Best animate on scroll plugins for WordPress
The most popular animate on scroll plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. AnimateGL leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of RA Widgets Animate (200+) and MotionCraft Scroll Animations (20+). All 5 plugins tagged “animate on scroll” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 animate on scroll plugins
- 1.
AnimateGLThe most installed animate on scroll plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.RA Widgets Animate
200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
MotionCraft Scroll Animations20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.ACF Flexible Columns
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
AJO AnimateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “animate on scroll”

AnimateGL
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,223by creativeinteractivemedia8 days ago
Scroll animations, hover effects, typewriter text and count-up numbers for Gutenberg, Elementor and Bricks. CSS and 3D WebGL effects. No code.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 110/day
RA Widgets Animate
Up in the last 7 days:4#11,967by FrodoBean8 months ago
Animate widgets using Ultimate Scroll Animation Library.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MotionCraft Scroll Animations
Down in the last 7 days:181#26,518by Darshan Patel5 months ago
Add smooth, scroll-triggered animations to WordPress with CSS classes or Gutenberg block controls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ACF Flexible Columns
Up in the last 7 days:270#27,520by imageDESIGN8 years ago
Replace the regular single content editor with responsive multiple column editors.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AJO Animate
Down in the last 7 days:7,563#62,303by Ali J Online4 months ago
A lightweight, performance-optimized WordPress plugin to animate elements on scroll using CSS classes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day