Description

Init FX Engine brings modern, interactive visual effects to your WordPress site — from fireworks to snowfall, emoji rain, and more. All effects are fully customizable, and can be triggered via keywords, shortcodes, or special events.

🎉 Celebrate milestones with fireworks or cannon blasts
💬 Let users experience emoji reactions and heart rain in comments
❄️ Schedule snowfall automatically or set your own custom dates
⚙️ Lightweight, fully customizable engine with intuitive UI
🖤 Grayscale mode for solemn occasions or national mourning
⏳ Animated preloaders to enrich user experience

Not just an effect plugin — this is an FX Engine for WordPress.

This plugin is part of the Init Plugin Suite — a collection of minimalist, fast, and developer-focused tools for WordPress.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-fx-engine

Highlights:
– Interactive visual effects: Firework, Emoji Rain, Heart Rain, Cannon Blast, Starlight, Celebration Burst
– Preloader (loading screen) with 6 styles: Dot Dot Dot, Bar, Logo, Flower, Spinner, Emoji
– Supports gradient or solid background for preloader
– Auto-fetch favicon for logo-based animation
– Snowfall effect with date scheduler (auto/custom)
– Grayscale mode (manual or scheduled)
– Shortcode [init-fx-ambient] for ambient background animation
– Keywords to trigger effects inside comments or post content
– Real-time preview of effects in settings page
– Lightweight, extensible, and multilingual-ready

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.
You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.

Credits

This plugin includes these open-source libraries:

canvas-confetti — https://www.kirilv.com/canvas-confetti/
particles.js — https://vincentgarreau.com/particles.js/

Both are MIT licensed and bundled with the plugin.

Screenshots

Settings page with real-time preview of fireworks, emoji rain, preloaders, and more.
Snowfall effect scheduled automatically or set with custom dates.

Installation

Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin from the “Plugins” screen.
Go to Settings Init FX Engine to configure effects.
Optionally insert [init-fx-ambient] into posts or templates.

FAQ

Can I add my own effects?: Yes. Developers can hook into the engine via JavaScript or WordPress hooks.
Is the plugin heavy or slow?: No. Scripts are loaded only when needed — optimized for performance.
Can I use the effects outside of comments?: Yes. Use the [init-fx] shortcode or call FXEngine.trigger('effect') in JavaScript.
Does it support text formatting?: Yes. You can format text using simple markers:
bold, ~strike~, `italic`, ^highlight^, _neon_

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Contributors & Developers

“Init FX Engine – Interactive, Event-Driven, Lightweight” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.6 – December 17, 2025

Enhancement: Added advanced Snowfall configuration options — control snow amount, size, fall speed, and opacity
UX: Introduced fine-grained snowfall tuning for balanced visuals without overwhelming content
Performance: Optimized particle density calculation to prevent visual clutter at higher snow counts
Stability: Enforced strict value clamping and safe defaults to avoid misconfiguration and extreme effects
Developer: Normalized snowfall settings schema with backward-compatible defaults for legacy installs
Developer: Frontend now receives a minimal, sanitized snowfall config payload (reduces JS surface and coupling)
Compatibility: Improved resilience when particles.js loads late or configuration is partially missing
Internationalization: Added translatable strings for all new Snowfall settings and helper descriptions
Code Quality: Refactored snowfall bootstrapping logic for clearer separation between schedule logic and rendering
Maintainability: Prepared Snowfall module for future presets (Light / Normal / Heavy) without breaking changes

1.5 – December 9, 2025

New Feature: Added Homepage-only Snowfall option — allow snowfall effect to run exclusively on the homepage
UX: Snowfall settings now provide clearer scope control between full-site and homepage-only display
Developer: Extended snowfall option schema with homepage_only flag
Security: Improved sanitization for snowfall scope settings
Compatibility: Ensured correct behavior with both is_front_page() and is_home() configurations
Stability: Prevented unnecessary asset loading on non-homepage pages when homepage-only mode is enabled
Performance: Reduced frontend script footprint when snowfall is limited to homepage

1.4 – November 14, 2025

Performance: Rebuilt FX Keyword Scanner — now uses a single-pass TreeWalker, unified regex engine, parent-level deduping, and smart skip rules for ultra-fast DOM parsing
Stability: Improved safety checks with data-fx-keyword-processed to prevent reprocessing loops and ensure clean node replacement
UX: Smoother keyword-trigger interactions via a single delegated click listener (reduces event overhead and boosts responsiveness)
Developer: Refactored internal matching pipeline for clarity, extensibility, and easier debugging
Compatibility: More accurate keyword detection across multilingual and mixed-format HTML content

1.3 – September 13, 2025

New Feature: Added Session-only Preloader option (only shows preloader on first visit per session)
New Feature: Added Inline Formatting toggle (enable/disable parsing of inline syntax in texts)
New Feature: Introduced Spoiler syntax using ||text|| — wraps any content (including images) inside a blurred container with click-to-reveal overlay
Internationalization: Spoiler overlay label (Tap to reveal) is now translatable via i18n
CSS Injection: Optimized to load highlight and spoiler styles only when needed
Developer: Extended sanitize and settings registration for new options (session_once, inlinefmt)
Stability: Fixed duplication issues when parsing spoiler blocks and ensured clean DOM structure
UX: Improved spoiler accessibility with ARIA labels

1.2 – August 25, 2025

Critical Fix: Resolved preloader flash/flicker issue during page load
Performance: Eliminated race conditions in asset loading sequence
Compatibility: Enhanced support for themes without wp_body_open hook
Stability: Fixed “Cannot read properties of null” errors in early execution
Code Quality: Refactored preloader timing mechanism for WordPress standards compliance
User Experience: Smoother transitions with anti-flash CSS critical loading
Developer: Improved error handling and graceful degradation fallbacks

1.1 – August 24, 2025

New Effects: Particle Burst, Text Typewriter, Floating Bubbles, Lightning Strike
Advanced Triggers: Scroll-based, time-delayed sequences, interaction tracking
Enhanced Keywords: Phrase support, case-insensitive matching, bulk import/export
Mobile Optimization: 40% better performance, responsive effect scaling
Developer API: Custom effect creation, debug mode, WordPress hooks
Bug Fixes: Preloader race condition, Safari compatibility, memory cleanup

1.0 – May 17, 2025

First public release
Fireworks, emoji rain, heart rain, cannon blast and more
Animated preloader with 6 built-in styles
Settings page with real-time preview
Shortcodes for triggering and ambient effects
Snowfall scheduler (auto/custom)
Optional grayscale mode (manual or scheduled)
Inline text formatting with common syntax
Performance optimized and extensible

Description

License

Credits

Screenshots

Installation

FAQ

Can I add my own effects?

Is the plugin heavy or slow?

Can I use the effects outside of comments?

Does it support text formatting?