Best motion effects plugins for WordPress
The most popular motion effects plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of MotionCraft Scroll Animations (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “motion effects” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 motion effects plugins
- 1.
Wexlab Motion Effects for ElementorThe most installed motion effects plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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MotionCraft Scroll Animations20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “motion effects”

Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:309#22,721by wpexpertlab2 months ago
A lightweight motion and interaction toolkit for Elementor. Add fade, reveal, marquee, hover and button motion effects with zero code.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

MotionCraft Scroll Animations
#26,759by Darshan Patel5 months ago
Add smooth, scroll-triggered animations to WordPress with CSS classes or Gutenberg block controls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day