85
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll
Buttery smooth motion with a few browser speed bumps.
HealthyGrowing
85/100
Users love the buttery smoothness but browser compatibility issues limit its reliability.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.5★
43 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+29%
Growing fast
243 → 315 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +29% in the last year
243/day a year ago→315/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMouseWheel Smooth Scroll is a well-liked, lightweight plugin that delivers noticeably smoother scrolling with a good range of settings, though it has a persistent cross-browser compatibility problem — particularly with Firefox and Safari — that limits its reliability for some users.
What people like
- +Effectively improves scrolling smoothness and overall user experience on supported browsers×8
- +Lightweight and easy to install with minimal setup required×5
- +Offers a wide range of configurable settings for fine-tuning scroll behavior×3
- +Works well on Chrome×2
- +Includes a Lenis lerp scroll option appreciated by users
Common complaints
- −Does not work on Firefox for some users×3
- −Does not work on Safari with a mouse (trackpad only works)×2
- −Default settings feel off; requires manual tuning to find a good configuration×2
- −Does not function inside the Oxygen Builder editor, requiring the plugin to be disabled while building
- −Some users report it simply does not work at all, with no further detail×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 43 total
Latest reviews · 43 analyzed
- 2026-03-20★★★★★Lenis not working properly on oxygen buildersummerdev09
- 2025-10-20★★★★★Wondeful plugin !dionysios
- 2025-03-04★★★★★Smoothest Smooth ScrollJimmy Lee
- 2025-02-05★★★★★Grandiosowebtintin
- 2025-01-11★★★★★Not for all Browsersallbutone
- 2024-10-07★★★★★not workingamirreza rahmani
- 2024-03-17★★★★★Funziona bene ma solo su Chromeandrefeli
- 2024-02-08★★★★★Working like a chramwebziss
- 2023-10-25★★★★★Just fantastic!Manou Allou
- 2022-10-29★★★★★Not workingThomas
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
314
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
303
Prior 7-day baseline
264
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,418
Mean release-day peak (30d)
315
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.6%
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.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
81%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.49 → 4.49★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered