Interactions – Create Interactive Experiences in the Block Editor

Description

Interactions – WordPress Animations, Interactive Experiences for Gutenberg Blocks

Visit our website to learn more about how Interactions work.

Want to make your website feel alive and interactive? Interactions is the easiest way to add animations, effects, interactivity, and functional features to WordPress — directly inside the block editor. Check our samples page here to see a glimpse of what type of interactions you can create.

You don’t need coding skills or complex tools. With Interactions, you can:

• Pick from the Interactions Library – A collection of pre-built animations and effects (like images that move upon scrolling down the page, buttons that glow when hovered, and more). Just click and apply. Learn more
• Build your own custom effects – Use a simple Trigger → Action system. Example: “On scroll → Fade in block”, or “On click → Play video”. Learn more
• Add functional features – Securely update post data, handle form submissions, display user info, copy text to clipboard, and more without coding. Learn more

Whether you want subtle hover effects, attention-grabbing story-telling animations, playful micro-interactions, or powerful functional features, Interactions makes it possible.

🚀 Features

Create custom interactions easily with a simple Trigger → Action builder. Features include:

Animations & Visual Effects:

• Animations for WordPress blocks (fade, slide, zoom, rotate, shadow, etc.)
• Scroll effects – reveal content as users scroll down
• Hover effects – highlight and animate blocks on hover
• Click triggers – run actions when buttons, images, or sections are clicked

Basic Interactions:

• Mouse interactions – Click, hover, mouse move, mouse press
• Scroll interactions – Enter viewport, element scrolling, page scrolling
• Form interactions – Form submitted, input change, keypress
• Page interactions – Page load, page create

Basic Actions:

• Animation actions – Move, rotate, scale, skew, opacity
• Style actions – Background color, background image, text color, CSS rule, toggle class, update attribute
• Display actions – Display, visibility, focus
• Navigation – Redirect to URL
• Media – Toggle video
• Effects – Confetti

Core Features:

• Reusable Interaction Library – apply popular effects instantly
• Custom trigger → action builder – advanced users can design unique effects
• Performance optimized – loads only what’s needed for your chosen interactions
• Works with any block and any theme

🎯 Perfect For

• Designers who want scroll animations without code
• Marketers who want attention-grabbing hover effects
• Bloggers who want dynamic storytelling with animations
• Site builders who want to bring their block designs to life, or create unique micro-interactions
• Developers who need functional features like post meta updates and data handling
• Anyone building modern interactive websites in WordPress

💎 What’s in Premium?

Check our pricing page to learn more about what’s in Interactions premium.

Advanced Interactions:

• Scroll Strength – Measure scroll intensity
• Page State – Monitor page state changes
• Page Exit – Detect when users try to leave
• URL Hash – Respond to URL hash changes
• Local Storage – Monitor storage changes
• Toggle Attribute/Class – Watch attribute and class changes
• HTML Events – Custom HTML and document events

Advanced Actions:

• Box Shadow – Dynamic shadow effects
• Slide Animations – Smooth slide up/down effects
• Content Management – Securely insert sanitized HTML, render shortcodes, copy to clipboard
• Data & Post Management – Update post/user meta (with permissions), get post data, local storage
• Navigation & UX – Scroll to element, tooltips, popups, confirmation dialogs
• Media – Video scrubbing, SVG animations (line draw, morph, motion path)
• Advanced Features – Animated counters, advanced automation

Premium Benefits:

• 40+ Premium Actions – Access to advanced functionality
• 10+ Premium Interactions – More trigger options
• Priority Support – Faster response times
• Regular Updates – New features and improvements
• Commercial License – Use in client projects

Source Code:

The source code for this plugin is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/gambitph/Interactions