WM Animations

WM Animations is a lightweight plugin that enhances your block editor with simple entrance animations like fade-in and slide-in. You can select animation type and adjust duration/delay per block, directly in the block inspector. Works well with all core blocks and most custom blocks.

Features

• Fade-in, slide-in-up, left, right, down.
• Block editor integration – no coding required.
• Control duration and delay of each animation.
• Works with most themes and blocks.
• Lightweight – minimal CSS/JS.

1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Edit any block in the block editor, open the “Animation” panel in the sidebar.

1.0

• First public release.
• Adds animation settings panel in block editor.
• Supports fade-in, slide-in-left/right/up.
• Includes basic animation duration control.

1.1

• Improved performance of animation triggers.
• Added support for fade-in-down.
• Minor bug fixes for Safari.

1.2

• Added option to disable animations on mobile.
• Improved accessibility (ARIA attributes).
• Updated translation support.

1.3

• Animation preview added inside editor.
• Duration control slider UI improved.
• CSS cleanup and optimization.

2.0

• Major code refactor for better stability.
• Block editor controls rewritten using hooks.
• Support for custom easing values.

2.1

Adds delay control and improves compatibility with modern block themes. Recommended update.

2.5

Major update. Replaces wm-animations.js with a new data attribute-based animation script.
Animations now use data-animate="animation" instead of CSS classes for cleaner markup and more predictable behavior.
Improved performance and flexibility for custom animation handling.