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Animations for Blocks · Version history

Animations for Blocks changelog and version history

Latest version
1.2.7
Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
21
since 2021
In the last year
3
about one every 131 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20214 releases
  • 20223 releases
  • 20234 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20256 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.2.7Latest

    • Tweaked UI for WordPress 7.1.
    • Update Lenis to 1.3.26.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.2.6

    • Tested with WordPress 7.0.
    • Update Lenis to 1.3.23.

20256 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.2.5

    • Tested with WordPress 6.9.
    • Update Lenis to 1.3.15.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.2.4

    • Added a donate link on the plugin page – supporters get a 50% off coupon for my brand new WordPress theme.
    • Added notice that lets you know when your device has prefers-reduced-motion enabled.
    • Added plugin option “Ignore reduced motion preference”.
    • Improved help text and FAQs.
    • Update Lenis to 1.3.11.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Tested with Gutenberg 21.7.0.

  3. Animations for Blocks 1.2.3

    • Change Animate on Scroll front end style media from all to screen and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference).

  4. Animations for Blocks 1.2.2

    • Fix Warning: Undefined array key "attrs" when a parsed block doesn’t have attributes.
    • Fix Incorrect use of <label for=FORM_ELEMENT>.
    • Replace deprecated wp.components.ButtonGroup.
    • Update Lenis to 1.3.8.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

  5. Animations for Blocks 1.2.1

    • WP 6.8.
    • Update Lenis to 1.2.3.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

  6. Animations for Blocks 1.2

    • Front end scripts are now deferred.
    • Lazyload assets option now defaults to true.
    • Added new animation – “Scale”, a subtle animation which starts from a slightly scaled up/down state with opacity 0 and transforms into its’ initial size while fading in.
    • Added new animation – “Default”. Plugin settings now allow to configure an animation that will be used for any block that has selected the “Default” animation.
    • Added new animation – “Inherit”. The “Animation container” block now has an option to become an “Animation provider”, in which case all the blocks nested inside of it that use the “Inherit” animation will use the animation of the provider block. The provider block can also stagger each subsequent a…
    • Bundled Lenis – a lightweight smooth scroll library – can be enabled in plugin settings.
    • AOS is now exposed to window object on the front end (window.AOS).
    • Tested up to WordPress 6.7.1.
    • Requires WordPress 6.6.
    • Requires PHP 8.1.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

20242 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.1.6

    • Tested up to WordPress 6.6.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Use block.json for Animation container block.
    • Move block styles to separate stylesheet.
    • Fix label and value mix up in RangeControl.
    • Remove some defunct code.
    • Bundled react-jsx-runtime to keep the plugin working with WP < 6.6.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.1.5

    • Tested up to WordPress 6.5.
    • Added option to choose where to display the animation controls – you can move them to the “Styles” tab or to “Advanced” inspector controls area.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

20234 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.1.3

    • Fix for crash with latest Gutenberg plugin due to __unstableElementContext being removed.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.1.2

    • Add option to disable automatic animation preview.
    • Add option to lazyload assets when an animated block is preset on the current page.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Update screenshots.

  3. Animations for Blocks 1.1.1

    • Use WP_HTML_Tag_Processor for adding HTML attributes.
    • Blocks that render multiple root elements are no longer wrapped automatically. Use Animation container block to do it.
    • Move all PHP code to main file for simplicity.

  4. Animations for Blocks 1.1.0

    • Animation preview works in iframe-d block editors.
    • Rework controls.
    • Add ability to copy-paste animation settings.
    • Update Animation container block to API version 2.
    • Use render_block filter to apply animation attributes instead of overriding block’s render_callback.
    • Add anfb_aos_attributes filter that can modify attributes that are added to animated HTML elements.
    • Convert some code to typescript.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Test with WordPress 6.2-RC1.

20223 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.0.6

    • Fix once and mirror options detection in dynamic blocks.
    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Test with WordPress 6.1.1.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.0.5

    • Update @wordpress/* packages.
    • Test with WordPress 6.0.
    • Add GitHub link.
    • Remove src folder from plugin.

  3. Animations for Blocks 1.0.4

    • Update block anchor selector.

20214 releases

  1. Animations for Blocks 1.0.3

    • Use generated version number for AOS library.

  2. Animations for Blocks 1.0.2

    • Fix encoding for dynamic blocks.

  3. Animations for Blocks 1.0.1

    • Add more unsupported blocks.
    • Move Animation Container block to “Design” category.

  4. Animations for Blocks 1.0.0

    • Initial release.

Questions about Animations for Blocks’s releases

What is the latest version of Animations for Blocks?

1.2.7, released on Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.1 or later.

How often is Animations for Blocks updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 131 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2021.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Animations for Blocks’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.