February 1

How to add CSS animations to your WordPress Website Without Writing a Code?

You probably have seen many websites boasting off their animation effects in a beautiful manner. Well, as a matter of fact, flash is no longer used to build web-based interactivity and animations. The CSS animations like bouncing images, fade out feature boxes, sliding content etc. make a site look attractive and enticing. In addition, the introduction of CSS3 has opened new gates for web developers and designers. Another popular reason behind the popularity of CSS3 animations is the quick response. CSS animations load faster than flash. Running a WordPress website gives you a wide variety of options to jazz up your site with CSS animations. Today, we are going to discuss two ways of adding animations to your WordPress website with and without writing a code. There are basically two ways to adding an animation to your WordPress website – one is without making any changes in the code of the website and the other one is by writing few lines of code in your CSS file.

Firstly let's see how CSS animations can be added without writing a code

One can manually add CSS animations to a site's child theme's CSS file. However, a majority of webmasters do not like making any changes in their theme's file or spend time on getting familiar with CSS. If you are one of those who do not like messing with any code on the site, this is an ideal way for you to integrate animations in your website. This way of integrating animations to your site involves setting up a plugin called Animate it.

Open your plugins page and click on “add new” option. Search 'Animate it' in the search bar and hit enter. Download and install the plugin to get started. The best part about using this plugin is that it requires no configurations in the settings to use it. Once you have installed it, you can easily use it to add animations whenever and wherever you want.

How to use Animate It Plugin?

After installing Animate It, you'd see a new icon right next to 'Toolbar Toggle' button. This plugin comes with a wide variety of animations to choose from. A pop-up will appear after clicking on the 'animate' button which lets you design animation for your website.
You need to choose animation style, duration time, delay and action on which you want the animation to appear. You can choose from three available options namely scroll offset, hover or click.
Hit insert and you'd get a shortcode with a dummy content place right between two Animate tags. Now all you need to do is change the dummy content with your actual content and preview it to check whether everything's right or not.

This is how to integrate CSS animations into your website without messing around with the code.

When and why to use CSS animations on your website?

As discussed earlier, CSS animations are better than flash and JavaScript. Well, there are several reasons why. First of all, CSS animations are extremely easy to integrate since you actually do not need any scripting language to create them. Second of all, they are browser compatible and thus run smoothly on every browser present out there. In addition, they are smooth even when there is a moderate system load. Lastly, CSS animation sequence is controlled by the browser which means tabs that are not in use reduce the number of running animations. Consequently, improving the site performance and speed. CSS animations not only allow you to get the attention of your visitors on specific parts of the page but also keep them interested in reading the information you are providing. These animations can be used to animate call to action button, product features, images and much more. For a touch of sophistication, consider subtly integrating a well-crafted slider that brings dynamic movement to your content, enhancing user engagement and visual appeal without overwhelming the layout. In addition, the introduction of parallax scrolling has given animation and story telling a new face. Communicating with your visitors through an animated story can really get them interested in your site, products, and services. One of the best examples of using CSS animations would be parallax scrolling where you can animate your site when a user scrolls up and down. Make sure you do not overdo animations on your site otherwise your website may look cluttered and unclean. CSS is a great way to bring your website to life provided you know when to stop.

Emma Watson

Emma Watson is a WordPress developer by profession, a writer by hobby and works for Wordsuccor Ltd. , a Wordpress Development Firm. She loves sharing information regarding WordPress customization tips & tricks.