Scrollbar
by Themepoints · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 9.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize your browser scrollbars with unlimited styling and color using scrollbar wp plugin.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
-33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “navigation” and “scroll” for “css3 animation” and “css3 animations”. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “css3 animation” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “scroll” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “css3 animations” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 33.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nice scrollbar your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| scrollbar your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| scrollbars | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| scrollbar wordpress | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| wordpress scrollbar | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| color scrollbar | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| custom scrollbar your tag | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| easy scrollbar | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| customize scrollbar | #1 | #3 | — |
| scrollbar customize | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| wordpress scrollbar plugins | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| change scrollbar color | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| nice scrollbar wordpress | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| wp scrollbar | #2 | #8 | down 1 |
| custom scrollbar wordpress | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| custom scrollbars | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| nice scroll | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| css3 animation | #9 | #16 | 0 |
| css3 animations | #9 | #15 | up 1 |
| as nice scroll | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
32 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “navigation” and “scroll” for “css3 animation” and “css3 animations”. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “css3 animation” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “scroll” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “css3 animations” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 905 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v2.0.9 · 12 Oct 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 51 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ HenriTiny3.6y ago
Honestly nothing to say, works well and easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ veeeri5.4y ago
Very simple and nice looking. That’s great! But unfortunately the mouse scroll stopped working on my website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ x8.3y ago
everythings adjustable: the width, the radius (!), the colour, great!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mdmax2010.8y ago
Simple. To change background scrollbar color add style .nicescroll-rails {background-color:#000000;}
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nabin Sayeed10.8y ago
This plugin is simple and effective. Does what it says. I want to request the developer to add some extra features, but not so many, keep it simple.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize your browser scrollbars with unlimited styling and color using scrollbar wp plugin."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 529 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom scrollbar", "navigation", "nice scrollbar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-10 400+ → 300+ down after 286 days in tier
- 2025-11-28 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 500+ → 400+ down after 233 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-31 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
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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Custom Scrollbar 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Scroll Styler 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Advanced Scrollbar – Give Your Site a Sleek Branded Scrolling Feel 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Scrollr 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
WS Custom Scrollbar 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - V VR jScrollPane Shortcode 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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