Animator – Scroll Triggered Animations
by Toast Plugins · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 5.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
A highly customisable, yet user friendly interface for applying CSS animations to your website frontend.
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Health
B 76/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.7K estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “css3 animations”, “css3 animation” and “css animations” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #10 and #13 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 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
76 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 85.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 1 release 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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 334 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| scroll triggered box | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| css3 animations | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| css animations | #13 | #20 | down 4 |
| css3 animation | #10 | #16 | down 2 |
| animations | #24 | #22 | down 6 |
| animate on scroll | #12 | #14 | 0 |
| scroll by id | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| scroll animation | #24 | #19 | down 4 |
| scroll animations | #16 | #18 | down 6 |
| simple animations | #19 | #21 | down 1 |
| on scroll animation | #24 | #20 | down 2 |
| animate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| animation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 3 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
- Add “css3 animations”, “css3 animation” and “css animations” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5, #10 and #13 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 3 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 4.3K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v3.1.1 · 1 Dec 2025
51
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 40% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Nov 2019
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.1.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2024-10-15 CVE-2024-49308 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.15 Patched in 3.0.16
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 6.8.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,021 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 214 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 3K+ → 2K+ down after 745 days in tier
- 2023-11-24 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-11-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-11-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-11-17 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-16 4K+ → 3K+ down after 581 days in tier
- 2022-04-14 3K+ → 4K+ up after 360 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).
-
Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Animations for Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Animate on Scroll 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Easy Textillate 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Animation Builder – An interface for adding scroll-triggered animations 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Animation Block 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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