Best animated plugins for WordPress
The most popular animated plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Timeline Express leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of WP CountUP JS (1K+) and Jellyfish Counter Widget (1K+). All 38 plugins tagged “animated” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 animated plugins
- 1.
Timeline ExpressThe most installed animated plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 165 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
WP CountUP JS1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
Jellyfish Counter Widget1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 10 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 4.
WEN Skill Charts600+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 7 months ago.
- 5.
Amedea500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Animated Headline Elementor200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 7.
Goo Pie Chart100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Animate Slider60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 9.
Auto AnimateImage50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 10.
Animated/Illustrated Under construction plug-in for WordPress40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.0.
All 38 plugins tagged “animated”
Timeline Express
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,329by Evan Herman3 years ago
Timeline Express creates a beautiful vertical animated and responsive timeline of posts, in chronological order.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(165)
- Downloads
- 35/day
WP CountUP JS
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,457by Roel Magdaleno5 years ago
Display multiple animated counters into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Jellyfish Counter Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,487by Strawberry Jellyfish6 years ago
Show eye catching totals with static or animated counter widgets and shortcodes. Classic retro odometer style or easy customise your own custom look.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WEN Skill Charts
Down in the last 7 days:5#8,173by WEN Themes7 months ago
Show animated skill bar and circle
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Amedea
Down in the last 7 days:34#9,102by Ki-Themes2 months ago
Amedea - Unique Design Elements for Elementor
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Animated Headline Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:5#12,154by Habibur Rahaman3 years ago
Enhance your Elementor page building experience with elementor headline elements. Add powers to your page builder
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/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
Animate Slider
Down in the last 7 days:15#19,780by nackle2k1012 years ago
Animated Slideshow boost your theme through shortcode with a beautiful CSS3 animated image and content slideshow.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Auto AnimateImage
Up in the last 7 days:64#20,765by attosoft14 years ago
Automatically applies AnimateImage script that displays multiple images like animated GIF. All you have to do is write img elements.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Animated/Illustrated Under construction plug-in for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:48#21,569by Moskva Yigit1 year ago
Animated/Illustrated Under construction plug-in for WordPress
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WHA Elementor Counter Up
Down in the last 7 days:204#25,254by Web Help Agency6 years ago
WHA Counter UP widget for Elementor allows you to add different animated widgets to the site. Easy to Install and Use.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP jQuery Accordion Menu
#27,105by Tuncay Demirtepe15 years ago
Creates vertical dropdown menus from wordpress pages with wp_list_pages function using jQuery.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
News Tick-O-Matic
#32,588by Baden14 years ago
Animated news ticker—display the newest news a smoothly scrolling sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RS Diwali Lantern
#33,328by Rashmi Sonawane1 day ago
Display animated Diwali lanterns with responsive positioning, a visual editor, schedules and optional festive greetings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rotating Clock Widget
#37,539by jpferrierjr12 years ago
The Rotating Clock is a fun widget that spins relative to the local time! The Clock adds a lot of character and individuality to your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gallery of Animated Posts
Up in the last 7 days:1,077#44,237by hogh10 years ago
Display a gallery of animated posts unsing a shortcode for theme Gridsby.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Animated Popup
Down in the last 7 days:4,685#45,852by SGTLab6 years ago
Setup and create an animated popup in seconds, increase lead and conversions for your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Banner Generator For Woocommerce
#46,597by Patrycjusz10 years ago
By this plugin, you can build and manage animated gif banners with your woocommerce products.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Safelayout Animated Header Footer
#53,666by safelayout4 months ago
Beautiful background animations for your header and footer areas. Lightweight floating bubbles, particle grids, and fluid vector waves.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Mixitup
#58,725by invaderB4 years ago
wp plugin that adds animated filter and sorting for post and custom post types
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Animated Category
Up in the last 7 days:8,887#59,810by Nasirul Islam9 years ago
Animated Category plugin easily is an high customizable and responsive widget for displaying category. This plugin also customize widget color.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WebXtrm Widgets for Elementor
#71,055by Gazi Mohammad Yeasin5 months ago
A collection of 28 modern Elementor widgets for business websites — animated heroes, services, pricing, testimonials, team grids, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HamburgerX SVG Toggle for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:19,676#73,397by Francisco Naranjo4 months ago
Animated SVG hamburger widget for Elementor. Toggles Off-Canvas, Nav Menu, Mega Menu or any custom element — no intermediate trigger required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day