5 Best MouseWheel Smooth Scroll Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll has 90,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 5 closest alternatives to MouseWheel Smooth Scroll
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Page scroll to id
Closest match4.9 (225) 100,000+ active installsCreate links that scroll the page smoothly to any id within the document.
Shares the smooth scroll tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 9, 2026.
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4.5 (47) 10,000+ active installsActivate the plugin for smooth scrolling and smooth "back to top" feature.
Shares the smooth scroll tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated January 21, 2026.
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4.9 (142) 200,000+ active installsAdds a lightweight and smooth "Scroll to Top" button to your WordPress site, improving navigation and user experience with customizable options.
Shares the smooth scroll tag on WordPress.org. About 2.2 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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Webyx for Gutenberg – Fullpage Fullscreen Scrolling Websites
4.8 (53) 600+ active installsWebyx for Gutenberg it's a simple way to create amazing fullpage full screen scrollable websites in WordPress with Gutenberg editor.
Shares the scrolling tag on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 90,000+, last updated May 15, 2026.
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5.0 (21) 2,000+ active installsSmooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons adds buttons that enables your site visitors to easily scroll up or down one screen/page at a time.
Shares the smooth scroll tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from MouseWheel Smooth Scroll: common questions
What is the best alternative to MouseWheel Smooth Scroll?
Page scroll to id is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which MouseWheel Smooth Scroll alternative has the most users?
WPFront Scroll Top, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which MouseWheel Smooth Scroll alternative is rated highest?
Page scroll to id, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 225 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these MouseWheel Smooth Scroll alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with MouseWheel Smooth Scroll score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against MouseWheel Smooth Scroll on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Page scroll to id is the closest match to MouseWheel Smooth Scroll by the data we track, and WPFront Scroll Top has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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