{"id":885,"date":"2022-08-11T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/08\/11\/6463358-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-animations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:07","slug":"6463358-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-animations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6463358-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-animations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Website Builder: How to Add Animations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">In <b>Hostinger Website Builder<\/b>, there are several ways to use animations:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"#h_f3b0c06ca6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Enabling Native Animations<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"#h_9f219a050b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Embedding Third-Party Animated Elements<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_f3b0c06ca6\">Enabling Native Animations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can enable native animations in two ways:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"#h_d4686449f2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Globally (site-wide)<\/a><\/b>: a single selected animation applies to all elements throughout the whole website<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"#h_a9375d0327\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Locally (per element)<\/a><\/b>: apply animations for each of your website elements individually; this way, you can set different types of animations for different elements<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/6463152-website-builder-how-to-embed-a-custom-code\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Embed code elements<\/a><\/b> don&rsquo;t support native animations &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_d4686449f2\">Enabling Site-Wide Animations <\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Within the website builder, expand the <b>Website styles<\/b> panel on the left. Open the <b>Animations <\/b>tab and select from the preferred animation style (fade, slide, scale):<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/45a58d2d-a7b9-4887-abd9-081c49784155.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This way, the selected animation is <b>applied to all elements and sections<\/b> throughout your website. You can <b>disable<\/b> the animation for a particular element<b> in its <a href=\"#h_a9375d0327\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">local settings<\/a><\/b>. For instance, that&rsquo;s how you can turn it off<b> <\/b>for the text element:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/e3fb4da0-1bd3-4863-901d-87eb244eb575.jpg\" alt=\"Text animation settings\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After enabling or disabling animations, <b><a href=\"\/support\/6435697-website-builder-how-to-update-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">update your website<\/a><\/b> for the changes to reflect online. To check how the website looks with animations, go to the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6475345-website-builder-how-to-preview-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">preview mode<\/a> <\/b>or open the live website.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_a9375d0327\">Enabling Animations for Particular Elements<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Within the website builder, click on the element in question and select <b>Edit <\/b>or <b>Change <\/b>to open its settings. Then, find the <b>Animations<\/b> settings and enable the preferred one. For example, the text element settings:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/6ac4ac7d-95d6-4246-9353-6d9395270104.jpg\" alt=\"Button animation settings\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Image element settings:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/068647ba-5f30-4d80-af6e-3be5d6ded62a.jpg\" alt=\"Image animation settings\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Button element settings: <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/e28db0eb-6a36-4602-8a0f-b40cb8ecefd5.jpg\" alt=\"Button animation settings\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">And so on! After enabling animations, <b><a href=\"\/support\/6435697-website-builder-how-to-update-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">update your website<\/a><\/b> for the changes to reflect online. To check how the website looks with animations, go to the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6475345-website-builder-how-to-preview-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">preview mode<\/a> <\/b>or open the live website.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9f219a050b\">Embedding Third-Party Animated Elements<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can embed free animations into your website using third-party tools. In this example, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/lordicon.com\/icons\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Lordicon<\/a><\/b> animations are used. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">1. Log into Lordicon and click on any animation you like; customize it if necessary:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/12\/6adb5b7d-e0ae-4e3a-9cf1-46a9284b9b03.jpg\" alt=\"The library of animations at Lordicon\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">2. Click on<b> HTML <\/b>and copy the code:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/a32f72c2-9d7e-4cd8-a7a7-012497931d0a.jpg\" alt=\"Copying the HTML code of the animation\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">3. Now, open the website builder and add an <b><a href=\"\/support\/6463152-website-builder-embed-code\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">embed code element<\/a><\/b> to the preferred place on your webpage.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">4. Paste the animation code to the embed element, and the animation will be displayed on your page:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/79aae8e2-3de0-4ed7-b11c-b282c66f5019.jpg\" alt=\"Pasting the HTML code of the animation at Hostinger Website Builder\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Feel free to <b><a href=\"\/support\/6491230-website-builder-how-to-resize-elements-and-sections#h_04ed0931b9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">resize the code element<\/a> <\/b>if necessary. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">5. Finally,<b> <a href=\"\/support\/6435697-website-builder-updating-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">update your website<\/a><\/b> for the changes to reflect online. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To check how the website looks with animations, go to the <b><a href=\"\/support\/6475345-website-builder-how-to-preview-a-website\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">preview mode<\/a> <\/b>or open the live website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding animations to your site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-integrations"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6463358-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-add-animations\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6463358-hostinger-creador-de-sitios-web-como-anadir-animaciones\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6463358-hostinger-createur-de-site-web-comment-ajouter-des-animations\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6463358-hostinger-website-builder-cara-menambahkan-animasi\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6463358-hostinger-svetainiu-kurimo-irankis-kaip-prideti-animaciju\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6463358-hostinger-criador-de-sites-como-adicionar-animacoes\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6463358-----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3610,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}