GIF Animation Preview

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1. ★★★★★ worldless

   9.3y ago

   Just logged in to give this plugin 5 stars. it’s exactly what I had in mind. such an incredible work. it’s totally compatible with 4.7.4 …

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2. ★★★★★ Flector

   9.7y ago

   better then other gif-player plugins.

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3. ★★★★★ visionevo

   10.5y ago

   Mostly does all of what it says it can do. One thing I noticed is that the lazyload does not work, at least with my theme… the7.3 by DreamTheme. It creates the preview image with the icon but does not lazyload the gif. The gif still loads in the background regardless of any user interaction or plugin settings. Feature suggestions: Pause, stop and play icons. If possible, show the current frame of the gif when paused or stopped. Maybe speed up the transition for the preview image to gif animation. Ability to enable or disable on select post types and and pages. Also if possible, maybe an loading status… would be nice for large gifs. Prime the gif so that you don’t have to wait for the entire gif to load before playback begins. Thanks

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4. ★★★★★ Eric Mueller

   10.6y ago

   Works as advertising, and the code is really tight, too. Nicely done.

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5. ★★★★★ Mcperson

   11.5y ago

   Thanks for the plugin. Works like a charm 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ probiner

   11.9y ago

   I see a lot of complains of the plugin not working and I myself had issues to see it work at start. That’s was simply because I didn’t use image tag: just typed in: https://domain/myimage.gif instead of <img src="https://domain/myimage.gif" /> With the first the gif still showed up, but plugin couldn’t see it. Great stuff!

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7. ★★★★★ akis

   12.1y ago

   I was searching for this months ago when 9GAG introduced it. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ lukebrisbane

   12.4y ago

   Has potential. Easily disabled to revert back if it doesn’t work. Will not give 1 star as I’m only speaking in relation to my site template/version. Give it a shot. Use with caution. Killed site layout, disabled all GIFs including ads.

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

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-07 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-04-06 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-05 400+ → 300+ down after 352 days in tier
4. 2025-04-18 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-04-17 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-04-14 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-04-13 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-04-12 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier

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GIF Animation Preview: 300+ active installs, 4.6★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gif-animation-preview