Description
Hísi Anim adds smooth, modern scroll animations to any WordPress site — without bloat, without jQuery and without writing a single line of code. Pick an effect, and your headings, images, containers and sections animate beautifully as the visitor scrolls.
It is built for page builders: Elementor (classic and the new V4 atomic elements) and Bricks get native controls baked right into the editor, and any other builder — Gutenberg (block editor), Oxygen, Beaver Builder or your own theme — works too by simply adding a CSS class.
Hísi Anim combines two complementary techniques so you get the best of both worlds:
- Entrance effects — scroll-driven animations built on the modern CSS
animation-timeline: view(). They progress as you scroll, tying the motion to the reading pace for a premium, high-end feel. - Reveals — triggered once when the element enters the viewport (IntersectionObserver), perfect for clean, one-shot entrances.
You can even combine one Entrance effect with one Reveal on the same element and both play together, elegantly.
Why Hísi Anim
- Truly lightweight & fast — pure vanilla JavaScript, no jQuery and no heavy libraries. Supporting browsers load nothing extra.
- No code required — choose effects from a dropdown in Elementor and Bricks; everywhere else, add a class.
- See it while you build — a live preview of the selected animation right inside the editor panel, plus animations that play on the canvas.
- Accessible by default — fully respects the visitor’s
prefers-reduced-motionsetting. - Works everywhere — modern CSS where supported, with an automatic polyfill for browsers like Firefox, loaded only when needed.
Animations included
Entrance effects (scroll-driven): Blur (vertical, left, right), Scale, Background zoom, Parallax, 3D rotate, Dim to light, Skew and Horizontal drift.
Reveals (on viewport entry): Blur up, Scale in, 3D tilt, Drift, Line reveal and Clip-path reveals (top, right, bottom, left).
Native Elementor controls
A dedicated Hísi Anim section is added to every element:
- Classic widgets (Editor V3): under the Advanced tab — entrance effect, reveal and reveal duration.
- Atomic elements (Editor V4): under the General tab — same controls, native to the new atomic widgets.
Native Bricks controls
A Hísi Anim control group on every Bricks element, with its own icon in the Style tab and in the element quick-access bar — entrance effect, reveal and reveal duration.
Any other builder (Gutenberg, Oxygen, Beaver Builder…)
Add the classes to the element’s “CSS classes” field:
- Base class (required):
hisi-anim - Entrance effects:
ha--scrollBlur,ha--scrollBlurLeft,ha--scrollBlurRight,ha--scrollScale,ha--scrollZoom,ha--scrollParallax,ha--scrollRotate,ha--scrollDim,ha--scrollSkew,ha--scrollDriftX - Reveals:
ha--blurUp,ha--scaleIn,ha--tiltIn,ha--drift,ha--lineReveal,ha--clipPathRight,ha--clipPathLeft,ha--clipPathTop,ha--clipPathBottom - Reveal duration:
data-anim-time="1.2"attribute
Built for page builders
The engine detects elements injected dynamically (MutationObserver) and includes robust fallbacks, so animations trigger reliably even when the builder re-renders the page or IntersectionObserver doesn’t fire on first paint.
Credits
This plugin bundles the scroll-timeline polyfill by Robert Flack (https://github.com/flackr/scroll-timeline), licensed under the Apache License 2.0, used to support scroll-driven animations in browsers without native animation-timeline support.
Installation
- Upload the
hisi-animfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP from Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
- In Elementor or Bricks, open any element and use the Hísi Anim controls. In other builders, add the
hisi-animclasses to the element.
FAQ
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Does it work with Elementor?
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Yes — natively. You get a Hísi Anim section with effect, reveal and duration controls on both classic widgets (Editor V3) and the new atomic elements (Editor V4).
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Does it work with Bricks Builder?
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Yes — natively. A Hísi Anim control group is added to every Bricks element, with its own icon in the Style tab and the quick-access bar.
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Does it work with Gutenberg, Oxygen or Beaver Builder?
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Yes. Any builder that lets you add a CSS class to an element is supported: add
hisi-animplus the effect/reveal class to the element. -
Does it require jQuery?
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No. Hísi Anim is pure, dependency-free JavaScript.
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Will it slow down my site?
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No. It is intentionally lightweight, uses modern CSS for the heavy lifting, and only loads the compatibility polyfill on browsers that need it.
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Can I preview the animation inside the editor?
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Yes. The Hísi Anim panel shows a live preview of the selected animation, and effects also play on the editor canvas while you build.
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Do animations work in Firefox and Safari?
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Yes. Scroll-driven effects use a modern CSS feature; on browsers without native support the plugin automatically loads a polyfill, while supporting browsers download nothing extra.
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Is it accessible?
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Yes. All animations respect the visitor’s “reduce motion” operating-system preference (
prefers-reduced-motion).
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Contributors and Developers
“Hísi Anim – Scroll Animations for Elementor, Bricks & Gutenberg” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Change Log
1.1.0
- New entrance effects (scroll-driven): Parallax, 3D rotate, Dim to light, Skew and Horizontal drift.
- New reveal animations: Blur up, Scale in, 3D tilt, Drift and Line reveal.
- New: live preview of the selected animation inside the Elementor and Bricks panels.
- New: animations now play inside the editor canvas (Elementor and Bricks) while you build.
- New: grouped, labelled options in the Elementor selectors (classic and atomic).
- Improvement: refined ease-out curves and full
prefers-reduced-motionsupport across all effects. - Improvement: effects reorganized into Entrance (scroll-driven) and Reveal categories.
- Fix (Elementor V4): the reveal-duration control no longer reports an invalid value.
- Fix (Bricks): the Hísi Anim quick-access icon now opens its control group on the first click.
- Fix (editors): clip-path reveals no longer leave the element hidden when it is selected.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Front-end assets and animation engine (IntersectionObserver + MutationObserver, no jQuery).
- Native Elementor integration (classic V3 and atomic V4).
- Native Bricks integration (“Hísi Anim” control group with custom icon).
- Conditional scroll-timeline polyfill for browsers without native
animation-timeline: view().
