Best animations plugins for WordPress
The most popular animations plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Superb Addons leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of View Transitions (10K+) and Crelly Slider (10K+). All 39 plugins tagged “animations” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 animations plugins
- 1.
Superb AddonsThe most installed animations plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 23 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.View Transitions
10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Crelly Slider10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 112 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
DesignSetGo8K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 5.LottieFiles
6K+ active installs. Rated 2.3 from 18 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.Embed Lottie Player
4K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.Animentor
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 8.
Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder3K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Easy Textillate1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.Dynamic Animations for Elementor
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 39 plugins tagged “animations”

Superb Addons
Up in the last 7 days:3#521by Suplugins9 days ago
Create WordPress websites with free forms, Gutenberg blocks, popups, sliders, countdowns, animations, pre-built pages, patterns & The Theme Designer
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.9(23)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day
View Transitions
#1,564by WordPress Performance Team2 months ago
Adds smooth transitions between navigations to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 135/day

Crelly Slider
#2,139by Fabio Rinaldi1 year ago
A free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions and animations.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(112)
- Downloads
- 36/day

DesignSetGo
Up in the last 7 days:30#2,392by Justin Nealey16 days ago
57 native blocks + 18 universal extensions for the WordPress block editor. Forms, dynamic post lists, animations, layouts — no page builder needed.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 352/day
LottieFiles
Down in the last 7 days:17#2,687by LottieFiles9 months ago
LottieFiles for WordPress is the easiest way to add Lottie animations to your WordPress website using the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 2.3(18)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Embed Lottie Player
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,462by bPlugins2 months ago
Embed Lottie animations (.json and .dotlottie) in WordPress with a Gutenberg block – autoplay, loop, controls, interactivity, and styling.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Animentor
Down in the last 7 days:24#3,717by overengineer5 years ago
An Elementor extension that adds a widget for Lottie animations.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:9#4,164by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Add stylish CSS3 hover effects with captions to images in WPBakery Page Builder. Create engaging animations that enhance your site’s visual appeal.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 14/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
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
Rescue Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,313by Rescue Themes10 months ago
A lightweight WordPress shortcodes plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/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
Animate Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:9#9,390by liip7 years ago
Animate Gutenberg blocks plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

tsParticles WP Block
Down in the last 7 days:173#13,969by Matteo Bruni4 months ago
Example block scaffolded with Create Block tool.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations)
Down in the last 7 days:1,295#15,056by Sanjay Shankar17 days ago
Boost your Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales with festive animations, countdown timers, and high-converting notice bars!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day

AKDev Spline animation
Up in the last 7 days:131#16,204by anasakdev2 years ago
Create Spline 3d scrolling animations with ease and wow your users.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MotionMagic
Down in the last 7 days:288#18,614by guelben3 years ago
MotionMagic enhances Gutenberg adding beautiful CSS animations to any block. Easily add on scroll, on hover and on click animations.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CSS Animation Retrigger for WPBakery
#18,636by WPExplorer8 months ago
Retriggers the WPBakery CSS animations whenever the element is scrolled into view.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hísi Anim
Down in the last 7 days:31#18,835by Pedro José R. R.5 months ago
Lightweight scroll animations and reveal effects for Elementor, Bricks and any builder. Parallax, blur, clip-path reveals and more — no jQuery.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Animate WP
Down in the last 7 days:237#19,148by chathuJ5 years ago
Easily animate your elements by just adding a class! We use animate.css. 104 unique animations just using Pure CSS!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Serend Animations
Down in the last 7 days:415#20,077by serend1 year ago
Add beautiful scroll animations to Gutenberg blocks with a simple dropdown. Lightweight, GDPR-friendly, no third-party dependencies!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Animate Any Block
#20,111by Rinku Y3 months ago
Add AOS (Animate On Scroll) effects to any WordPress block. Easily configure scroll-triggered animations directly from the block editor sidebar.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Change class in viewport
Down in the last 7 days:348#20,255by Jose Mortellaro2 months ago
When an element of the page enters the viewport, it adds a CSS class to that element.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

HoverMagix
Down in the last 7 days:294#22,707by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Add beautiful image hover effects with captions and animations using Elementor. Includes scale, direction, and layered effects.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Elentix Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:868#25,442by RSTheme4 months ago
A powerful yet lightweight collection of Elementor widgets, extensions and effects by RSTheme — load only what you use, keep your site fast.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Scroll Animations for Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:391#28,174by simplydev1 year ago
Scroll Animations for Blocks A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds scroll animations to all Gutenberg blocks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Button Block
Up in the last 7 days:5,423#40,033by poglaa7 years ago
Lets you add a fully customizable button block in Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Plus
Up in the last 7 days:126#42,606by imageswithbenefits3 years ago
Generate more clicks, leads and sales using AI-powered images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
C4D Woo Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:5,055#42,656by coffee4dev9 years ago
Create carousel slider for product
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plugin Name
Down in the last 7 days:7,485#43,318by Z.com byGMO10 years ago
GMO Page Transitions adds Page Transitions actions to your site. Click on the link, and page will slide over to left or right.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mineweb Addons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:14,422#55,192by MINEWEB STUDIO23 days ago
Add marquee widgets, dynamic galleries, and advanced entrance animations to Elementor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nori for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:9,302#58,581by Nori24 days ago
Editable Atomic global classes and variables, plus lightweight animation and interaction modules, for Elementor 4.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Apex Addons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:12,076#60,535by arhamashfaq3 months ago
Build interactive Elementor pages with local icon libraries, motion widgets, forms, carousels, scroll effects, and a theme builder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Conditional View Transitions
#61,390by robfromerd1 year ago
Adds smooth transitions between navigations to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

feuerball3D
Down in the last 7 days:12,331#61,721by feuerballdesign2 years ago
This plugin is the easiest way to implement animations which are created with feuerball3D studio software.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smooth Preloader
Up in the last 7 days:6,008#63,351by Mizanur Rahaman1 year ago
Smooth Preloader is a lightweight plugin that adds a visually appealing preloader animation to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Seazonify
Down in the last 7 days:16,068#66,233by Md Mim Akhtar7 months ago
Empower your site with high-performance seasonal visual and audio effects designed to boost engagement and delight visitors year-round.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Otterwp Animate Blocks
#71,772by Cyrus Shahbazi3 years ago
Otterwp Animate Gutenberg blocks plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day