10 Best UiCore Animate Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
UiCore Animate has 40,000+ 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 UiCore Animate
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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, blocks tags on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 40,000+, last updated 7 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, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, 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, elementor tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, 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 blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, 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 blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
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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 blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (115) 50,000+ active installs40+ Gutenberg Blocks, plus multiple pre-made free block templates for the WordPress block editor.
Shares the blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.9 (122) 200,000+ active installsA small collection of lightweight WordPress blocks that can accomplish nearly anything.
Shares the blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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JetFormBuilder — Dynamic Blocks Form Builder
4.1 (70) 80,000+ active installsAdvanced form builder plugin for Gutenberg. Create forms from the ground up, customize the existing ones, and style them up – all in one editor.
Shares the blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Kubio AI Page Builder
4.4 (77) 80,000+ active installsUsing the power of AI, Kubio gives you a head start by generating a first draft of your website, which you can further customize to your liking.
Shares the blocks, gutenberg tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
Switching from UiCore Animate: common questions
What is the best alternative to UiCore Animate?
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 UiCore Animate alternative has the most users?
CoBlocks, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which UiCore Animate 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 UiCore Animate 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 UiCore Animate 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 UiCore Animate 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 UiCore Animate by the data we track, and CoBlocks has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. JetFormBuilder 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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