Scroll to top button
by wpdevart · Uncategorized
Also makes 13 other plugins · 43.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Scroll to top button plugin is an simple and nice plugin with the standard settings.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈69 estimated
Momentum
+62%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “back to top” for “nice scroll”. “back to top” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nice scroll” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
61 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 4.1K 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 508 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, 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: Last updated 508 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nice scroll | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| as nice scroll | #13 | #23 | 0 |
| back to top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll 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 | ||
| scroll up your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 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
- Swap “back to top” for “nice scroll”. “back to top” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nice scroll” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 157 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 10 Jun 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 31% 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 9 Dec 2019
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
2 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 740 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "scroll top", "scroll up" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 70+ → 60+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2026-09-08 100+ → 70+ down after 1069 days in tier
- 2023-10-05 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2023-09-24 80+ → 90+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2023-09-04 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-08-29 60+ → 70+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2023-07-27 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-25 60+ → 70+ up after 9 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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WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A -
Smooth Scroll Up 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags D -
scrollToTop 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D -
Flexible Scroll Top 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags C -
MM Back To Top — Scroll Up Button 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags A -
SMNTCS To The Top Block — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Scroll to top button into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-scroll-2" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Scroll to top button — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Scroll to top button: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-scroll-2
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