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Advanced Scrollbar

Advanced Scrollbar – Give Your Site a Sleek Branded Scrolling Feel

by bPlugins · WordPress.org page

v1.1.12 Tested up to WP 6.9.7 PHP 7.1+

Advanced Scrollbar has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 39,276 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 3, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Advanced Scrollbar at a glance

Active installs
600+
Total downloads
39,276
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Scrollbar well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.7, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Scrollbar Appearance: Customize thumb color, rail background, width, border, and rounded corners
  • Visibility Controls: Show or hide the scrollbar when not in use
  • Scroll Behavior: Adjust scroll speed, smoothness, and mouse scroll step
  • Alignment Options: Place the scrollbar on the left or right side of the page
  • Cursor Shapes: Follow, Dot, Blob, and Elastic cursor styles
  • Click Effects: Spark, Spark Simple, and Starburst animations on click
  • Flexible Application Modes: Apply styles site-wide from the dashboard, or per page/post directly in the WordPress editor – great for campaigns or featured…
  • Touch-Friendly: Enable optimized scrolling for touch devices
  • Lightweight & Universal: Ad-free, powered by jQuery, works across browsers and themes

Advanced Scrollbar reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.0 out of 5

7 reviews

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  • Does not support Elementor version 3.25.4

    The plugin does not support the latest version of Elementor 3.25.4. Almost all browsers have started experiencing issues with page scrolling. It's as if the page won't scroll, or scrolling happens with significant delays and jerks. Using your plugin has become nearly impossible. We had to roll back Elementor to an older version.

    keskes

  • Completely Junk

    Not sure why WordPress approved this plugin.

    Hashim

  • Junk

    Junk, Glitchy, Blinky, Shuddery-Studdery and the scrollbars were under my content. (z-index: -1) LMAO! WTF? You can make your own custom scroll bars with CSS, just Google it.

    Duke Snoogens

  • Nice Job!

    The Cursor is what is needed for a Pretty Website Layout! Only check it better on Firefox, because it has shown a randomly Blinky behavior after page loading... ThankU!

    magcig

  • Needs work

    Loaded & activated plugin. Change scroll bar as promised. The scroll bar went auto hide even with this feature off. Began flicking when it did appear. Appeared behind the menu at top of page. Did not like that I could not change the height of the scroll button button. Icon for plugin misleading in my view. Can not change shape of button or texture of bar or add dash's or arrows at the top. Presume there is a pro version with these features maybe? Doesn't cut the mustard in my view. However it is free. I do not recommend just on my experience alone.

    papgturner

  • Simple, does the job!

    Great plugin!

    anneyu

Details

Custom scrollbar for WordPress – style color, width, rail, and scroll speed, plus cursor shapes and click effects. Lightweight, no code required.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • Color Scrollbar
  • cursor effect
  • custom scroll
  • nice scrollbar
  • scrollbar

More from bPlugins

Version
1.1.12
Last updated
Sep 3, 2026
First published
Oct 23, 2016
Requires WordPress
6.5
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.1
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Scrollbar FAQ

What does Advanced Scrollbar do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Scrollbar offers Scrollbar Appearance: Customize thumb color, rail background, width, border, and rounded corners, Visibility Controls: Show or hide the scrollbar when not in use, Scroll Behavior: Adjust scroll speed, smoothness, and mouse scroll step, Alignment Options: Place the scrollbar on the left or right side of the page and Cursor Shapes: Follow, Dot, Blob, and Elastic cursor styles.

How many active installs does Advanced Scrollbar have?

WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Advanced Scrollbar as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Scrollbar still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 3, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.

Is Advanced Scrollbar free?

Advanced Scrollbar is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.