MouseWheel Smooth Scroll vs Smooth Scrolling

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

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll

by kubiq

Health B84

Smooth Scrolling

by Saeed Piri

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll Smooth Scrolling

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	MouseWheel Smooth Scroll	Smooth Scrolling
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90K–100K ✓	800–900
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+60% ✓
Overall health	B · 84	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	91/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.37★ ✓	4.12★
Reviews	44 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100 ✓	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	6.3K ✓	344
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

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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.