Ultimate Cursor
Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit
by WPXERO · WordPress.org page · Website
Ultimate Cursor has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 68,437 downloads all time. It was downloaded 2,853 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 11, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Ultimate Cursor at a glance
Is Ultimate Cursor well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Five cursor types – Text, Image, Icon, Shape, and Animated. Choose one and style it in the live preview
- Icon library – 113 built-in icons. The whole library is free
- Shape cursors – 5 geometric shapes with adjustable color, size, and border
- Eight animated cursor effects – Bubble, Splash, Snowflake, Trail, Character, Rainbow, Click Spark, and Click Particles
- Two animated background effects – Antigravity (floating particles) and Light Pillar (a glowing vertical light)
- Live preview – see every change in the dashboard before you save
- Loads only what you use – scripts load only when an effect is enabled, and each effect is a separate file that is downloaded only when your configuration needs…
- Accessibility – the custom cursor is hidden on touch devices, and animations respect the visitor’s reduced-motion preference
- Translation ready – the dashboard and the frontend are fully translatable
Ultimate Cursor reviews and ratings
4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Outstanding Support
I’m absolutely thrilled with Ultimate Cursor Pro! I especially want to highlight the amazing support from Afnan. He managed to implement my specific requirement into the plugin within just a few hours – it doesn’t get any faster than that. On top of that, he even rolled out a new version of the plugin that included my requested feature. You rarely experience such dedicated and professional support. Thank you so much, Afnan – a clear and full recommendation for Ultimate Cursor Pro!
werner332 -
Works with limitations
I was after something that would allow for animations while still retaining the existing cursor. However, this outright replaces the entire cursor. I then had issues after de-activating the plugin where some pages still retained the modified cursor. In the end, I had to do a database restore to fix it. As a result, please ensure you have a backup of your site to hand before applying this plugin.
rocky555 -
Works Amazing On Our Site
This was a very easy plugin to use, has a ton of options on the free version, and you can upload the icon shape. Had to leave a positive reveiw! Used it on Doc Digital SEM and it looks fantastic, also used it for one of our clients, and it elevated the look to the site!
docdigitalsem -
BRAVO!!!
This is what i'm looking for!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! WORKING PERFECTLY
bauda
Download and install history
5,090 downloads over the last 50 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Details
Create custom cursors, animated cursor effects, and animated background effects in WordPress with a live preview. No coding required.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- animated cursor
- background effects
- cursor effects
- custom cursor
- mouse cursor
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- Version
- 2.5.0
- Last updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- First published
- Aug 12, 2022
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Ultimate Cursor FAQ
What does Ultimate Cursor do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Ultimate Cursor offers Five cursor types – Text, Image, Icon, Shape, and Animated. Choose one and style it in the live preview, Icon library – 113 built-in icons. The whole library is free, Shape cursors – 5 geometric shapes with adjustable color, size, and border, Eight animated cursor effects – Bubble, Splash, Snowflake, Trail, Character, Rainbow, Click Spark, and Click Particles and Two animated background effects – Antigravity (floating particles) and Light Pillar (a glowing vertical light).
How many active installs does Ultimate Cursor have?
WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Ultimate Cursor as of October 24, 2026.
Is Ultimate Cursor still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 11, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Is Ultimate Cursor free?
Ultimate Cursor is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.