10 Best Blocks Animation Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Blocks Animation has 90,000+ 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 Blocks Animation
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Block 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, effects, gutenberg blocks tags on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated 7 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, gutenberg blocks tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.9 (112) 10,000+ active installsA free responsive slider that supports layers. Add texts, images, videos and beautify them with transitions and animations.
Shares the transitions tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.7, no update since January 2, 2025.
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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. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.8 (27) 10,000+ active installsAllows to add animations to block editor blocks on scroll.
Shares the animation tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated 18 days ago.
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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. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 8 days ago.
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Stackable – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks
4.9 (521) 100,000+ active installsThe complete website builder for the WordPress block editor. Build professional sites faster with powerful blocks, block styles, and a global design s …
Shares the gutenberg blocks tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 10 days ago.
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Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks
4.3 (108) 300,000+ active installsCoBlocks is a suite of page builder WordPress blocks for Gutenberg, with 10+ new blocks and a true page builder experience with rows and columns.
Shares the gutenberg blocks tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.7, last updated March 5, 2026.
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Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor
4.8 (332) 600,000+ active installs20+ Gutenberg Blocks with endless options, enabling top-notch efficiency for high-performance dynamic website creation.
Shares the gutenberg blocks tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
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Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE
4.7 (249) 300,000+ active installsQuickly create WordPress pages with 20+ blocks, 100+ ready-to-import designs, and advanced editor extensions. It’s website building, Lego-style!
Shares the gutenberg blocks tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Blocks Animation: common questions
What is the best alternative to Blocks Animation?
Ghost Kit is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Blocks Animation alternative has the most users?
Kadence Blocks, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Blocks Animation alternative is rated highest?
Stackable, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 521 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Blocks Animation 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 Blocks Animation 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 Blocks Animation 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
Ghost Kit is the closest match to Blocks Animation by the data we track, and Kadence Blocks has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Kadence Blocks shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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