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Visual Link Preview

Display a fully customizable visual link preview for any internal or external link.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.4.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.4 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update19 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 36 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Visual Link Preview version 2.4.2 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Easily create a Facebook-like link preview for any link on your website. You can choose the image and text to display and create your very own custom template. The default template can be styled from the settings to match your website.

Some examples of what you could use this for:

  • A call to action for your affiliate links
  • Promote WooCommerce products on your website
  • List sources for your article
  • A weekly posty of interesting websites you’ve found
  • Link to related posts on your own website
  • …

It does not require any database lookups, which means even having many of these blocks on a page should not affect performance.

Compatible with both the Classic and Gutenberg Block Editor using shortcodes and blocks. Also includes full Elementor support with a dedicated widget for easy integration into your Elementor pages.

The plugin includes multiple URL metadata providers (PHP, Microlink API, and LinkPreview API) with automatic fallback switching. If one provider fails to fetch link information, the plugin automatically tries the next available provider. You can also manually retry with a different provider if needed.

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Need help?

Check out our documentation!

This plugin is in active development. Feel free to contact us with any feature requests or ideas.

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Plugin tags

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  • link preview
  • visual link
  • snippet
  • summary
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.4 · PHP not listed
Update activity19 Aug 20262mo ago

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