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Text Scroll Widget

by jiteshgondaliya · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.4 Tested up to WP 5.9.16

Text Scroll Widget has 400+ active installs on WordPress.org and 14,380 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 16, 2022, tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.

Text Scroll Widget at a glance

Active installs
400+
Total downloads
14,380
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Text Scroll Widget well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.9.16, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

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

  • Show scrolling text on any page using sidebar
  • Can be used as advertising, notice, important updates
  • Compatibility with many other plugins
  • Option to scroll text up or down
  • Option to increase or decrease speed of the scroll

Text Scroll Widget reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

3 reviews

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  • Nice and Simple

    The plugin does what it says it will do...simply inserts a widget so that you can add scrolling text. You can separate each item you add onto a different line by inserting a <br/>. Looking forward to future revisions.

    tewigo

  • Got it Work. Scrolls Great!

    Got it to work! Excllent Is there a way to break up the lines or do I need a WYSIWYG widget plugin?

    zoomlanski

  • Great Plugin

    Great Plugin for Text Scrolling for news

    jiteshgondaliya

Details

Text Scroll Widget is a plugin to automatically scroll up the content inserted in the description area of the widget.

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

Tags

  • horizontal scroll
  • horizontal text scroll
  • scrolling text
  • text vertical scroll
  • vertical scroll
Version
2.4
Last updated
Mar 16, 2022
First published
Mar 11, 2017
Requires WordPress
3.0.1
Tested up to
5.9.16
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Text Scroll Widget FAQ

What does Text Scroll Widget do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Text Scroll Widget offers Show scrolling text on any page using sidebar, Can be used as advertising, notice, important updates, Compatibility with many other plugins, Option to scroll text up or down and Option to increase or decrease speed of the scroll.

How many active installs does Text Scroll Widget have?

WordPress.org reports 400+ active installs for Text Scroll Widget as of September 7, 2026.

Is Text Scroll Widget still maintained?

The last release was on March 16, 2022, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Text Scroll Widget free?

Text Scroll Widget is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.