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Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks

by Hardeep Asrani · 90,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation85

How the score works

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-master29 Apr 2019 to 29 Apr 2019, 1 commits
hardeepasrani30 Apr 2019 to 8 Mar 2022, 7 commits
themeisle7 Jan 2020 to 19 Oct 2026, 101 commits

3 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
16 days ago
Releases, 24 months
27
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
Q1 20244
Q2 20246
Q3 20245
Q4 20245
Q1 20252
Q2 20253
Q3 20252
Q4 20252
Q1 20263
Q2 20264
Q3 20267
Q4 20261

Last release 19 Oct 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20254.8
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20255.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0
Q4 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q1 2025 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star66
4 star2
3 star2
2 star0
1 star3

Momentum

90,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
4 May 20261,827
11 May 20262,695
18 May 202655,170
25 May 202654,759
1 Jun 20265,494
8 Jun 20263,298
15 Jun 20262,385
22 Jun 20262,113
29 Jun 20261,786
6 Jul 202640,633
13 Jul 20267,091
20 Jul 202638,965
27 Jul 20268,425
3 Aug 202621,319
10 Aug 202643,131
17 Aug 202610,639
24 Aug 202643,133
31 Aug 202615,673
7 Sep 202673,902
14 Sep 202610,027
21 Sep 202645,372
28 Sep 202653,756
5 Oct 202628,545
12 Oct 202622,641
19 Oct 202647,818
26 Oct 20269,346
2 Nov 20261,103

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 16% below the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version3.2.8
AuthorHardeep Asrani
Added30 Apr 2019
Last updated19 Oct 2026
Active installs90,000+
Requires WordPress6.6
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.4
CategoryDesign & Themes > Animations & Visual Effects
Tagscss, effects, animation, transitions, gutenberg blocks

Other plugins by this author: Blocks CSS: CSS Editor for Gutenberg Blocks, Advanced CSS Editor, Blocks Export Import - Backup & Move Gutenberg Blocks as JSON, BuddyPress Captcha

Questions

Is Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks still maintained?

Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks was last updated on 19 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks safe?

Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks?

The wordpress.org author is Hardeep Asrani. Recent committers: themeisle, hardeepasrani, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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