Motion
Motion WordPress Plugin based on Motion UI by ZURB – a Sass library for creating CSS transitions and animations. Provide user friendly solution to beautiful CSS3 animations on WordPress Posts, Pages and Widgets.
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Motion shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.0 (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 Motion stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| animate | >100 |
| css animations | >100 |
| css transitions | >100 |
| motion ui | >100 |
| zurb | #18 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
About Motion
From the official readme · v0.5Description
Motion WordPress Plugin based on Motion UI by ZURB – a Sass library for creating CSS transitions and animations.
Provide user friendly solution to beautiful CSS3 animations on WordPress Posts, Pages and Widgets.
Some of the Key features Include:
- CSS animations
- CSS transitions
- Allowing user to apply CSS3 animations on WordPress Posts, Pages and Widgets
- Animation on Scroll, bases on wow.js
- Different scroll offset on individual animation blocks
- Delay to create a nice animation sequence
- Animation duration
- Enable or disable animations on mobile
- Enable or disable checking for new elements on the page
- Custom box class setting
- Custom animate class setting
- Custom CSS setting
- Allow users to apply animation on WordPress Widgets
All the CSS3 animations are from Motion UI
WOW.js are from WOW
Arbitrary section
A brief Markdown Example
[motion data-animate=”slideInUp” data-speed=”slow” data-easing=”linear” data-delay=”short-delay” data-animation=”shake” data-offset=”100″ custom_class=”your_custom_class”][/motion]
Motion Demo
Installation
- Upload Motion Plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Set your options from the Settings -> Motion admin area.
Alternatively:
- Login to your WordPress admin area
- Search for Motion
- Click install Motion
- Activate through the Plugins menu in WordPress or when asked during installation
- Set your options from the Settings -> Motion admin area
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FAQ
Motion: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Motion free?
Yes. Motion is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Motion safe to use in 2026?
Motion shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 37/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Motion?
Motion is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,047 times since it launched in October 2015. It was downloaded 126 times in the last 30 days.
Does Motion work with WordPress 7.1?
Motion is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Motion last updated?
The latest version, 0.5, was released on October 22, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Motion?
Motion is developed and maintained by Adam Pery.
What are the best alternatives to Motion?
The most popular alternatives to Motion are Animations for Blocks (10K+ installs), Animate on Scroll (4K+ installs) and AnimateGL Animations for Wo… (3K+ installs).
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