Animate In View
by Kevin Batdorf · Blocks
Also makes 10 other plugins · 12.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Fade and slide in your blocks with style as they enter into the user's view.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block” for “view”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “view” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 16.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,578 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 75 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| animate your tag | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| fade in | #2 | #12 | up 1 |
| slide in your tag | #7 | #20 | up 1 |
| view | #13 | #21 | 0 |
| fade your tag | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| simple fade | #15 | #22 | 0 |
| view site | #18 | #21 | down 2 |
| custom view | #21 | #23 | up 1 |
| view all | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| screen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “block” for “view”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “view” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “fade”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.2.4 · 17 Aug 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.9 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 21 May 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ SomniumLucidus2.2y ago
I only wish there was a fade animation effect available, but this is an amazing little lightweight plugin anyway. And user-friendly too. =) Just one thing: if you deactivate the plugin, you have to remake the blocks to which you had applied the animation effect. This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by SomniumLucidus.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stevieboy234.5y ago
The idea that it would be nice to implement (in certain client pages) a fading/sliding component, was one of those things somewhere lower down on my general to-do list. Yes, I could have searched out a plugin, or created my own classes and remember to add them in, but I never quite got around to it… Then I saw on WP Tavern a mention of ‘Animate in View’. It’s great! It does what it says on the tin and in a modern WordPress block way. (Just a word of advice for anyone that uses it, remember to drag your blocks out of the Animate in View wrapper, if you decide not to use it on a certain section, as you can’t toggle it on and off, and removing the wrapper from the Block Editor will also remove what’s inside). Animate in View is now joining my personal collection of handy “utility” blocks. Good Work!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Fade and slide in your blocks with style as they enter into the user's view."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,758 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-11-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-11-26 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-25 900+ → 1K+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2023-09-23 800+ → 900+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2023-06-19 700+ → 800+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 600+ → 700+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2023-03-14 500+ → 600+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2023-01-17 400+ → 500+ up after 51 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Animations for Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - P Page Transition 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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