Best animated-background plugins for WordPress
The most popular animated-background plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animation Kit leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Altonet Animated BG (10+) and Impress Living Backgrounds (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “animated-background” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 animated-background plugins
- 1.Animation Kit
The most installed animated-background plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.Altonet Animated BG
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Impress Living BackgroundsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
LoginfluxFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “animated-background”
Animation Kit
#24,579by WPXERO1 month ago
Add an animated background to WordPress in a minute: Aurora, Particles, Silk and more. Site-wide or on one block. No code.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Altonet Animated BG
#28,986by Altonet4 months ago
Add powerful animated backgrounds to your WordPress site. A growing library of effects, deeply customizable, live preview, no code needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Impress Living Backgrounds
Up in the last 7 days:5,981#52,187by impresswp2 months ago
A visual editor for twenty art-directed animated backgrounds, from a curl-noise flow field to storms and fireworks. No page builder, no Pro tier.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Loginflux
Down in the last 7 days:9,732#73,478by Jahid Hasan2 months ago
Transform your login page with animated visual effects, dynamic backgrounds, glassmorphism, custom branding, and modern color controls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day