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CSS3 Transitions

by Nick Halsey · Uncategorized

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This plugin automatically adds CSS3 transitions to your website/blog and the WordPress admin. Links, etc. get animated transitions between their norma …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

14.8K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.92★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+54%

60

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3215 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+54% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

60

now · peak 103

6030d 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

CSS3 Transitions · #14394 you Blocks Animation: CS · #472 Page Transition · #7792 Image transitions · #44620

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · 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.

600per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

8.8y ago

latest release · v1.3

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3 · 8.8y ago1.2 · 13.6y ago1.1 · 13.6y ago1.0 · 13.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

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

Install history · since 2015-12-29 · 1,390 observations

100Installs · 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.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.3
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2013-01-01 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ faospark
    9.6y ago

    I was looking for something that adds effects on the dashboard. You know a little something to make the ancient ui of wp pop out a little bit and this got the job done. Straight forward no fancy set up involved

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  2. ★★★★★ p8a8o8l8o
    11.1y ago

    Simple effect, smooth execution, clean code. It works out of the box! I really don’t agree with the one star review titled “Doesn’t work”: that nasty review only says “nevermind…” which immediately redirects to “Load up your guns, bring your friends, it’s fun to lose, and to pretend”. Grazie da Civitavecchia, Italy!!!

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  3. ★★★★★ uday1007
    12.5y ago

    nevermind..

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  4. ★★★★★ josbodewes
    13.7y ago

    Does exactly as it says. Very nice solution to have css3 transitions for your site. Thx for making this plugin public!

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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. 2025-05-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-14 100+ → 200+ up after 14 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-30 200+ → 100+ down after 658 days in tier
  4. 2023-07-12 300+ → 200+ down

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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