Oleksiy Lavrynenko

<p>Hover Preview enhances your WordPress website by displaying a small website preview when users hover over a link.<br />
It utilizes the PagePeeker service to generate the previews, making it easier for users to get a sneak peek of the linked website.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically displays a preview of the linked website when hovering over a link.</li>
<li>Easily configure the API key for the PagePeeker service.</li>
<li>Lightweight and responsive design.</li>
<li>Free to use with the PagePeeker unbranded plan.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Get Started</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Navigate to “Settings > Hover Preview” in the WordPress admin dashboard.</li>
<li>Enter your PagePeeker API key. If you don’t have one, sign up for a free unbranded plan here:<br />
<a href="https://pagepeeker.com/signup/unbranded/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://pagepeeker.com/signup/unbranded/</a>.</li>
<li>Save the settings and enjoy!</li>
</ol>


Hover Preview

Display a small website preview when hovering over a link. Customize your API key for PagePeeker directly in the plugin settings.

sam2kb

<p>This plugin allows any user to add previews of websites right in the content of their posts using a simple [thumb]http://domain.com[/thumb] format. Users may also “optionally” turn on mouseover previews. No purchase or registration is required to use the plugin. Optional upgrade enables PRO features such as “Full-length Captures”, “Free Width Captures” and “Refresh on Demand”.</p>
<ol>
<li>Easily embed website previews in posts</li>
<li>Flexible caching system allows you to store retrieved screenshots on your server</li>
<li>[opt] Display custom images for queued or error thumbshots</li>
<li>[opt] Display thumbshot URLs in a safe manner without linking them directly to the target website</li>
<li>[opt] Display mouseover header preview over thumbshots</li>
<li>[opt] Display mouseover pop-up preview over external links in your posts</li>
<li>[opt] Utilize several Thumbshots.RU PRO features</li>
</ol>
<p>Take a look at Thumbshots.RU for more information (http://www.thumbshots.ru/en/ “Website screenshots provider”).</p>


Thumbshots plugin

This plugin uses the Thumbshots.RU API to replace special tags in posts with website screenshots. Note: This plugin is no longer maintained.

Hover Preview vs Thumbshots plugin