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Animated Headline

by Anshul Gangrade · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 17 Jul 2026, 1 release in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

95/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Animated Headline
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Animated Headline still maintained?
Yes. Last release 17 Jul 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months. 17 Jul 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Animated Headline, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer anshuln90 since Jan 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Animated Headline removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Animated Headline safe?
1 known vulnerability, fixed. Not on the exploited list. 19 Mar 2024 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Animated Headline update safe to install?
No ownership change before 5.0. No one-star spike after it. 7 Jul 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
anshuln9013 Jan 2015 to 17 Jul 2026, 24 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.

Maintenance

Last release
4 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Animated Headline
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 17 Jul 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.4.

Rating distribution
5 star6
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Security record

1 vulnerability on record, patched.

Show 1 patched vulnerability
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
19 Mar 2024Animated Headline <= 4.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode6.4<= 4.0Not affectedn/a

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

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

2,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Animated Headline
4 May 20264
11 May 20260
18 May 20265
25 May 20261
1 Jun 20262
8 Jun 20262
15 Jun 20260
22 Jun 20260
29 Jun 20265
6 Jul 2026693
13 Jul 2026260
20 Jul 2026158
27 Jul 2026154
3 Aug 2026154
10 Aug 2026138
17 Aug 2026131
24 Aug 2026127
31 Aug 2026117
7 Sep 2026144
14 Sep 2026122
21 Sep 2026144
28 Sep 2026130
5 Oct 2026120
12 Oct 2026118
19 Oct 2026217
26 Oct 2026165
2 Nov 202622

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 12% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version5.0
AuthorAnshul Gangrade
Added13 Jan 2015
Last updated17 Jul 2026
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
Categorynot stated
Tagselementor, gutenberg, shortcode, text animation, animated headline

Other plugins by this author: Custom Background Changer, Simple Recent Posts Widget, Funny Text, Simply Login Register

Questions

Is Animated Headline still maintained?

Yes. Last release 17 Jul 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months.

Who owns Animated Headline, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer anshuln90 since Jan 2015.

Was Animated Headline removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Animated Headline safe?

1 known vulnerability, fixed. Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Animated Headline update safe to install?

No ownership change before 5.0. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 3 Nov 2026.Report a data issue