WordPress plugin comparison
Essentials vs Smooth Scroll Up
Essentials
by BeautifulPlugins
Fewer than 10 installs
Smooth Scroll Up
by Konstantinos Kouratoras
6K+ installs4.8
At a glance
- Smooth Scroll Up has more active installs: 6K+, against fewer than 10 for Essentials.
- On a typical day, Smooth Scroll Up is downloaded about 15 times, Essentials about 4.
- Essentials has no reviews yet.
- Essentials was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Jan 18, 2019 for Smooth Scroll Up.
- Essentials is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for Smooth Scroll Up.
- Smooth Scroll Up has been around longer: since 2013, against 2025 for Essentials.
Line by line
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| Metric | Essentials | Smooth Scroll Up |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #62,564 | #2,800 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 6K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 222 | 397 |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.8(59) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 5.0.31 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.05 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 5 days ago | 7 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
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