Animated Featured Image
This plugin will make a widget for your sidebars with which you can make responsive, animated and cool images/banners made with CSS3 animations.
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Animated Featured Image shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 6 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.3 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Animated Featured Image stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| css3 animations | >100 |
| css3 banner | #22 |
| responsive image | >100 |
| responsive image widget | >100 |
| responsive widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Animated Featured Image
From the official readme · v1.0.2Description
Animated Featured Image
This plugin will make a widget for your sidebars with which you can make responsive, animated and cool images/banners made with CSS3 animations.
Demo
http://codexspot.com/afi-demo/
Brief tutorial with screenshots how to use
http://codexspot.com/animated-featured-image-free-wordpress-widget-plugin/
Features
- CSS3 Animations
- Easy to Use
- Works on all browsers and front-end frameworks like bootstrap and foundation
Installation
- Extract
animated-featured-image-widget.zipto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Widgets in ‘Appeareance’ and add the widget to and sidebar
- After adding fill the fields like widget title and image url etc
- You’re done, enjoy.
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Animated Featured Image: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
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Is Animated Featured Image free?
Yes. Animated Featured Image is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Animated Featured Image safe to use in 2026?
Animated Featured Image shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Animated Featured Image?
Animated Featured Image is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,853 times since it launched in February 2015. It was downloaded 47 times in the last 30 days.
Does Animated Featured Image work with WordPress 7.1?
Animated Featured Image is officially tested up to WordPress 5.3.26, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Animated Featured Image last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.2, was released on December 27, 2019 (7 years ago).
Who makes Animated Featured Image?
Animated Featured Image is developed and maintained by Mobeen Abdullah.
What are the best alternatives to Animated Featured Image?
The most popular alternatives to Animated Featured Image are Easy Textillate (1K+ installs), Image Hover Effects for Vis… (10+ installs) and Ultimate Image Hover Effect… (10+ installs).
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