78
Animations for Blocks
Simple block motion that occasionally misses a beat.
HealthyDeclining
78/100
The plugin offers simple animations but some users report bugs with duration settings and recent updates.
Active installs
~17,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
27 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-18%
Declining
67 → 55 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -18% in the last year
67/day a year ago→55/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAnimations for Blocks is praised for its ease of use, lightweight design, and responsive support, but some users report duration controls not working and a breakage after the 1.2.3 update.
What people like
- +Easy to use and set up×4
- +Responsive developer support×2
- +Integrates well with GenerateBlocks
- +Works well with GeneratePress
- +Settings always visible and selectable, saving time
- +Provides many animation options
- +Lightweight plugin
Common complaints
- −Duration setting does not work
- −Animations stopped working after update (since 1.2.3)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.92★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 27 total
Latest reviews · 27 analyzed
- 2026-01-14★★★★★Seems ok but duration does not workcinek92
- 2025-11-17★★★★★It worked and then it stoppedmariuszseo1-shot
- 2025-04-20★★★★★Very goodclassikd
- 2025-04-01★★★★★Better than css animations for gutenberg blocksmichaellili
- 2025-03-14★★★★★Awesome plugin!andrewstarr
- 2025-02-15★★★★★Amazing great pluginTony Fitzpatrick80
- 2024-09-15★★★★★Great pluginLovro Hrust
- 2024-08-17★★★★★Simple, Effective, Does what it says on tha tin!terrycskn
- 2024-08-14★★★★★Fantastic pluginpagrob
- 2024-05-03★★★★★Very easy to use!mellypetty
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
62
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
55
Prior 7-day baseline
129
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,544
Mean release-day peak (30d)
126
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+12.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
18%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.62
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.81 → 4.92★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered