Best scroll effects plugins for WordPress
The most popular scroll effects plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor (70+) and Jamie’s Header Effects (50+). All 9 plugins tagged “scroll effects” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 scroll effects plugins
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Block Animations, Motion & Scroll EffectsThe most installed scroll effects plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 46 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 days ago.
- 3.
Jamie’s Header Effects50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 4.
Animatikon40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 5.
Wonli Scroll Storytelling10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
KaosH&FFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 7.
Innovate ScrollStageFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Arts Color Switcher for ElementorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
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DMK Animation Engine for ElementorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “scroll effects”
Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,689by nK15 days ago
Animate WordPress blocks with reveal, scroll, mouse and loop effects, set in the block settings.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(46)
- Downloads
- 122/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
- 37/day
Jamie’s Header Effects
Up in the last 7 days:1,489#21,343by jamiemarsland1 month ago
Sticky header effects for block themes: a Chameleon header that recolours to match each section, frosted blur, hide-on-scroll and overlay.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Animatikon
Down in the last 7 days:580#21,945by 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
- 6/day
Wonli Scroll Storytelling
Up in the last 7 days:324#34,277by Wonli2 days ago
Visual editor for scroll animations, pinned scenes and image sequences on WordPress pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
KaosH&F
Down in the last 7 days:6,702#57,960by Dr.Kaos4 days ago
Headers and footers for Elementor: emotional presets or layouts designed in Elementor, with sticky, glass and reveal effects.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Innovate ScrollStage
Down in the last 7 days:10,685#62,343by webphilosopher2 months ago
Design motion with the built-in editor, then copy and paste your code into your favorite editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arts Color Switcher for Elementor
#64,659by Artem Semkin6 days ago
Dark mode toggle and scroll-triggered color switching for Elementor. Every Global Color gets an Alt value; the whole page follows – images too.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
DMK Animation Engine for Elementor
#71,218by Devmotionkit2 months ago
Add scroll-triggered, viewport-triggered, and hover animations to your Elementor widgets.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day