Best mouse trail plugins for WordPress
The most popular mouse trail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animated Mouse Cursor Trail leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Mouse Trail Free (90+). All 2 plugins tagged “mouse trail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 mouse trail plugins
- 1.
Animated Mouse Cursor TrailThe most installed mouse trail plugin, with 90+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
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Mouse Trail Free90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “mouse trail”

Animated Mouse Cursor Trail
#16,829by Dear5 months ago
Beautiful Animated Mouse Cursor Trail For Your Website
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mouse Trail Free
Down in the last 7 days:164#17,118by miranda312 years ago
Enhance your website with a captivating mouse trail effect that follows your visitors' cursors.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day