Smooth Scroll Up
by Konstantinos Kouratoras · Uncategorized
Smooth Scroll Up is a lightweight plugin that creates a customizable back to top feature in your WordPress website.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
6K+
≈6.5K estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “back to top”, “scroll” and “scroll back to top” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
51 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 169.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2843 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 59 reviews, smoothed to 4.48★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2843 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| back to top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll back to top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll to top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “back to top”, “scroll” and “scroll back to top” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 422 · peaks are release surges
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
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
No release in a yearHow 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
7.8y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 18 Jan 2019
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2 Added option to display the element in a distance from the top (default) or from the bottom of the page Added option to set the scroll speed back to top Added scrollup_filter_show_element_in_admin filter to show the elem 1.2
- — Version 1.1.1 Updated Mobile Detect library Added filter to prevent loading font-awesome 1.1.1
- — Version 1.1 Added FontAwesome icons support Added option to insert custom CSS and JS code Settings page redesign 1.1
- — Version 1.0 Added option to upload custom image Settings page refactoring 1.0
- — Version 0.9.2 Bug fix in show/hide scroll up element from specific posts or pages 0.9.2
- — Version 0.9.1 Minor bug fix 0.9.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 114 languages, 6 at 90% or more
Plus 90 more locales with partial translations.
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 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Smooth Scroll Up is a lightweight plugin that creates a customizable back to top feature in your WordPress..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 685 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("scroll back to top", "scroll to top", "scroll top" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 261 days in tier
- 2025-08-18 8K+ → 7K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 7K+ → 8K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-09 8K+ → 7K+ down after 252 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 241 days in tier
- 2024-04-03 10K+ → 9K+ down after 3029 days in tier
- 2015-12-18 9K+ → 10K+ 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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Back To Top Pro 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags C -
Scroll to top button 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags C - A AMS Page Scroll Back To Top 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Smooth Back To Top Button 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A - S Scroll Back To Top 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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