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Scroll UP

Scroll To Up plugin makes the scrolling of a page easier. It appends an icon at bottom of the page which attracts user attention. When the user click on this button it smoothly scrolls to the top of Webpage. Scroll To…

Active installs90+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d80▲ +53.8% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/55 reviews
Health score45/100Fair
All-time downloads10.9KSince Nov 2015
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP —PHP any
Downloads · 7d19▲ +18.8% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

Scroll UP works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 90+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (90+ active installs)
  • No update in 9 years

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

4812Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday3
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day17Sep 10, 2026
Last 12 months556

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Scroll UP stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
back to top >100 3,728 Best back to top plugins →
back to up >100 7,836 Best back to up plugins →
bottom to top >100 2,753 Best bottom to top plugins →
easy scroll top >100 886 Best easy scroll top plugins →
easy scroll up >100 1,111 Best easy scroll up plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.051.6%
  • 2.048.5%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Scroll UP

From the official readme · v2.0

Description

Scroll To Up plugin makes the scrolling of a page easier. It appends an icon at bottom of the page which attracts user attention. When the user click on this button it smoothly scrolls to the top of Webpage. Scroll To Up offers custom settings which no other plugin have.
While you activate the plugin you will redirect to the plugin setting page. You can go to the Scroll To Up setting page from wordpress settings menu.

Features

  • Pre-Designed Icons.
  • Fluid/responsive icon.
  • Compatible with all WordPress themes.
  • It is user friendly and very easy to install.
  • Zero coding skills required to set up this plugin.
  • Customizable options via the admin panel
  • You can change background color.
  • You can add custom text.
  • You can change text color.
  • You can set required height/width.
  • You can set the position of icon.
  • It is user friendly and very easy to install.
  • Zero coding skills required to set up this plugin.
  • You can set your custom icon by editing the custom icon from settings menu.

Tested on

  • Mac Firefox 🙂
  • Mac Safari 🙂
  • Mac Chrome 🙂
  • PC Safari 🙂
  • PC Chrome 🙂
  • PC Firefox 🙂
  • iPhone Safari 🙂
  • iPad Safari 🙂
  • PC ie7 :S

Installation

For automatic installation:

  • The simplest way to install is to click on ‘Plugins’ then ‘Add New’ and type ‘Scroll Up’ in the search field.
  • Click ‘Install Now’ and have Fun!

For manual installation:

  • Login to your website and go to the Plugins section of your admin panel.
  • Click the Add New button.
  • Under Install Plugins, click the Upload link.
  • Select the plugin zip file (scroll-to-up.zip) from your computer then click the Install Now button.
  • You should see a message stating that the plugin was installed successfully.
  • Click the Activate Plugin link.

Installation from server:

  • You should have access to the server where WordPress is installed. If you don’t, see your system administrator.
  • Copy the plugin zip file (scroll-to-up.zip) up to your server and unzip it somewhere on the file system.
  • Copy the “scroll-to-up” folder into the /wp-content/plugins directory of your WordPress installation.
  • Login to your website and go to the Plugins section of your admin panel.
  • Look for “Scroll To Up” and click Activate.

Screenshots

Scroll To Up General Settings
Scroll To Up General Settings
Settings for Simple Text method
Settings for Simple Text method
Settings for FontAwesome icon method
Settings for FontAwesome icon method
Settings for predefine image arrow method
Settings for predefine image arrow method
Settings for own uploaded image arrow method
Settings for own uploaded image arrow method

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FAQ

Scroll UP: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is Scroll UP free?

Yes. Scroll UP is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Scroll UP safe to use in 2026?

Scroll UP works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 90+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 45/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Scroll UP?

Scroll UP is active on 90+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 10,896 times since it launched in November 2015. It was downloaded 80 times in the last 30 days.

When was Scroll UP last updated?

The latest version, 2.0, was released on June 10, 2017 (9 years ago).

Who makes Scroll UP?

Scroll UP is developed and maintained by King Rayhan.

What are the best alternatives to Scroll UP?

The most popular alternatives to Scroll UP are WPFront Scroll Top (200K+ installs), To Top (60K+ installs) and Smooth Back To Top Button (40K+ installs).

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