GIF Animation Preview WordPress Plugin
Replace GIF animations to a static preview image
This plugin finds every GIF animation in your posts and replace it to a preview image. Doesn't matter the GIF embedded from another website or use WordPress's static thumbnail. It automatically generates the preview image from the first frame of the animation and save it to the post's media directory with -gap.jpg suffix.
Posts show the pregenareted small size jpeg file first, your visitors don't need to wait for download the huge animation. Play animation after they click on the image or after your whole page has downloaded. It depends on your setting:
- You are able to stop animations everywhere
- Or start animation automatically only inside a post
- Or start the moves everywhere by default, use this plugin for lazyload
There are additional settings:
- Pretty smooth effect between your preview and animation
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Sites running GIF Animation Preview, click to open one
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Usage of GIF Animation Preview over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 130 to 87 — down 43 (-33.1%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 87 | -3 |
| June 2024 | 90 | -2 |
| May 2024 | 92 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 92 | +3 |
| March 2024 | 89 | -7 |
| February 2024 | 96 | -2 |
| January 2024 | 98 | -3 |
| December 2023 | 101 | -4 |
| November 2023 | 105 | +1 |
| October 2023 | 104 | -8 |
| September 2023 | 112 | -10 |
| August 2023 | 122 | -3 |
| July 2023 | 125 | -5 |
| June 2023 | 130 | — |
Themes used with GIF Animation Preview
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Avada |
| 2 | Newspaper |
| 3 | Newspaper-child |
| 4 | Divi |
| 5 | Simplemag |
| 6 | Twentyeleven |
| 7 | Technotheme |
| 8 | Enfold |
| 9 | Make |
| 10 | Impreza |
| 11 | Impreza-child |
| 12 | Builder-webdesignland |
| 13 | Sgs |
| 14 | Adelle |
| 15 | Bapo-smokestik |
| 16 | Radiant |
| 17 | Enfold-child |
| 18 | Vivacity |
| 19 | Oblivion |
| 20 | Ku8 |
Sites running GIF Animation Preview
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