Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects
by bPlugins · Blocks
Also makes 105 other plugins · 209.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Animated Text Block – Add dynamic, customizable text animations to your WordPress site with ease.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “text”, “text effects” and “effects” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #6 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 71 average across 2,522 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 93.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,577 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 11 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 4 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
51
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
36%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+1.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| text block your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| animated text your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| animation text block your tag | #2 | #8 | down 1 |
| animated | #3 | #10 | up 1 |
| typing | #3 | #9 | up 9 |
| customizable text | #3 | #6 | up 2 |
| text animation your tag | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| text | #4 | #5 | up 7 |
| block text plugin | #2 | #8 | — |
| gradient text block | #2 | #4 | — |
| text effects | #6 | #14 | 0 |
| animated typing effect | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| 3d animated | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| no looping | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| animated effects | #3 | #7 | up 3 |
| typing text | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| effects | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| get text | #5 | #11 | up 7 |
| typing animation | #5 | #16 | up 8 |
| animate | #10 | #15 | down 3 |
150 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 123 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “text”, “text effects” and “effects” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #6 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 11.6K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
11
releases in the last 12 months
4d ago
latest release · v1.2.7 · 27 Oct 2026
26
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Aug 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yuanga1.8y ago
Good plugin, but unfortunately it’s not compatible with Elementor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Daniel4.0y ago
Very nice plugin. Congrats. I will dare to suggest some things – The settings panels are clear enough, so the big purple help buttons in the first panel are completely unnecessary, more when the text help doesn’t explain too much. – There would be very nice a preview animation button. The only way I found is change the effect > save changes > view the page on front-end. – Also there would be very nice a shadow effect in text. I tried to do with some CSS but was overrided. Thanks for your work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashukewat4.4y ago
Tnx
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lolive744.5y ago
Bravo & merci ! This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by lolive74.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rokim4.7y ago
Just awesome, it deserves more than 5 star.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.5 Fixed : Dashboard license activation issue fixed. Update : Freemius sdk latest version added. 1.2.5
- — Version 1.2.4 Update : ProModal alert import from bpl-tools. Fixed : Admin dashboard data set error issue fixed. 1.2.4
- — Version 1.2.3 Update : Added new dashboard implement. Update : Dashboard menu item name set the rename. 1.2.3
- — Version 1.2.2 New : Instantly switch between predefined styles to change the animated text appearance. 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Fixed : Some style customization. Update : Pro modal, Pro selector, Pro selector layout rename and upgrade the premium quality designed. New : Added prefix, suffix content and add multiple sentence to animate them one by 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 Added new information on this modern dashboard 1.2.0
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.2.7). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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 "Animated Text Block – Add dynamic, customizable text animations to your WordPress site with ease."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,596 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "animation text block" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-25 5K+ → 4K+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 4K+ → 5K+ up after 191 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 3K+ → 4K+ up after 137 days in tier
- 2024-02-24 2K+ → 3K+ up after 188 days in tier
- 2023-08-20 1K+ → 2K+ up after 282 days in tier
- 2022-11-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2022-10-19 800+ → 900+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 600+ → 800+ up
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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FlexiWords 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Animated Headline 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
SmartText Rotator – Add Motion to Your Words 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Typing Text 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Rotating Words For WPBakery Page Builder 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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