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WP LocalScroll

by philiprabbett · Uncategorized

This plugin will animate a regular anchor navigation with a smooth scrolling effect.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,380 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4619 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+83% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

44

now · peak 74

4430d downloads · Sep 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

WP LocalScroll · #20145 you Surbma · #4620 Scroll Back To Top · #2164 WP To Top · #5514

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Sep 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.

880per 1k installs · Sep 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

12.7y ago

latest release · v1.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 12.7y ago1.0 · 12.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈57

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

Install history · since 2015-12-04 · 1,384 observations

50Installs · Sep 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.

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
12.7y ago
Added
2014-01-07 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. jhnpldng
    11.7y ago

    Hasn’t been tested for wp 4.1 but it works for me. Instructions? We doe knee no stinking instructions. Install, activate, check settings. Good to go. I’m using it on the home page only. It’s a mostly one page site. Hopefully he’ll update it someday. At least run it thru to have it as “works for your version of wp”.

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  2. llgchristy
    12.0y ago

    Need detailed examples of steps 3 & 4! Maybe a screen shot or two?? 1-In the Visual Editor click on the HTML Editor– Got it. 2-Locate the end point of the jump in HTML view– Got it, I think- ‘End point’ meaning where I want the page to scroll to? 3-Add an id attribute to your end point. – Umm what?????? I need details! Exact code character by character to be typed with [your anchor point inserted here]and such…. Yeah I’m a newbie and know no html. 4-Using the built-in WordPress link dialog box, add your link in the usual way at the origin point– Again, yes I know how to make links using the box, but what exactly do I put in as the link. The above code character by character or just my anchor point word? 5-You should be good to go – With more detailed help I sure hope so 🙂 Also, about how to adjust the speed of the scrolling. In a comment below, something mentioned about a php file. Ugh.. what is that and how do I access it? I will change my rating if I can ever get this working 🙂 Thanks

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  3. luca paltrinieri
    12.2y ago

    It works as expected, nothing special to set up, just install and done.

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  4. realramble
    12.4y ago

    Worked immediately as promised. Great job! I would echo the request to allow changing the scroll speed from the WP dashboard, although the default speed is not bad.

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  5. usaudio
    12.5y ago

    In the HTML view, I went to my determined end point as instructed and used the ” #anchor_id ” as instructed. In the end anchor I used the Number 1 as my First anchor indicator (i.e.: ” #anchor1id ” REPLACING the ” _ ” underscore as the blank area to insert my indicator 1st Numbered 1 as shown). Than, (coming out of HTML view) from with within View, I utilized the WP Link dialog in its normal manner using the anchor I established as my inserted Link i.e.: ” #anchor1id “ That is how I interpreted your instructions and how I arrived at my current point of still needing to locate an operable method. SORRY but for those of us who are new at this WP Stuff explaining instructions in a manner that can only be understood by others who already know what you are talking about is of no vale to new users. I’m sure your Plug-in (most likely) works fine. But, like most things, it will only work if you know how to work it. Thanks any way. Bottom Line: More HELPFUL instruction would be MORE HELPFUL. Warmest regards

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  6. sondre
    12.5y ago

    Tried both manual Jquery and other plugins without any of them working as intended. This one did, right out of the box! Changed to my desired scrollspeed and voila! If any, an option for changing the scrollspeed without having to open the php file, would be nice.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-08 60+ → 50+ down after 125 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-03 70+ → 60+ down after 182 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-05 80+ → 70+ down after 49 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-17 90+ → 80+ down after 161 days in tier
  5. 2024-12-07 100+ → 90+ down

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