Best animate plugins for WordPress
The most popular animate plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animations for Blocks leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Animate on Scroll (4K+) and Easy Textillate (1K+). All 22 plugins tagged “animate” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 animate plugins
- 1.
Animations for BlocksThe most installed animate plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Animate on Scroll4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 3.
Easy Textillate1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
Animator1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Animate In View1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Dynamic Animations for Elementor1K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Animation Builder1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Page Transition700+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 33 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 9.
Animation Block100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.
Goo Pie Chart100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 22 plugins tagged “animate”
Animations for Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,757by ska-dev2 months ago
Allows to add animations to block editor blocks on scroll.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(27)
- Downloads
- 88/day
Animate on Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,518by Arya Dhiratara2 years ago
Animate any Elements on scroll using the popular AOS JS library simply by adding class names.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Textillate
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,330by Flector1 year ago
Very beautiful text animations (shortcodes in posts and widgets or PHP code in theme files).
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Animator
Down in the last 7 days:31#5,497by Toast Plugins11 months ago
A highly customisable, yet user friendly interface for applying CSS animations to your website frontend.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Animate In View
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,695by Kevin Batdorf2 months ago
Fade and slide in your blocks with style as they enter into the user's view.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Dynamic Animations for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,740by Dynamic.ooo8 years ago
Extension for Elementor, you can move widgets with amazing effects.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Animation Builder
Up in the last 7 days:4#6,774by Toast Plugins1 month ago
Complex scroll-triggered animations. No coding required.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Page Transition
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,810by numixtech12 years ago
Page Transition is a simple and easy wordpress plugin used to add page transition using CSS3 animations. Show your page with modern animations.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.5(33)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Animation Block
Up in the last 7 days:58#13,268by Paul Allen7 years ago
Use the power of animate.css to animate Gutenberg blocks as they enter the viewport.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Goo Pie Chart
Up in the last 7 days:98#15,925by Gunar9 years ago
Animated pie chart for comparable data graphical representation
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animations by Imoptimal
Down in the last 7 days:29#19,158by Ivan Maljukanović6 years ago
Accentuate most important elements on your website through animation - either when its entering the screens viewport or when its hovered on/tapped on …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Motion
Up in the last 7 days:80#20,784by Adam Pery11 years ago
Motion WordPress Plugin provide user friendly solution to beautiful CSS3 animations.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive jQuery Slider
Down in the last 7 days:506#21,372by CHR Designer11 years ago
Responsive jQuery Slider - jQuery Cycle 2 with Animate.css with some really cool animations.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
neoMotion
Down in the last 7 days:267#28,627by neoWP Media Image Plugins5 days ago
Make an impression with captivating stop-motion animations!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Just Animate
#32,725by sigalitam6 years ago
Just Animate - Easily animate text or images in the WordPress classic editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Animate Slideshow by Cybercraft Technologies
Up in the last 7 days:3,375#38,966by Mithu A Quayium10 years ago
Make slideshows with multilayer facility and customize them with easy options
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Scroll Progress Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:7,772#40,020by Adhitya Rachman7 years ago
Scroll Progress Indicator
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animate Content
#42,418by Nicolas GRILLET12 years ago
This plugin allow you to animate content when user use the scroll bar by Devictio
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
neoAnimate
Up in the last 7 days:2,688#42,506by neoWP Media Image Plugins6 days ago
Make an impression with animated line-path effects!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Merry Christmas Everyone
#45,344by Sandeep Verma12 years ago
Merry Christmas! Santa is flying here with gifts, happiness, candies and snow and much, much more. Come on in and check us out!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wow scroll up
#62,588by veradeveloper8 years ago
This plugin allows you to easily scroll back to the top of the page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day