Plugin info

Total downloads: 7,547
Active installs: 500
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.9
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 6/28/2025 (186 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 9/21/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 186 days ago • 7 reviews

40/100

Is Smoothscroller abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 186 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

Languages

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Description

This plugin adds a smooth scroll effect motion to anchor links on the same page.
You can apply the effect to all posts/pages or certain posts/pages and adjust scroll speed.

The links are bound by the id attribute.

For the source/origin element, link to the target like so, with a href attribute of the target id

For the target element, you give it a corresponding id attribute like so –

the target

Usage

The settings are found via the dashboard Settings > Smoothscroller

  • Select to apply to all post and pages

  • Select to have on home page only

  • Select to have on certain pages only

  • Select to have on certain posts only

  • Choose the speed of the scroll

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin:

  1. Upload the smoothscroller folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Options are in Settings => Smoothscroller

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I make a link on the same page

The links are bound by the id attribute.

For the source/origin element, link to the target like so, with a href attribute of the target id <a href="#example"></a>

For the target element, you give it a corresponding id attribute like so – <h2 id="example">the target</h2>

Review feed

nathaningram
9/3/2016

Featured on iThemes Training Plugin Roundup Nov 2, 2015

Nice work on this plugin. Very handy and simple to implement.

Screenshots

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Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
    21/08/15