Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar
by Jose Varghese · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a customizable Scroll to Top button and Reading Progress Bar. Smooth scroll up, 16+ styles, and mobile responsiveness for better navigation.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈60 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “scroll up”, “back to top” and “scroll to top” for “reading progress”, “bottom to top” and “go to top”. “scroll up” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “reading progress” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “back to top” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “bottom to top” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “scroll to top” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “go to top” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 69 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
36%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| reading progress bar your tag | #8 | #24 | 0 |
| reading progress | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| scroll bar with back to top | #4 | #22 | up 2 |
| scroll indicator | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| smooth scroll your tag | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| scroll to top button | #14 | #23 | up 2 |
| scroll to top your tag | #16 | #23 | up 2 |
| back to top your tag | #17 | #21 | up 2 |
| scroll up your tag | #19 | #24 | up 2 |
| scroll top pro | #8 | #24 | 0 |
| scroll progress indicator | #8 | #22 | 0 |
| scroll back to top | #15 | #21 | up 2 |
| smooth scroll to top | #15 | #20 | down 1 |
| better smooth scroll | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| scroll progress | #18 | #22 | down 1 |
| bottom to top | #20 | #22 | up 4 |
| back to top button | #20 | #22 | up 4 |
| scroll top | #20 | #23 | up 1 |
| smooth back to top | #12 | #19 | up 2 |
| mobile reading | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
62 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 30 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “scroll up”, “back to top” and “scroll to top” for “reading progress”, “bottom to top” and “go to top”. “scroll up” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “reading progress” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “back to top” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “bottom to top” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “scroll to top” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “go to top” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “scroll to top”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “smooth scroll”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Oct 2025 · 387 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 167 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a customizable Scroll to Top button and Reading Progress Bar. Smooth scroll up, 16+ styles, and mobile..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "designed for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,732 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 50+ → 60+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-10-01 40+ → 50+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A -
To Top 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Scroll Back To Top Button 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
Click to top 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Scroll To Top 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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