Title: Christmas Snowflakes
Author: Amit Dholiya
Published: <strong>16. Dezember 2025</strong>
Last modified: 16. Dezember 2025

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# Christmas Snowflakes

 By [Amit Dholiya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amitdholiya/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/christmas-snowflakes.1.2.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/#installation)
 * [Development](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/christmas-snowflakes/)

## Description

Christmas Snowflakes adds a festive animated snowfall effect to your WordPress website
using optimized SVG snowflakes.
 Features include per-page shortcode control, global
options, December-only mode, adjustable speed, color, and flake count, plus mobile
and desktop SVG sets.

### Features

 * Lightweight SVG snowflake animation
 * Adjust flakes per second, min/max speed, and color
 * Desktop and mobile SVG flake sets
 * Shortcode override support
 * Homepage-only and December-only display options
 * Shortcode-only mode (no global snow)

### Shortcode

Basic:
 [christmas_snow]

Override example:
 [christmas_snow flakes=»20″ color=»#00aaff» speed_min=»2″ speed_max
=»8″ svg_set=»mobile»]

## Screenshots

[⌊Settings page⌉⌊Settings page⌉[

Settings page

[⌊Snow effect preview⌉⌊Snow effect preview⌉[

Snow effect preview

## Installation

 1. Upload plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or upload ZIP via **Plugins  Add
    New**.
 2. Activate plugin via **Plugins**.
 3. Configure settings under **Settings  Christmas Snowflakes**.

## FAQ

### Will it slow down my site?

No. The plugin loads only when needed and uses lightweight SVG animations.

### Can I enable snow only in December?

Yes — enable «December Only» mode in settings.

### Does it work on mobile?

Yes — it uses a lighter mobile SVG set automatically.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Christmas Snowflakes” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Amit Dholiya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amitdholiya/)

[Translate “Christmas Snowflakes” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/christmas-snowflakes)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/christmas-snowflakes/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/christmas-snowflakes/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/christmas-snowflakes/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/christmas-snowflakes/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.0

 * Added shortcode overrides
 * Added desktop/mobile SVG sets
 * Security hardening and escaping improvements
 * Improved settings UI

#### 1.1

 * Added homepage-only and December-only modes

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.2**
 *  Last updated **10 Monaten ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.11**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/)
 * Tags
 * [animation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/animation/)[christmas](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/christmas/)
   [festive](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/festive/)[snow](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/snow/)
   [winter](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/winter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-snowflakes/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Amit Dholiya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amitdholiya/)

## Support

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