After spending a lot of time learning WordPress plugin standards and frontend animation performance, I finally launched my first plugin on the official WordPress repository.
It’s called MotionCraft Scroll Animations:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/motioncraft-scroll-animations/
The idea started because I wanted lightweight scroll animations in WordPress without depending on heavy builders or multiple external libraries.
So I built a plugin using Anime.js with:
- scroll-triggered animations
- Gutenberg integration
- Elementor compatibility
- stagger/timeline support
- custom JSON presets
- IntersectionObserver for performance
- no external CDN requests
One thing that surprised me during development was how strict the WordPress plugin review process is.
A lot of effort goes into:
- sanitization
- escaping
- performance
- accessibility
- proper WordPress coding standards
- secure asset handling
It honestly made me a much better developer while building this.
I’d genuinely love feedback from people here because I’m already planning future updates.
Especially curious about:
- What animation features are missing in current WordPress plugins?
- Do you prefer animation controls in Gutenberg, Elementor, or via classes/data attributes?
- What usually annoys you most about animation plugins?
Would appreciate honest feedback more than anything 🙌
