Marquee Block

70 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

Popularity is middling at 45/30, reflecting only about 1,000 active installs, which signals a niche audience rather than mainstream adoption.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores a perfect 100/25, thanks to a recent update on 2026-05-12 and tested compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4.

User Rating

9/15

User ratings land at 60/15, pulled down by a very small sample of only 3 reviews despite the 100% rating, so the score cannot be considered highly reliable.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is 50/15, penalized by zero support threads and zero resolutions, which means there is no public track record of responsive help.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility hits 100/15, meeting modern WordPress 6.4 and PHP 7.4 minimums and confirming current testing against the latest core release.

Scores higher than 23% of indexed plugins

About

Marquee block is CSS based animation block to display scrolling text, images and any kinds of blocks horizontally and vertically.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-24 1:30pm GMT

Requires WordPress 6.4+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Marquee Block is a Gutenberg block that uses pure CSS animations to create horizontally and vertically scrolling content, including text, images, and any other WordPress blocks. It works within the Full Site Editing (FSE) experience, letting you drop a marquee element anywhere in a post, page, or template without JavaScript-heavy dependencies.

Who It's For

This plugin suits site owners who need lightweight scrolling announcements, ticker-style news strips, or promotional banners and are already building with Gutenberg or FSE. It fits well for news sites, event promoters, retailers running sale tickers, and anyone who needs a simple scrolling display without pulling in a full page builder.

Who Should Skip It

If you only have a few static pieces of content and do not need animated scrolling, this plugin is overkill, and any of the larger block suites listed below can handle marquees as a side feature. Sites that depend on responsive accessibility behaviour (pausing for screen readers or keyboard focus) should also look elsewhere, since basic marquee animations can be problematic for those users.

The Bottom Line

Marquee Block does one focused job and does it on a clean, modern code base, scoring a 69.93/100 overall. The main concerns are its tiny install base and a complete lack of public support activity, so you are betting on the developer rather than a community. It is a reasonable pick if you want a lightweight, CSS-only marquee, but most users will be better served by a larger block suite that includes marquee functionality alongside other tools.

Related Plugins

Spectra Legacy: Gutenberg Blocks 95/100

Pick Spectra if you want marquee behaviour bundled with dozens of other blocks and the safety net of 1,000,000+ installs.

Breadcrumb NavXT 88/100

Breadcrumb NavXT only applies if your scrolling content is a breadcrumb trail, in which case a dedicated breadcrumb plugin is more semantic than a marquee.

PDF Embedder 86/100

PDF Embedder is unrelated for most users, but worth considering if your scrolling ticker needs to showcase PDF documents inline.

Otter Blocks 86/100

Choose Otter Blocks when you want marquee effects as part of a broader FSE-friendly block library with 300,000 installs behind it.

Imsanity 86/100

Imsanity solves a completely different problem (image resizing), so only pick it if oversized marquee images are slowing your site and you need automated compression.