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Animated Blocks on Scroll

by Virgildia · Blocks

Also makes 3 other plugins · 52.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add scroll based animations to WordPress Gutenberg blocks.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
86 Health · A
Maintenance 98/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

86 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+2% vs prior 30d
22Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

481

now · peak 3.0K

47730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Animated Blocks on S · #4946 you UiCore Animate · #814 Animations for Block · #1762 LottieFiles · #2633

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

239per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

5

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.1.6

14

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.6 · 3mo ago1.1.5 · 4mo ago1.1.4 · 6mo ago1.1.3 · 6mo ago1.0.3 · 6mo ago1.1.2 · 2.9y ago1.1.1 · 4.6y ago1.1.0 · 4.6y ago1.0.6 · 5.2y ago1.0.5 · 7.0y ago1.0.4 · 7.7y ago1.0.2 · 7.9y ago1.0.1 · 8.1y ago1.0.0 · 8.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 97%
v1.0 3.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 261 days.

Install history · since 2019-05-30 · 1,444 observations

2KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.1.6
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2018-05-28 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.0 First release of the plugin. 1.0.0
  2. Version 1.0.3 Animation settings in individual blocks by extending the block API is no longer supported in the plugin. The InnerBlocks component was implemented, enabling nested block content and more flexibility. Select “Animated Blo 1.0.3
  3. Version 1.0.4 Updated enqueue function to work on WordPress 5.0 1.0.4
  4. Version 1.0.5 Updated/fixed animation previews in the editor. Class “ab-end” is now added to elements when a CSS animation is completed. 1.0.5
  5. Version 1.0.6 Fixed jQuery warning Updated for the latest WordPress version 1.0.6
  6. Version 1.1.0 Tested for WordPress 5.9 Added block.json Added animation duration option Added offset option (available in the block’s Advanced settings) Fixed animation opacity issues Renamed class ab-hidden to ab-is-hidden Renamed cl 1.1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 49 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-31 2K+ → 1K+ down after 604 days in tier
  5. 2024-06-06 1K+ → 2K+ up

Competes with

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Animated Blocks on Scroll: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/animated-blocks