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animation plugins
256 plugins in the directory carry the animation tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
256
plugins
293,570+
combined reach
103
released in 90 days
30%
quiet 18 months+
7
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | All-in-One WP Preloader | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 10 Oct 2026 | BricksFly Elements and Templates for Bricks | 10+ | reopened |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Flareo: Beautiful effects for your Site | 10+ | changed hands |
| 20 Sep 2026 | Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates | 10,000+ | reopened |
| 08 Sep 2026 | PreloadX – Custom Preloader | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 06 Sep 2026 | Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates | 10,000+ | closed |
| 22 Aug 2026 | BricksFly Elements and Templates for Bricks | 10+ | closed |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks Add CSS animations and scroll effects to any Gutenberg block. Choose from fade, slide, zoom & more, with delay and duration controls — no code needed. | 90,000+ | 4.8★ | 18 days ago |
| Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks More than 20 special blocks for Gutenberg to build complex pages and animations with highest possible web vitals score. | 70,000+ | 4.8★ | 17 days ago |
| UiCore Animate – Free Animations, Transitions, and Interactions Addon for Elementor & Gutenberg blocks UiCore Animate adds page transitions, smooth scroll, and engaging animations to Elementor and Gutenberg blocks, for smoother, engaging experiences. | 40,000+ | 3.2★ | 8 months ago |
| Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates Animation Addons: all-in-one Elementor addons pack – GSAP scroll animations, 100+ Elementor widgets, 40+ Elementor 4 Atomic Widgets & 300+ templates. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 13 days ago |
| Animations for Blocks Allows to add animations to block editor blocks on scroll. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Loading Page with Loading Screen Loading Page with Loading Screen plugin performs a pre-loading of images on your website and displays a loading progress screen with percentage of com … | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 3 months ago |
| LottieFiles LottieFiles for WordPress is the easiest way to add Lottie animations to your WordPress website using the Gutenberg editor. | 7,000+ | 2.3★ | 10 months ago |
| Better Block Editor (BBE) Better Block Editor (BBE) — responsive layout controls, on-scroll animations, and pre-made site templates for Block Editor. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit Animate WordPress blocks with reveal, scroll, mouse and loop effects, set in the block settings. | 6,000+ | 4.6★ | 13 days ago |
| Animate on Scroll Animate any Elements on scroll using the popular AOS JS library simply by adding class names. | 4,000+ | 4.3★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Animentor – Lottie & Bodymovin for Elementor An Elementor extension that adds a widget for Lottie animations. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| AOS Animation for SiteOrigin Page Builder Add animation to widgets, cells and rows in Siteorigin Page Builder. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| LottieFiles – JSON Based Animation Lottie & Bodymovin for Elementor Creative layout to your site with smaller json file using Lottie animations. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation Enable maintenance mode in one click with stunning animations and customizable access for specific users. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Animated Blocks on Scroll Add scroll based animations to WordPress Gutenberg blocks. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor Scroll animations and hover effects for Gutenberg blocks and Elementor. CSS fade, slide and zoom, WebGL bend, flip, peel and glitch. No code. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 days ago |
| Confetti – Celebration Effects for WordPress Add a confetti celebration to any page with a block or shortcode. Seven styles, no setup. Premium fires it after purchases, form submissions and more. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 21 days ago |
| Counting Number Block This block provides an animated counter effect for numbers. It’s fast, lightweight, SEO-friendly, accessibility-ready, and fits any design. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Sky Addons for Elementor – 160+ Widgets, GSAP Animations, Templates & Theme Builder Sky Addons is a powerful Elementor addon with a GSAP animation builder, 160+ widgets, 167+ templates, 2,000+ blocks and a complete Theme Builder. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 25 days ago |
| Animated Typed JS Shortcode This plugin add shortcode to create an animated typing effect with Typed JS. No settings needed, just plug and play. | 1,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Animation Builder – An interface for adding scroll-triggered animations Complex scroll-triggered animations. No coding required. | 1,000+ | — | 2 months ago |
| SmartText Rotator – Add Motion to Your Words A WordPress plugin that allows you to add rotating words in a sentence with CSS3 animations. | 1,000+ | 3.5★ | 17 months ago |
| Easy Textillate Very beautiful text animations (shortcodes in posts and widgets or PHP code in theme files). | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 18 months ago |
| Elements Hive for Breakdance Turn Your Breakdance Websites Into Visual Symphonies With Elements Hive. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 days ago |
| Marquee Block Marquee block is CSS based animation block to display scrolling text, images and any kinds of blocks horizontally and vertically. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 12 days ago |
| Page Animations And Transitions Page Animations And Transition is provide multiple Animation effect to your WordPress site. Show your page with stylish transition. | 1,000+ | 2.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Animator – Scroll Triggered Animations A highly customisable, yet user friendly interface for applying CSS animations to your website frontend. | 1,000+ | 4.5★ | 11 months ago |
| Tumult Hype Animations This plugin allows you to upload your Tumult Hype animations to your Wordpress site to easily embed them using shortcodes on posts and pages. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 22 days ago |
| Animation Pack Animation library for Elementor & Gutenberg. | 900+ | — | 10 months ago |
| Reading Position Indicator Add reading position indicator on page top. | 800+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| AI website builder for the block editor and Elementor – Advanced Addons AI website builder, animations and custom css for the block editor and Elementor | 600+ | 5.0★ | 16 days ago |
| Lordicon Enhance Gutenberg pages with animated icons from Lordicon. Add motion and style with high performance. | 600+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| WEN Skill Charts Show animated skill bar and circle | 600+ | 4.5★ | 7 months ago |
| Confetti Fall Animation Confetti fall animation plugin for WordPress. Add a delightful falling confetti animation to your website for celebrations and special events. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Interactions – Animations for Elementor & Gutenberg Scroll, hover & click animations. Build interactive experiences for Elementor, Bricks & Gutenberg. No-code Trigger → Action builder with ready … | 500+ | — | 4 months ago |
| Animate My Site Add animations to your website in just a few clicks. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Scroll Magic Addon for Elementor ScrollMagic for Elementor makes it easy to respond to the user's current scroll position. This is the perfect plugin to create an animation effec … | 300+ | 3.3★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Smooth Custom Cursor Adds a smooth, animated custom cursor — choose from 9 cursor styles, each fully customizable with a live preview — no coding needed. | 300+ | — | 2 months ago |
| CodeFlavors floating menu Create animated navigation menus on the left or right side of any WordPress blog. | 200+ | 4.7★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| KineticHub – Animated Blocks Animated Gutenberg blocks for motion, media, typography, buttons, marquees, dividers, and interactive page sections. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| RA Widgets Animate Animate widgets using Ultimate Scroll Animation Library. | 200+ | 4.8★ | 8 months ago |
| AboveWP Page Loader A sleek and elegant page loader for WordPress websites by AboveWP. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| Ani-Mate Gutenberg Animation Extension A simple plugin that adds animation on scroll (AOS) to Gutenberg blocks. | 100+ | — | 28 days ago |
| Animation Block Use the power of animate.css to animate Gutenberg blocks as they enter the viewport. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Cube 3D Slider Display cube 3D slider in your website. | 100+ | 4.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Scrollchart Drop animated, accessible diagrams into any post or page. Responsive, themeable, mobile-friendly. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Stylish Scrolling Title Title of your website will auto scroll from left to right | 100+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| swfObject Reloaded Allows easy embedding (shortcode inserted via Add Media button while posting) and better management of swf files. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| WP PleaseWait – Loading Screen Just an awesome splash screen for your website (or PWA), support 12+ spinner styles and many customizable things - message text, spinner size, backgro … | 100+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Mouse Trail Free Enhance your website with a captivating mouse trail effect that follows your visitors' cursors. | 90+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
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