10 Best AnimateGL Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
AnimateGL has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to AnimateGL
- 1
Animations for Blocks
Closest match4.8 (27) 10,000+ active installsAllows to add animations to block editor blocks on scroll.
Shares the animate, animation tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.5 (33) 700+ active installsPage Transition is a simple and easy wordpress plugin used to add page transition using CSS3 animations. Show your page with modern animations.
Shares the animate tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since September 15, 2014.
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Loading Page with Loading Screen
4.6 (124) 10,000+ active installsLoading Page with Loading Screen plugin performs a pre-loading of images on your website and displays a loading progress screen with percentage of com …
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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5.0 (66) 800+ active installsAdd reading position indicator on page top.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated July 21, 2026.
- 5
Ghost Kit
Paid version availableBlock Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit
4.6 (46) 7,000+ active installsAnimate WordPress blocks with reveal, scroll, mouse and loop effects, set in the block settings.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 2.3 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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Confetti
Paid version available5.0 (48) 3,000+ active installsAdd some fun and excitement to your site with confetti effects on any page of your WordPress site. Premium version integrates automatically with popul …
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated April 1, 2026.
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5.0 (33) 3,000+ active installsEnable maintenance mode in one click with stunning animations and customizable access for specific users.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 3 days ago.
- 8
Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates
4.6 (66) 10,000+ active installsGSAP-powered free Elementor addons with motion effects, templates, widgets, extensions, and a header & footer builder.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (70) 90,000+ active installsAdd CSS animations and scroll effects to any Gutenberg block. Choose from fade, slide, zoom & more, with delay and duration controls — no code needed.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks
4.8 (107) 70,000+ active installsMore than 20 special blocks for Gutenberg to build complex pages and animations with highest possible web vitals score.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. About 23 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from AnimateGL: common questions
What is the best alternative to AnimateGL?
Animations for Blocks is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which AnimateGL alternative has the most users?
Blocks Animation, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which AnimateGL alternative is rated highest?
Reading Position Indicator, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 66 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these AnimateGL alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with AnimateGL score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against AnimateGL on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Animations for Blocks is the closest match to AnimateGL by the data we track, and Blocks Animation has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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