Grade A

To Top

Name: To Top
Rating: 4.9 (54 reviews)
Author: Catch Themes

⤓ Download v3.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by Catch Themesupdated 2026-05-28✨The Quiet Achiever

The tiny shortcut your long pages have been begging for.

HealthyDeclining

80/100

This lightweight tool works well for long pages despite some inconsistent support.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

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

Show the snippet

// Add a scroll-to-top button via CSS + JS (enqueue from functions.php if preferred)
add_action( 'wp_footer', function () { ?>
<style>
#to-top {
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 2rem;
  right: 2rem;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  background: #333;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 4px;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: none;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  z-index: 9999;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
#to-top:hover { opacity: 1; }
</style>
<button id="to-top" aria-label="Back to top">&#8679;</button>
<script>
(function () {
  var btn = document.getElementById('to-top');
  window.addEventListener('scroll', function () {
    btn.style.display = window.scrollY > 300 ? 'flex' : 'none';
  });
  btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
  });
}());
</script>
<?php } );

Keep in mind:The plugin's Customizer settings for colors, shape, image button, opacity, and hide-on-small-devices are not replicated here.

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Active installs

~65,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+

Rating

4.9★

54 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-16%

Declining

281 → 237 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

Declining · -16% in the last year

281/day a year ago→237/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

To Top is a well-regarded, lightweight scroll-to-top plugin praised for its simplicity and reliability, with the main caveat being inconsistent support responsiveness.

What people like

+Reliable and consistent functionality — works as expected across browsers and in the WP Admin area×5
+Simple to set up with no complex settings×5
+Customizable appearance including colors, icon, size, and image options×3
+Mobile-responsive design
+At least one user received highly responsive author support for CSS customization

Common complaints

−Support can be unresponsive — at least one user received no reply to their question
−Hover color behavior is incorrect — color darkens on hover instead of lightening, with no option to set a custom hover color
−Plugin went without updates for a notable period, raising security plugin warnings for at least one user
−Demo on the developer's website shows the button hidden behind a Google reCAPTCHA icon

Review trustReviews look organic

4.94★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 54 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 54 analyzed

2025-05-24★★★★★Perfect – Absolute best choice rexwilliamson
2025-04-23★★★★★Works every time myracat
2025-01-27★★★★★Seems to work OK …sadhaka
2024-06-20★★★★★good to top plugin danielarco
2023-07-22★★★★★Not a transparent icon pan291-shot
2023-06-18★★★★★Works exactly how you'd expect.tytoowns
2023-05-27★★★★★Excelent plugin luisgalvanaybar
2022-08-31★★★★★Нет возможности задать цвет при наведении Ya-Grisha1-shot
2022-04-11★★★★★To the Top plugin maresrmo
2021-11-05★★★★★Quick and Easy Michelle

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v3.2
2026-03-16v3.1
2026-03-11v3.0
2025-05-13v2.5.5
2024-04-09v2.5.4
2023-11-15v2.5.3
2022-12-14v2.5.2
2022-09-20v2.5.1

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.

229

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

238

Prior 7-day baseline

241

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

9,384

Mean release-day peak (30d)

625

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

-3.8%

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.

20%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.45

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

93%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.89 → 4.94★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered