Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines
Make your hero titles and headlines type themselves – realistic animated typing effects that pull visitors’ eyes straight to your key message.
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Why Text Typing?
Text Typing is a lightweight WordPress plugin that adds realistic animated typing effects to your headings and text – directly inside the Gutenberg block editor, with no coding required. Write a prefix, one or more rotating typing lines, and a suffix, then fine-tune the speed, delay, looping, and cursor to match your design.
Perfect for hero sections, banners, headlines, and call-to-action areas, it lets you highlight key messages with an engaging, modern typing animation. Six ready-made themes are included free, scripts load only on pages that use the block, and a shortcode generator lets you reuse saved typing texts anywhere.
The free plugin is fully functional on its own. A separate Text Typing Pro upgrade adds a complete collection of animated text and heading blocks, all grouped under a single Text Typing category in the block inserter.
Free Features – Everything You Need to Get Started
- Animated Typing Text Block: A clean, fully responsive typing animation anywhere in the block editor.
- Built-in Themes: Six ready-made themes included free – Default, Terminal, Star Flower, Neon Grid, Aurora Glow, and Cyber Wave.
- Prefix & Suffix Text: Add static text before and after the animated typing lines.
- Multiple Typing Lines: Add unlimited rotating lines, each with its own color.
- Typing Controls: Type Speed, Start Delay, Back Speed, Back Delay, Shuffle, Fade Out Effect, Fade Out Delay, Loop, Loop Count, Cursor, and a custom Cursor Character.
- Typography Controls: Customize fonts for the prefix, typing, and suffix text.
- Color Controls: Set prefix and suffix text colors.
- Layout & Styling: Control alignment (including wide and full block width), padding, border, and background.
- Responsive Width: Set the width separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Shortcode Generator: Build a saved typing text and reuse it anywhere with a simple shortcode.
- Block Manager: Enable or disable individual blocks from the plugin dashboard so the inserter shows only what you use.
- Optimized Script Loading: Scripts load only when the block is used, keeping pages fast.
- Clean Uninstall Option: Optionally remove all plugin data when you delete the plugin.
- Translation Ready: Fully compatible with multilingual websites.
Pro Version – Unlock the Full Animated Text Collection
Text Typing Pro extends the free plugin with a full library of animated text and heading blocks plus advanced styling. All Pro blocks are visible in the inserter so you can preview them; a license unlocks them on the front end.
Pro animated text & heading blocks:
- Animated Headline – cinematic, scroll-triggered reveals with letter, word, or line stagger and an optional highlighted word.
- Split Text – a staggered reveal where each letter or word animates in one after another.
- Rotating Words – a headline with one word that cycles through a list – slide, flip, fade, or zoom.
- Scramble Text – a “decode” reveal where letters cycle through random glyphs and settle into place.
- Tracking-In Text – headings that reveal by animating letter-spacing with a soft fade.
- Number Counter – animated count-up numbers that fire on scroll – perfect for stats and results.
- Gradient, Rainbow, Shine, Neon & Glitch Text – bold color and glow effects that are impossible to miss.
- Outline, Long Shadow, Sticker & Reflection Text – striking display-heading styles for modern layouts.
- Text Mask – show an image or gradient clipped inside bold text – the classic knockout hero effect.
- Curved, Circular & Vertical Text – arch text along an arc, wrap it around a circle, or run it vertically.
- Text Marquee – an infinite, seamless scrolling text band for “trusted by” rows and tickers.
- Split-Flap Text, 3D Tilt Text, Wavy Text & Animated Highlight – playful, interactive attention-grabbers.
More Pro features:
- Custom Colors & Gradients: Text, cursor, and background with smooth gradient support.
- Text Shadow Effects: Add depth, glow, or emphasis.
- Cursor Styling: Change cursor style, size, and color.
- Icons for Each Text: Add icons before or after the typing text with size controls.
- Full Responsive Settings: Fine-tune font size, alignment, and appearance per device.
- Reduced-Motion Aware: Animations honor the visitor’s
prefers-reduced-motionsetting. - Priority Support: Faster assistance and updates.
Get Text Typing Pro – unlock the full block collection and advanced effects now!
How to Use Text Typing – Quick Start
- Open any page or post in the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg).
- Click the + (Add Block) button and search for “Text Typing” (or browse the Text Typing category).
- Add your prefix, one or more rotating typing lines (each with its own color), and suffix text.
- Adjust speed, delays, loop, cursor, typography, colors, and layout from the block sidebar.
- Preview on different devices, then publish.
Reuse with the Shortcode Generator: Go to Text Typing → ShortCode Generator in the WordPress admin, create a saved typing text, and paste the generated [text-typing id="123"] shortcode anywhere on your site.
Use Cases
- Hero Sections: Rotate through your key value propositions as they type out.
- Banners & CTAs: Draw attention to offers and announcements with motion.
- Portfolios: Cycle through roles or skills (“Designer… Developer… Creator…”).
- Landing Pages: Combine typing text with Pro heading effects for high-impact pages.
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Build Process
This plugin uses a build process to generate the production assets (JS/CSS) located in the build/ directory. The human-readable source code (the src/ and dashboard/ directories) is published in the public GitHub repository linked below.
To build the plugin from source:
1. Clone the repository: https://github.com/bPlugins/text-typing-free
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Run the build command: npm run build
Build Tools Used: Webpack, Babel, PostCSS.
Third-Party Libraries
This plugin uses the following third-party libraries:
- typed.js – MIT License (bundled at
public/js/typed.min.js, powers the typing animation) - textillate.js – MIT License (bundled at
public/js/jquery.textillate.min.js, enqueued as a dependency of the Text Typing block)
bpl-tools
- Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
- External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made
As the external service functionality is handled by bpl-tools as a third-party library, the following services are utilized:
bPlugins API
- Service URL: https://api.bplugins.com
- Purpose: The plugin’s admin dashboard fetches product comparison data and pricing information to display relevant upgrade options and feature details.
- Data Sent: Only the plugin slug is transmitted; no personal or site data is collected.
- Terms of Service: https://bplugins.com/terms-of-service/
- Privacy Policy: https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy/
WordPress.org Plugins API
- Service URL: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/
- Purpose: The admin dashboard queries the official WordPress.org Plugins API to retrieve and display a curated list of other plugins by the same author (“Our Plugins” section).
- Data Sent: Plugin slugs and author name; no personal or site data is collected.
- Terms of Service: https://wordpress.org/about/tos/
- Privacy Policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/
