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GIF Animation Preview
Replace GIF animations to a static preview image
The facts
- Rating
- 4.6★ from 11
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 21 Mar 2016
- Added
- Aug 2013
- Tested up to
- WP 4.0.38
- Downloads
- 21,696
Our analysis
AI-assistedGIF Animation Preview is a WordPress plugin that replaces GIF animations in your posts with a preview image generated from the first frame of the GIF. This helps improve page load times by allowing visitors to see a static image first, with the option to play the animation upon clicking the image or after the page has fully loaded.
The plugin offers various settings, including the ability to control when animations start and to disable them for specific images. It is suitable for users looking to enhance their site's performance by managing how GIFs are displayed.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users who want to optimise the display of GIF animations on their site.
What it does well
- ✓Replaces GIFs with preview images to improve load times
- ✓Generates preview images automatically from the first frame
- ✓Offers settings to control animation playback
- ✓Removes all settings from the database upon uninstallation
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in March 2016, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Limited information on support and future development
Verdict
GIF Animation Preview can be useful for improving page load speeds by managing GIF content, but its age may raise concerns about compatibility and support.
From the developer
SubZtep's own description of GIF Animation Preview, lightly tidied.
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
- Start animations with your mouse
- Work with metadata and preview
- Disable on certain images with
nogapclass
Don’t worry, delete this plugin will remove all settings from your database. Generated preview images gonna stay there, you can use them everywhere until you delete them manually.
On GitHub:
https://github.com/SubZtep/gif-animation-preview
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