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Animation Kit

Animation Kit - Animated Backgrounds & WebGL Effects
by WPXERO · 30+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Limited data

Limited data: Animation Kit has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.

100/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Animation Kit
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Animation Kit still maintained?
Yes. Last release 10 Oct 2026, 9 releases in the last 24 months. 10 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Animation Kit, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer wpxero since Apr 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Animation Kit removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Animation Kit safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Animation Kit update safe to install?
No ownership change before 0.5.0. No one-star spike after it. 25 Sep 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-master1 Apr 2026 to 1 Apr 2026, 1 commits
wpxero4 Apr 2026 to 10 Oct 2026, 17 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
25 days ago
Releases, 24 months
9
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Animation Kit
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20265
Q3 20264
Q4 20260

Last release 10 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews.

Rating distribution
5 star0
4 star0
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

30+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Momentum history builds with each snapshot.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version0.5.0
AuthorWPXERO
Added4 Apr 2026
Last updated10 Oct 2026
Active installs30+
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
Categorynot stated
Tagswebgl, particles, hero section, animated-background, background animation

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Questions

Is Animation Kit still maintained?

Yes. Last release 10 Oct 2026, 9 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Animation Kit, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer wpxero since Apr 2026.

Was Animation Kit removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is Animation Kit safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Animation Kit update safe to install?

No ownership change before 0.5.0. No one-star spike after it.

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