Animate It!

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ freakymood

   8mo ago

   This is exactly what I needed! A simple and easy tool that animates basically anything.

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2. ★★★★★ pilar101

   1.3y ago

   I was so hopeful this plugin could do Exit Animations on Elementor, but it doesn’t. In fact, it does absolutely nothing. I installed and activated this plugin, navigated to the Motion Effects Advanced tab (like it says to do online), and it looked no different than before I installed and activated the plugin. I tried reinstalling and activating the plugin, and, still, nothing. How is this plugin used on Elementor?! Hopefully, the creators of this plugin will see this review and tell me what’s going on…

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3. ★★★★★ mfarooqi

   2.1y ago

   This is really an amazing small animation plugin which literally made my all custom css ads templates in the website. Now wherever I need, I can use them. I have one suggestion, if you could please add an option to link it to any URL. Then this will be really great. Thank you

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4. ★★★★★ Dieter Geiling

   3.6y ago

   Great plugin,super lightweight and still very powerfull. Very good work – thanks for that

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5. ★★★★★ pirigoin

   3.7y ago

   I searched througout options and documentation but I couldn’t find any guide or example of use with Gutenberg. There’s only a video that shows it but using the classic editor

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6. ★★★★★ kdock2

   3.8y ago

   This plugin doesn’t make it clear which of the features it advertises are basic level and which are part of the Pro version, so I uninstalled. The plugin is no longer listed on the Plugins page, but the Settings page still appears under WordPress Settings. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by kdock2.

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7. ★★★★★ wilsmithwp

   4.1y ago

   A great plugin and a fantastic support. Thank you for your time! Wil

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8. ★★★★★ onastvar

   4.4y ago

   Highly recommended

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.0.4 Tested up to version 6.8.3 3.0.4
2. — Version 3.0.3 Tested up to version 6.5.2 3.0.3
3. — Version 3.0.2 Fixes related to compatibility with other plugins. 3.0.2
4. — Version 3.0.1 Fixes related to custom entry delay in Gutenberg block. 3.0.1
5. — Version 3.0.0 Added custom Animate It! block for Gutenberg editor. 3.0.0
6. — Version 2.4.1 Fixes related to mobile detect functionality 2.4.1

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Animate It! < 2.4.0 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-03-30 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.4.0 Patched in 2.4.0
2. High · 8.8 Animate It <= 2.3.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2019-07-27 CVE-2019-17386 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6
3. Medium · 6.1 Animate It <= 2.3.5 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2019-07-27 CVE-2019-17384 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6
4. Medium · 6.1 Animate It <= 2.3.5 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2019-07-27 CVE-2019-17385 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Translated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-21 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1020 days in tier
2. 2023-09-05 40K+ → 30K+ down

Competes with

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• U Use Google Libraries 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
• S Scroll Back To Top 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
• M Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• jQuery Manager for WordPress 7K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag D

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Animate It!: 20K+ active installs, 4.9★ (127 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/animate-it