Counting Number Block

Description

This single-block plugin makes your numbers stand out by animating them while still keeping them SEO-friendly, accessibility-ready, and respecting the reduced motion mode. The number can be counted up or down.

This block performs one simple job: animating numbers. You can combine it with other blocks to fit any design.

Key features

  • It can be counted up or down depending on the start value and the real value
  • SEO and Accessibility ready – Screen readers will read the actual number value, not the animated one.
  • It can be fit in any design
  • Highly customizable with a large range of options like duration, separator, decimal, etc.
  • You can animate it one time or multiple times whenever the block appears in the viewport
  • You can provide a prefix and/or a suffix value
  • The animated effect will not be shown in the reduced motion mode

Please take a look at these custom block patterns that use this block to see how it can be applied to real-world sites.

If this plugin is useful for you, please do a quick review and rate it on WordPress.org to help us spread the word. I would very much appreciate it.

Other plugins

Please check out my other plugins if you’re interested:

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  • Meta Field Block – A block to display custom fields as blocks on the front end. It supports custom fields for posts, terms, users, and setting fields. It can also be used in the Query Loop block.
  • SVG Block – A block to display SVG images as blocks. Useful for images, icons, dividers, and buttons. It allows you to upload SVG images and load them into the icon library.
  • Icon separator – A tiny block just like the core/separator block but with the ability to add an icon.
  • Breadcrumb Block – A simple breadcrumb trail block that supports JSON-LD structured data and is compatible with WooCommerce.
  • Block Enhancements – Adds practical features to blocks like icons, box shadows, transforms, etc.
  • Better YouTube Embed Block – A block to solve the performance issue with embedded YouTube videos. It can also embed multiple videos and playlists.

The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.

Screenshots

  • Block settings

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

  • Counting number block This block provides an animated counter effect for numbers.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/counting-number-block directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

FAQ

Why and when would you need this plugin?

If you want to highlight your numbers, you could use this plugin to make a counting effect.

Does it fit in my design?

Absolutely! It is super simple. It only animates the number, you can put it in any layout blocks.

Reviews

3, Febreru de 2024 1 reply
The developer was very responsive and helpful when I didn’t understand how to style it (using the block inspector settings). Thanks!
16, Agostu de 2023 1 reply
After testing a few different number counter block plugins, I found this one and haven’t looked back. It does exactly what is say on the tin, but also doesn’t over complicate things with trying to do everything and just sticks to being a great plugin. Highly recommend. If I could give 6*’s, I would!
11, Agostu de 2023 1 reply
This plugin did almost everything I needed, super happy with it. And then the following day, it did everything I wanted as Phi had updated it to include my idea. I definitely appreciate when developers listen and respond, you are awesome Phi!
29, Xunetu de 2023 3 replies
Works as expected, also animates on scroll, great! Would be helpful to have some active class on block while animating.
10, Mayu de 2023 1 reply
Me ha gustado mucho, es sencillo, no genera pantallas internas de publicidad o de comprar la versión premium y hace justo lo que se necesita: animar números.Si además quieres complementarlo con algún icono tendrás que usar otros bloques para ello, he visto que el mismo autor tiene un bloque para añadir imágenes svg que seguramente combinara a la perfección con este.
22, Marzu de 2023 1 reply
This is exactly the way, I believe, plugin developers should be embracing blocks. Do one thing, and do it well. Make it feel native, don’t go overboard with options (“decisions not options”), and keep it light. Excellent stuff.
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Contributors & Developers

“Counting Number Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

1.1.0

Release Date – 30 June 2024

  • Improved – Support accessibility for the actual value
  • Improved – Don’t animate the number in the reduced motion mode
  • Added – Support clientNavigation interactivity
  • Added – Allow editing content attributes from the block toolbar
  • Improved – Refactor the code
  • Updated – Tested up to WP 6.6

1.0.7

Release Date – 10 August 2023

  • DEV – Add a CSS class named is-number-animating when it’s counting
  • DEV – Show the startVal at the beginning
  • DEV – Refactor code

1.0.6

Release Date – 22 March 2023

  • DEV – Make the block animate the trailing zero in decimal places

1.0.5

Release Date – 31 January 2023

  • DEV – Add settings for disabling grouping, grouping separator, decimal separator
  • DEV – Add more typography settings
  • DEV – Add keywords for blocks

1.0.4

Release Date – 16 October 2022

  • FIX – Refactor code to allow animate the number both scroll up & down

1.0.3

Release Date – 16 September 2022

  • FIX – Change textdomain

1.0.1

Release Date – 20 July 2022

  • FIX – Allow animating decimal numbers
  • FIX – Animate on load

1.0.0

Release Date – 13 July 2022