Review trustMostly organic

3.85★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.00★
8%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

2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 64 total

5★

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Latest reviews · 67 analyzed

2023-12-06★★★★★Doesnt Work!!webinty
2023-11-21★★★★★This is great for me! Does what it it says!33chris33
2023-05-14★★★★★Doesn't work!wot4
2021-12-16★★★★★No option to exclude widgets tinevdh
2021-10-01★★★★★As expected egocefalo
2020-06-30★★★★★Easy to use but no alt text option thenutritionjunky1-shot
2020-05-30★★★★★Works with Gutenberg thecozyloft
2020-02-05★★★★★the pin option appears on my logo macpacman
2020-01-25★★★★★Dosen't work!seppp
2019-09-05★★★★★Great Plugin Great Support jocas1

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-02-23v4.8
2025-12-06v4.7
2025-07-12v4.6
2025-05-14v4.5
2025-03-04v4.4
2024-10-15v4.3
2024-03-21v4.2
2023-11-04v4.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

169

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-5.6%

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

5.48

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

61%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

3.91 → 3.85★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered