10 Best Animations for Blocks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Animations for Blocks has 10,000+ 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 Animations for Blocks
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AnimateGL
Closest matchAnimateGL Animations for WordPress – Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations
5.0 (22) 3,000+ active installsCSS & WebGL Animations for Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations, animations from CSS class, scroll animations, lock to scrollbar.
Shares the animate, animation tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since May 8, 2025.
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4.8 (58) 50,000+ active installsA responsive modern carousel slider for the Gutenberg block editor that lets you add any blocks to your slides. Easily create sliders for hero section …
Shares the gutenberg, Slide tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 2, 2026.
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4.8 (45) 3,000+ active installsA JS widget (can be used in posts) for displaying an archive list with some effects.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated April 3, 2026.
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4.3 (31) 10,000+ active installsRedirect any post or page — with a native block or a classic shortcode. Optional delay. Optional "redirecting" message. Zero configuration.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
4.0 (66) 7,000+ active installsReadymade gutenberg blocks and sections with rich customization options. Enhance Gutenberg editor with easy UI and functional blocks.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since March 10, 2025.
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5.0 (36) 10,000+ active installsGutenberg block for creating responsive accordion drop-downs.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since February 7, 2022.
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4.9 (24) 2,000+ active installsThis plugin provides a Gutenberg Modal / Popup Block.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since October 3, 2023.
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Gutenberg Blocks Library & Toolkit – Editor Plus
4.8 (38) 6,000+ active installsEditor Plus extends Gutenberg editor with blocks, advanced design controls, typography, icons, Shape Divider, animations and many more features.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 9, 2023.
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4.9 (33) 40,000+ active installsFlexible Table Block is a custom block plugin for the WordPress block editor that allows you to create tables in any configuration.
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 26, 2026.
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aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder
5.0 (25) 2,000+ active installsaBlocks is a Gutenberg-based website builder with 100+ free flexible blocks and powerful form solutions, allowing you to build any type of form!
Shares the block, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
Switching from Animations for Blocks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Animations for Blocks?
AnimateGL is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Animations for Blocks alternative has the most users?
Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Animations for Blocks alternative is rated highest?
Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 58 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Animations for Blocks 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 Animations for Blocks 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 Animations for Blocks 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
AnimateGL is the closest match to Animations for Blocks by the data we track, and Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. Shortcode Redirect shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 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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