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Animate In View

by Kevin Batdorf · 1,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 17 Aug 2026, 2 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Animate In View
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Animate In View still maintained?
Yes. Last release 17 Aug 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 17 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Animate In View, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer kbat82 since Apr 2022. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Animate In View removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Animate In View safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Animate In View update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.2.4. No one-star spike after it. 17 Aug 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master26 Apr 2022 to 26 Apr 2022, 1 commits
kbat8226 Apr 2022 to 17 Aug 2026, 23 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2022.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Animate In View
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20262
Q4 20260

Last release 17 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

1,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Animate In View
4 May 202639
11 May 202650
18 May 202646
25 May 202655
1 Jun 202650
8 Jun 202652
15 Jun 202632
22 Jun 202630
29 Jun 202642
6 Jul 202640
13 Jul 202636
20 Jul 202649
27 Jul 202649
3 Aug 202654
10 Aug 2026678
17 Aug 2026931
24 Aug 2026129
31 Aug 202699
7 Sep 202694
14 Sep 202698
21 Sep 202694
28 Sep 202685
5 Oct 202675
12 Oct 202677
19 Oct 2026128
26 Oct 2026176
2 Nov 202618

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 19% below the 27-week average.

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.2.4
AuthorKevin Batdorf
Added26 Apr 2022
Last updated17 Aug 2026
Active installs1,000+
Requires WordPress5.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.0
CategoryDesign & Themes > Page Builders & Visual Editors
Tagsfade, block, screen, animate, slide-in

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Questions

Is Animate In View still maintained?

Yes. Last release 17 Aug 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Animate In View, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer kbat82 since Apr 2022.

Was Animate In View removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Animate In View safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Animate In View update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.2.4. No one-star spike after it.

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