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AnimateGL

AnimateGL - WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor
by creativeinteractivemedia · 2,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 31 Oct 2026, 5 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

98/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for AnimateGL
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security95
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is AnimateGL still maintained?
Yes. Last release 31 Oct 2026, 5 releases in the last 24 months. 31 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns AnimateGL, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer creativeinteractivemedia since Jan 2023. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was AnimateGL removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is AnimateGL safe?
1 known vulnerability, fixed. Not on the exploited list. 31 Jan 2025 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest AnimateGL update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.7.0. No one-star spike after it. 31 Oct 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-master31 Jan 2023 to 31 Jan 2023, 1 commits
creativeinteractivemedia31 Jan 2023 to 31 Oct 2026, 251 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2023.

Maintenance

Last release
4 days ago
Releases, 24 months
5
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for AnimateGL
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20264

Last release 31 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star21
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

1 vulnerability in 24 months, patched.

Show 1 patched vulnerability
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
31 Jan 2025AnimateGL Animations for WordPress - Elementor & Gutenberg Blocks Animations <= 1.4.23 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update5.3<= 1.4.23Not affectedn/a

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

Support

100% 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 AnimateGL
4 May 202629
11 May 202679
18 May 202650
25 May 2026108
1 Jun 202680
8 Jun 202681
15 Jun 202666
22 Jun 202645
29 Jun 202651
6 Jul 202658
13 Jul 202659
20 Jul 202668
27 Jul 202672
3 Aug 202679
10 Aug 202671
17 Aug 202674
24 Aug 202690
31 Aug 202667
7 Sep 202675
14 Sep 202683
21 Sep 202680
28 Sep 202698
5 Oct 202689
12 Oct 20261,040
19 Oct 20261,413
26 Oct 20262,647
2 Nov 2026118

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 413% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.7.0
Authorcreativeinteractivemedia
Added31 Jan 2023
Last updated31 Oct 2026
Active installs2,000+
Requires WordPress6.6
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryDesign & Themes > Page Builders & Visual Editors
Tagsanimation, hover effects, gutenberg blocks, scroll animation, animate on scroll

Other plugins by this author: Real3D Flipbook - 3D Flipbook, PDF Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder

Questions

Is AnimateGL still maintained?

Yes. Last release 31 Oct 2026, 5 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns AnimateGL, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer creativeinteractivemedia since Jan 2023.

Was AnimateGL removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is AnimateGL safe?

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

Is the latest AnimateGL update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.7.0. No one-star spike after it.

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