ImageLinks - Interactive Image Builder for WordPress 1.6.0

The ImageLinks - Interactive Image Builder for WordPress is a premium plugin specifically designed to turn static images on your website into engaging, content-rich, and clickable experiences.

It is primarily used to create interactive image maps or hotspot images, similar to services like ThingLink.

🌟 Core Functionality: Image Hotspots

The main purpose of the plugin is to allow you to place dynamic, clickable markers or hotspots anywhere on an image. When a user interacts with these markers (by clicking or hovering), a tooltip or popover appears, displaying additional rich content.

💡 Key Features of ImageLinks

Feature

Description

Benefit

Advanced Builder

Provides an easy-to-use drag & drop interface with features like zoom and pan to accurately place markers on large images.

Streamlines the process of creating complex, detailed interactive visuals.

Rich Content Tagging

The markers can be tagged with virtually any web-hosted content that has a unique URL, including:

Transforms static images into engaging content hubs.

* Hyperlinks (to external pages or internal posts).

* Videos (YouTube, Vimeo) – which often play directly within a lightbox/popover.

* Albums or other online media.

Markers & Themes

Includes a selection of predefined markers (icons) and predefined themes (e.g., dark & light skins), with options to design your own custom markers and themes via CSS.

Allows the interactive elements to match your site's branding perfectly.

Interactive Tooltips

Creates small information boxes (tooltips) that appear when a marker is clicked or hovered over.

Great for compact, context-sensitive information.

Animation Effects

Features a large library of over 100 show/hide animation effects for the tooltips.

Adds a smooth, professional, and visually engaging effect to the interaction.

Responsive Design

The entire interactive image and its markers/tooltips automatically adjust their size and position when viewed on different screen sizes (desktop, tablet, mobile).

Ensures a consistent user experience regardless of the device.

🎯 Common Use Cases

Infographics: Turning a complex infographic image into an interactive element where visitors can click on different data points for more details.

Shoppable Product Catalogs: Highlighting specific products in a photo (e.g., a room setting or a model wearing clothes) and linking directly to the product page or displaying price and description in a tooltip.

Floor Plans/Maps: Creating an interactive building layout or map where markers display room names, office functions, or local landmarks.

News Photography: Adding relevant links, quotes, or video embeds directly onto specific areas of a news photo.

To display the finished interactive image on your WordPress site, you simply use the generated shortcode (e.g., [imagelinks id="123"]) within any post, page, or widget.

Would you like to see how this compares to other image hotspot or image map plugins like Draw Attention?