Grade A

jQuery Smooth Scroll

Name: jQuery Smooth Scroll
Rating: 4.5 (47 reviews)
Author: Anand Kumar

⤓ Download v1.5.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by Anand Kumarupdated 2026-01-21🌟The Rising Star

A tiny utility that requires a little code to truly shine.

HealthyGrowing

84/100

The lightweight code is great but the lack of settings is annoying.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

// Enqueue the script via functions.php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    wp_enqueue_script(
        'smooth-scroll-top',
        get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/smooth-scroll.js',
        [ 'jquery' ],
        '1.0',
        true
    );
} );

// Or inline the behaviour directly:
add_action( 'wp_footer', function () { ?>
<style>
#scroll-to-top{position:fixed;bottom:30px;right:30px;display:none;cursor:pointer;background:#333;color:#fff;padding:10px 14px;border-radius:4px;z-index:9999}
</style>
<div id="scroll-to-top">&#8679;</div>
<script>
(function($){
  $(window).on('scroll', function(){
    $('#scroll-to-top').toggle($(this).scrollTop() > 300);
  });
  $('#scroll-to-top').on('click', function(){
    $('html,body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 600);
  });
  $('a[href^="#"]').not('[href="#"]').on('click', function(e){
    var target = $(this.hash);
    if(!target.length) return;
    e.preventDefault();
    $('html,body').animate({scrollTop: target.offset().top}, 600);
  });
})(jQuery);
</script>
<?php } );

Keep in mind:The snippet does not replicate RTL support or the jQuery UI easing effects included in the plugin.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~8 weeks

Rating

4.5★

47 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+622%

Growing fast

5 → 33 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +622% in the last year

5/day a year ago→33/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

jQuery Smooth Scroll is generally praised for its simple, lightweight implementation and responsive support, but users frequently criticize the lack of configurable settings and the default back-to-top button that cannot be easily disabled.

What people like

+Works out of the box with easy installation and drop-in usage×8
+Responsive and helpful developer support×6
+Lightweight and simple codebase×3
+Performs as described and fulfills basic scrolling needs×3

Common complaints

−No settings UI for basic options such as offset, transition effects, or per-page control×3
−Default back-to-top button cannot be easily disabled and has poor aesthetics×2
−Requires jQuery/JavaScript knowledge to customize beyond defaults×2
−Smooth scroll may stop working after the first navigation on a page

Review trustReviews look organic

4.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

Not enough review history.

All-time ratings · 47 total

5★

4★

3★

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Latest reviews · 47 analyzed

2019-07-08★★★★★Perfect odairpianta1-shot
2019-03-09★★★★★Good but gimmicky carlofabyss
2018-06-13★★★★★Awesome and simple sergantrocks
2018-04-05★★★★★A Great Simple Plugin drockdesign
2017-04-12★★★★★Solid piece of code rfortin
2017-02-22★★★★★Super!!tinyCoder
2016-10-07★★★★★Great asset Luke Carl
2016-09-27★★★★★not the way they said it'd work judexes
2016-08-23★★★★★Does what it says YannickPian
2016-08-23★★★★★less is more maxtudio

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-01-21v1.5.1
2026-01-20v1.5.0
2018-08-20v1.4.4
2018-08-19v1.4.3
2017-12-03v1.4.1
2012-12-14v1.2.3
2012-11-07v1.2.0
2012-11-07v1.2.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+3.2%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

81%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.51 → 4.49★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered