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NS Smooth Scroll Back to Top

by NsThemes · Uncategorized

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Add a smooth, fully customizable back to top button to your WordPress site — position, colors, icon and scroll speed, no code required.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

8.1K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.05★

Rating (adjusted)

4.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+278%

136

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+278% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

136

now · peak 200

13630d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

NS Smooth Scroll Bac · #14521 you Smooth Back To Top B · #881 MakeITeasy Back To T · #5029 Easy Back To Top But · #56377

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

3.4y ago

latest release · v1.6.1

19

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.6.1 · 3.4y ago1.6.0 · 4.6y ago1.5.4 · 4.8y ago1.5.3 · 5.8y ago1.5.2 · 6.2y ago1.5.1 · 6.8y ago1.5.0 · 7.0y ago1.4.1 · 7.2y ago1.4.0 · 7.2y ago1.3.1 · 7.3y ago1.3.0 · 7.5y ago1.2.0 · 7.7y ago1.1.5 · 8.0y ago1.1.4 · 8.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-02-02 · 1,387 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0.0
Last updated
7d ago
Added
2016-09-02 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
6.5
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
8.4
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ dsg257
    8mo ago

    simple to use gets me to the top of pager instently

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  2. ★★★★★ handhugs
    6.1y ago

    has worked well for me so far! good options for display and faster than coding it myself.

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  3. ★★★★★ jdeanwp
    9.8y ago

    It’s very good! But there isn’t an option for the position. Add it for 5 stars 😉

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Russian 100%
Italian 93%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-05-10 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-03 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-01 200+ → 100+ down

Competes with

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