Fancy Roller Scroller vs Smooth scrolling with Lenis

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Fancy Roller Scroller

by Thomas K Landis

Health D53

Smooth scrolling with Lenis

by Michael

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Fancy Roller Scroller Smooth scrolling with Lenis

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Fancy Roller Scroller	Smooth scrolling with Lenis
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+33% ✓
Overall health	D · 53	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	31/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.16★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	67/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.8y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	31	1.7K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Fancy Roller Scroller Smooth scrolling with Lenis

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.