Animate My Site
by edobegagic · Blocks
Add animations to your website in just a few clicks.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 74/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈420 estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “animation”, “gutenberg” and “ux” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
74 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →18%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 2.2K 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 276 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
25
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-1.7
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 | #4 | #14 | 0 |
| animation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ux your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “animation”, “gutenberg” and “ux” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Jan 2026 · 288 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 498 · 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
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
9mo ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 29 Jan 2026
3
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 400.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 81 days.
Install history since 16 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ spanizhfly5mo ago
It just give you a very straight forward animation, the most simplest animation setup, set it and forget it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Christos Chiotis9mo ago
Simple stuff. Great plugin. Just activate, choose style and boom. Subtle, elegant reveal animations for all elements. For simple sites it is a 100% style upgrade. Good job! edit: Tested it with GeneratePress theme and GenerateBlocks plugin This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by Christos Chiotis. Reason: Forgot to mention testing environment
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
3 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add animations to your website in just a few clicks."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("who want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 728 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "ux" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-18 300+ → 400+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 200+ → 300+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 100+ → 200+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-02-20 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 50+ → 60+ up after 1 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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UiCore Animate – Free Animations, Transitions, and Interactions Addon for Elementor & Gutenberg blocks 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Animations for Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
LottieFiles 7K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Counting Number Block 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Animated Blocks on Scroll 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Animation Pack 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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