Create an animated typing effect that allows words to be 'typed out' on to a post or page.
As of April 2026, Typing Effect is a WordPress typewriter effect plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 28 reviews. It has been downloaded 173K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Typing Animation Block.
This plugin is no longer be supported from v1.3.6.
Typing Effect allows you to generate a shortcode that will ‘type out’ words on to a page or post, in a widget or directly in a theme or template file. The plugin is based on the Typed.js typing animation script by Matt Boldt.
Simply add your words or sentences, click ‘Generate Shortcode’ and copy and paste the shortcode into a page, post or text widget.
You can also configure settings such as how quickly the typing effect takes place, delays before starting or backspacing, set the animation to loop repeatedly or randomise the order your words or sentences are typed out and deleted.
To view a demo of the original animation click here
I am only concerned if this plugin has been abandoned.
works well
Thank you for taking the time to develop such an awesome plugin!
Works great out of the box!
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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