Grade B

Smooth Back To Top Button

Name: Smooth Back To Top Button
Rating: 4.9 (30 reviews)
Author: Tanvirul Haque

⤓ Download v1.3.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by Tanvirul Haqueupdated 2026-05-15🌿The Dependable Sort

A tiny tool for a much smoother ride.

HealthyGrowing

91/100

Users appreciate the lightweight design and customization options despite a few minor UI bugs.

Loved33/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

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

Show the snippet

add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
    ?>
    <button id="back-to-top" aria-label="Back to top" style="
        display:none;position:fixed;bottom:2rem;right:2rem;z-index:9999;
        width:44px;height:44px;border-radius:50%;border:none;cursor:pointer;
        background:#333;color:#fff;font-size:1.2rem;line-height:44px;text-align:center;">
        &#8679;
    </button>
    <script>
    (function(){
        var btn = document.getElementById('back-to-top');
        window.addEventListener('scroll', function(){
            btn.style.display = window.scrollY > 300 ? 'block' : 'none';
        });
        btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
            window.scrollTo({top:0, behavior:'smooth'});
        });
    })();
    </script>
    <?php
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet omits the scroll progress indicator, shape/color settings UI, responsive visibility controls, and icon library.

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Active installs

~45,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+

→ on track for 50k+in ~6 months

Rating

4.9★

30 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+25%

Growing fast

106 → 132 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time

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 · +25% in the last year

106/day a year ago→132/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Smooth Back To Top Button is a well-regarded, lightweight scroll-to-top plugin praised for its ease of setup and customization options, with only minor UI quirks noted by users.

What people like

+Quick and easy to set up with minimal configuration needed×5
+Good range of customization options to match any site theme×5
+Lightweight and performs reliably×4
+Scroll progress indicator is a valued feature
+Works well on mobile

Common complaints

−Color input field is too short for 8-character hex values (e.g. with alpha transparency), causing a false red error state
−The plugin settings page contains a broken link to rate the plugin

Review trustReviews look organic

4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 30 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 30 analyzed

2025-08-11★★★★★Beautiful, easy to setup! Works great on v6.8.2!Keith
2025-04-27★★★★★Simple to use with no setup needed!tinompunganyi
2025-03-12★★★★★Very nice Reza Asadi
2024-12-15★★★★★Love the progress indicator Decimus
2024-09-17★★★★★Perfect seanjones981-shot
2024-06-18★★★★★Nailed it!David Robinson
2024-06-02★★★★★Bread and Butter tmorris91
2024-04-17★★★★★Nicely done, great work janino
2024-02-27★★★★★Slick & minimalist xokko
2023-09-12★★★★★Superb!snoop23

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-15v1.3.1
2026-02-21v1.3.0
2025-09-13v1.2
2025-03-17v1.1.15
2024-04-15v1.1.14
2023-12-16v1.1.13
2023-09-16v1.1.12
2023-08-07v1.1.10

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.

151

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

131

Prior 7-day baseline

196

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

3,862

Mean release-day peak (30d)

251

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+15.3%

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.

18%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.63

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

97%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.93 → 4.93★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered