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Best animation plugins for WordPress

The most popular animation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Blocks Animation leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Greenshift (70K+) and UiCore Animate (40K+). All 262 plugins tagged “animation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 animation plugins

  1. 1.
    Blocks Animation

    The most installed animation plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 73 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Greenshift

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 107 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

  3. 3.
    UiCore Animate

    40K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 10 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Animation Addons

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 67 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  5. 5.
    Animations for Blocks

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Loading Page with Loading Screen

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 124 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    LottieFiles

    6K+ active installs. Rated 2.3 from 18 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  8. 8.
    Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects

    6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 46 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  9. 9.
    Better Block Editor (BBE)

    6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Animate on Scroll

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

All 262 plugins tagged “animation”