Elements Hive for Breakdance
Turn Your Breakdance Websites Into Visual Symphonies With Elements Hive.
Use with caution
Elements Hive for Breakdance works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Elements Hive for Breakdance stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| animation | >100 |
| Breakdance | #1 |
| interaction | #18 |
| threejs | #2 |
| webgl | #2 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 19 reviews
About Elements Hive for Breakdance
From the official readme · v1.7.1Description
Turn Your Breakdance Websites Into Visual Symphonies With Elements Hive.
Elevate your Breakdance websites with sophisticated, user-friendly micro-interactions, animations, and interactive visual effects that bring your designs to life.
Native Breakdance Experience
Every element and extension seamlessly integrates with the Breakdance Editor, delivering an authentic and intuitive Breakdance experience.
The free version of Elements Hive includes
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Elements: The most familiar construct in Breakdance, Elements can be added via the Add Panel.
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Extensions: Elements Hive is the only Breakdance add-on to offer features in the form of Extensions that extend pre-existing elements with additional features, offering a faster prototyping experience and workflow.
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EH Tricks: a set of non-intrusive Quality of Life Improvements that enhances the Breakdance builder.
See the current list of elements and extensions for both the Free and Pro versions of Elements Hive
What’s inside the Free version?
Elements
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WebGL Slideshow: A WebGL-powered Slideshow element featuring various unique and captivating effects.
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Marquee Container: A versatile and lightweight marquee that lets you transform any combination of elements into a smooth, animated marquee display.
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Orbiting Icons: Create an arbitrary number of animated orbites with custom icons.
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Link Media Reveal: Interactively reveal an image or video on link hover using buttery-smooth animations.
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Glue Button: A button element that implement a sticky/magnetic effect.
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WebGL Media Hover Distortion: Generate stunning WebGL distortion effects between two media elements on user interaction.
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Gooey Link: An interactive link element that morphs two text elements using a gooey effect.
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On Scroll Color Switcher: Dynamically change page background and text colors based on scroll position for engaging and dynamic visual feedback.
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Glue Menu Button: A Glue Buttom element for use inside the Breakdance Menu Builder.
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Gooey Menu Link: A Gooey Link element for use inside the Breakdance Menu Builder.
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Link Media Reveal Menu: A Link Media Reveal element for use inside the Breakdance Menu Builder.
Extensions
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Cloudflare Turnstile for Breakdance Forms: Protect your Breakdance forms from bots using Cloudflare Turnstile, a lightweight alternative to Google’s reCAPTCHA.
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WebGL Fluid: Background extension to create immersive interactive WebGL Fluid Simulation effects that respond to user interaction.
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Edge Mask: Easily blend any element with the background of its container.
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Magnetic Cursor: Transform your cursor into an intelligent magnet that elegantly wraps around links, buttons, or any element you designate.
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WebGL Kinetic Typography: A DIY background extension to craft your own mesmerizing interactive 3D backgrounds.
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Backlight Extension: Apply natural shadow effects that intelligently adapt to your element’s colors for enhanced depth and visual appeal.
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Ink Mouse Cursor: Morph your cursor into a fluid, ink-like animation with multiple styles
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WebGL Slideshow A WebGL-powered Slideshow background extension featuring various unique and captivating effects.
EH Tricks
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Elements Inspector: Quickly inspect and copy Tag, ID and Classes applied to any element
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Elements Panel: Enhance readability of elements with long names
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Selector Panel: Selectors labels are fully visible
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Code Editor Dialog:
- Window Docking helper action buttons
- Breakdance Global Colors helper action buttons
- Resizable window
- Draggable window
- Transparent Overlay so you can see your changes in real time when in dialog mode
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/pluginsdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
Frequently asked questions
Can I use the plugin without Breakdance?
No. Breakdance has to be installed in order for the plugin to work.
Where can I access the Elements?
The elements are available in the Add Element panel under the Elements Hive category.
Where can I access the Extensions?
The relevant extensions to each type of element are accessible via the Design tab under the Elements Hive category. On the EH website, the documentation page of each extension contains information about the supported elements and where to access it.
Changelog
Changelog
1.7.1
Fix: WebGl Fluid, update dependecy call
1.7.0
Enhancement: Cloudflare Turnstile, add per-form api keys
Enhancement: Cloudflare Turnstile, add submit button lock option. Submit button becomes active once Turnstile verification is successful
Fix: Builder Tricks, Code Mirror 6 compatibility
Fix: Orbiting Icons, add missing control conditions
Fix: WebGL Fluid, fix fluid rendering when used with FX layers Fractal Glass
1.6.0
- New: Cloudflare Turnstile for Breakdance Forms
- Fix: PHP 8.3> get_class deprecation notice
1.5.0 – 16/06/2025
- New: Orbiting Icons element
- New: Edge Mask extension
- New: EH Tricks > Element Inspector tool
- Enhancement: Enable section extensions for Elements Hive Section element
- Enhancement: WebGL Fluid > Preset Styles
- Enhancement: WebGL Fluid > Enhance builder mode reactivity with FX Layers
- Enhancement: WebGL Kinetic Typography > Enhance builder mode reactivity with FX Layers
- Enhancement: WebGL Slideshow extension > Enhance builder mode reactivity with FX Layers
- Fix: EH Tricks > Global Colors helper, fix error when global colors are empty
- Fix: WebGL Fluid > Fix premature rendering halt when using sunrays and random color mode
1.4.1 – 22/12/2024
- Added: EH Tricks > A set of quality of life improvements to make you life easier
- Enhancement: Link Media Reveal > Add Dynamic Data support for the Media control
- Fix: Ink Cursor > Fix visibility when Apply to Whole Page is enabled
- Fix: Prevent “_load_textdomain_just_in_time” notice when debug is enabled with Appsero
- Fix: Gooey Link > Missing builder badge
1.4.0 – 6/11/2024
- Enhancement: Marquee Container > Add Spacing Bars, cleanup css
- Enhancement: Gooey Link > Add responsive controls
For developers
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FAQ
Elements Hive for Breakdance: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Elements Hive for Breakdance free?
Yes. Elements Hive for Breakdance is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Elements Hive for Breakdance safe to use in 2026?
Elements Hive for Breakdance works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Elements Hive for Breakdance?
Elements Hive for Breakdance is active on 1K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 23,587 times since it launched in November 2022. It was downloaded 391 times in the last 30 days.
Does Elements Hive for Breakdance work with WordPress 7.1?
Elements Hive for Breakdance is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Elements Hive for Breakdance need?
Elements Hive for Breakdance requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Elements Hive for Breakdance last updated?
The latest version, 1.7.1, was released on April 10, 2026 (6 months ago).
Who makes Elements Hive for Breakdance?
Elements Hive for Breakdance is developed and maintained by elementshive.
What are the best alternatives to Elements Hive for Breakdance?
The most popular alternatives to Elements Hive for Breakdance are Blocks Animation: CSS Anima… (90K+ installs), Greenshift (70K+ installs) and UiCore Animate (40K+ installs).
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