Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks
Active installs90,000+ rounded
Current authorHardeep Asrani
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release26 days ago 12 Aug 2026
Support1 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record96
Rating4.7 /5 · 70
Added to directory30 Apr 2019
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP5.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by Hardeep Asrani throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| hardeepasrani | 2 | 10 Sep 2019 | 01 Nov 2019 |
| themeisle | 93 | 07 Jan 2020 | 22 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 90,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
2,726 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 54% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 32,784/day07 Sep 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 3,723 | 8,691 | 17,268 | 6,725 | 0 | 2,767 | 4,301 | 6,809 | 1,974 | 2,812 | 843 | 1,990 | 356 |
| Ratings total | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (90,000+) · version (3.2.2) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (1)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory7 years ago 30 Apr 2019
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP5.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 12 Aug 2026, 27 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 1 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 2 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 12 Aug 202627 days agoVersion 3.2.2 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 22 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.2.1 released
- 06 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 3.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 27 May 20263 months agoVersion 3.1.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 19 May 20264 months agoVersion 3.1.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 24 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.1.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 01 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 3.1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 25 Mar 20265 months agoVersion 3.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 23 Mar 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 27 Feb 20266 months agoVersion 3.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 12 Dec 20259 months agoVersion 3.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 05 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 3.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 04 Sep 202512 months agoVersion 3.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 11 Aug 202513 months agoVersion 3.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by themeisle.
- 10 Sep 20196.5 years ago82 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 10 Sep 2019 and 23 Jun 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 30 Apr 20197 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Hardeep Asrani for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 26 days ago (12 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs.
- It carries 70 ratings, averaging 4.7 out of 5.
- 1 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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