Best text animation plugins for WordPress
The most popular text animation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Animated Text Block leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Text Typing (3K+) and Animated Headline (2K+). All 12 plugins tagged “text animation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 text animation plugins
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Animated Text BlockThe most installed text animation plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 2.
Text Typing3K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 6 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Animated Headline2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
SmartText Rotator1K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 11 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Rotating Words For WPBakery Page Builder100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
WP TypeIt Lite100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 7.
Slide-Up Elementor Button Animation70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Fancy Roller Scroller20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
FlexiWords10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Just Animate10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 12 plugins tagged “text animation”
Animated Text Block
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,509by bPlugins1 day ago
Animated Text Block – Add dynamic, customizable text animations to your WordPress site with ease .
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 115/day
Text Typing
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,065by bPlugins5 days ago
Typing text block for Gutenberg – animated typing effects for headings, hero titles & text with speed, loop & cursor controls plus six free themes.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 96/day
Animated Headline
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,793by Anshul Gangrade3 months ago
Add animated headlines to posts, pages, and widgets using a shortcode, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget, or WPBakery element.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
SmartText Rotator
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,489by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
A WordPress plugin that allows you to add rotating words in a sentence with CSS3 animations.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rotating Words For WPBakery Page Builder
Down in the last 7 days:137#14,579by Labib Ahmed1 year ago
Add rotating animated words to WPBakery-built pages. Create eye-catching headlines and dynamic text with customizable animations, speed, and styling.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP TypeIt Lite
Up in the last 7 days:22#14,997by Alex MacArthur6 years ago
This is the official free WordPress plugin for TypeIt, the most versatile animated typing utility on the planet. WP TypeIt Lite allows you to easily g …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Slide-Up Elementor Button Animation
Down in the last 7 days:114#18,648by Jixart1 month ago
Adds a smooth slide-up text animation on hover to all Elementor buttons, preserving icons and styles.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Fancy Roller Scroller
Down in the last 7 days:392#28,486by Thomas K Landis2 years ago
This simple plugin alows you to easly manage and implement a rolling text list.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FlexiWords
Up in the last 7 days:2,678#31,593by luxmedprotez7 months ago
Create eye-catching text animations with rotating words. Combine fixed and dynamic texts with customizable colors, fonts, and animation settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Just Animate
Up in the last 7 days:95#32,987by sigalitam6 years ago
Just Animate - Easily animate text or images in the WordPress classic editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Funny Text
Up in the last 7 days:3,997#43,579by Anshul Gangrade3 months ago
A WordPress plugin to create funny and crazy moving texts in a simple way.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ghostline
Down in the last 7 days:7,906#71,805by Utkarsh12 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