Best scroll animation plugins for WordPress
The most popular scroll animation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animate on Scroll leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Scrollsequence (3K+) and AnimateGL (2K+). All 21 plugins tagged “scroll animation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 scroll animation plugins
- 1.
Animate on ScrollThe most installed scroll animation plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
Scrollsequence3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
AnimateGL2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Fast Smooth Scroll800+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Scroll Magic Addon for Elementor300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
PixeBuilder200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 days ago.
- 7.
Scroll Magic Addon for WPBakery Page Builde80+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.
MotionKit60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 10.
Animatikon40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
All 21 plugins tagged “scroll animation”
Animate on Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,517by Arya Dhiratara2 years ago
Animate any Elements on scroll using the popular AOS JS library simply by adding class names.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Scrollsequence
Down in the last 7 days:20#3,720by Scrollsequence5 months ago
Image sequence animation on scroll. Take any video, and transform it into immersive dynamic landing page that animate as you scroll.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 34/day
AnimateGL
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,223by creativeinteractivemedia8 days ago
Scroll animations, hover effects, typewriter text and count-up numbers for Gutenberg, Elementor and Bricks. CSS and 3D WebGL effects. No code.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 110/day
Fast Smooth Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:17#7,426by Felix Arntz2 months ago
This lightweight plugin enhances user experience by enabling smooth scrolling for anchor links without the need for jQuery or other dependencies.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Scroll Magic Addon for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:70#10,121by magicpages4 years ago
ScrollMagic for Elementor makes it easy to respond to the user's current scroll position. This is the perfect plugin to create an animation effec …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PixeBuilder
Up in the last 7 days:2,222#12,408by PixeBuilder2 days ago
Free drag & drop page builder. Edit in place or in a side panel, add scroll-driven video with no add-on, and keep pages clean.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 97/day
Scroll Magic Addon for WPBakery Page Builde
Up in the last 7 days:101#18,022by magicpages6 years ago
ScrollMagic for WPBakery Page Builder makes it easy to respond to the user's current scroll position. This is the perfect plugin to create an ani …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:720#18,810by Artem Semkin6 days ago
Pinned horizontal scroll sections for Elementor. Panels are real Containers you design inline – no templates or shortcodes. CSS-driven, responsive.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 33/day
MotionKit
Up in the last 7 days:2,624#19,680by Wealcoder4 days ago
Free visual GSAP animation builder for WordPress. Add scroll animations, text reveals & parallax to Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, Bricks & any theme.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Animatikon
Down in the last 7 days:506#21,908by sitionwp3 days ago
Parallax, scroll animations and motion effects for the block editor. Put your blocks inside Animatikon blocks and animate them. No code.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:373#22,708by 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
- 11/day
MotionCraft Scroll Animations
Down in the last 7 days:181#26,518by Darshan Patel5 months ago
Add smooth, scroll-triggered animations to WordPress with CSS classes or Gutenberg block controls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wonli Scroll Storytelling
Down in the last 7 days:301#34,509by Wonli3 days ago
Visual editor for scroll animations, pinned scenes and image sequences on WordPress pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
TechnologyWisdom Process Flow Timeline for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:28,316#40,409by Technology Wisdom3 days ago
Create a scroll-animated process timeline in Elementor with a dynamic vertical progress line.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AJO Animate
Down in the last 7 days:7,563#62,303by Ali J Online4 months ago
A lightweight, performance-optimized WordPress plugin to animate elements on scroll using CSS classes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pirajki iPad Scroll Mockup
Up in the last 7 days:3,680#62,336by Poonam3 months ago
Add an iPad (or any device) mockup whose screenshot scrolls inside the screen when visitors hover and scroll over it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RZN Studio Scroll Animations
Down in the last 7 days:17,911#67,417by Rzn Studio20 days ago
Smooth scrolling and light scroll-reveal animations for every page, in any theme or page builder. Fast, accessible, RTL aware.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jupa
Down in the last 7 days:5,497#69,825by Jupa1 month ago
Lightweight scroll animations for any block. No animation JS library — powered by Animate.css, fully customizable via CSS.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Crixu Tiltframe
Down in the last 7 days:3,341#70,816by Crixu2 months ago
A parallax scrolling image gallery and hero background block for Gutenberg, with scroll-animated narrative steps built in.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ghostline
Down in the last 7 days:7,906#71,805by Utkarsh13 days ago
A fake cursor moves, marks, or types the text that you select, when the text scrolls into view.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SW34 Easy Scroll
#74,155by studioweb3417 days ago
Smooth scrolling done properly: the wheel, the keyboard and your anchor links. One settings screen, no tracking, no CDN.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day