Apalpador
Adds the traditional Galician Christmas character "Apalpador" to your WordPress site with festive visual effects.
5(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Apalpador is a WordPress snow plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 182 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: AWPLife Weather Effects.
5/51 reviews
10active installs
182total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
The Apalpador is a traditional Galician Christmas figure, a charcoal maker who comes down from the mountains on the night of December 31st to check if children have eaten well during the year by touching their bellies.
This plugin places the Apalpador figure on your WordPress pages with festive visual effects including:
- Customizable Apalpador image and position
- Entry, idle, and click animations
- Snow effect with configurable density
- Shooting star effect
Features
- Easy to configure through WordPress admin
- Date range settings to show only during the holiday season
- Multiple animation options
- Performance optimized
- Respects user accessibility preferences (prefers-reduced-motion)
- Compatible with WooCommerce (disabled on cart/checkout)
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
2.0.0
- Complete rewrite of the plugin
- New admin interface with Settings API
- Added entry, idle, and click animations
- Added snow effect
- Added shooting star effect
…and 3 more changes
Contributors
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