WordPress plugin comparison

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll vs Preserve Editor Scroll Position

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll

by kubiq

90K+ installs4.5

Preserve Editor Scroll Position

by Dominik Schilling

4K+ installs4.6

At a glance

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll has more active installs: 90K+, against 4K+ for Preserve Editor Scroll Position.
On a typical day, MouseWheel Smooth Scroll is downloaded about 208 times, Preserve Editor Scroll Position about 12.
Preserve Editor Scroll Position is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 9 reviews, against 4.5 from 44 reviews.
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll was updated more recently: Mar 19, 2026, against Nov 28, 2017 for Preserve Editor Scroll Position.
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 3.9.40 for Preserve Editor Scroll Position.
Preserve Editor Scroll Position has been around longer: since 2011, against 2015 for MouseWheel Smooth Scroll.

MouseWheel Smooth Scroll leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	MouseWheel Smooth Scroll	Preserve Editor Scroll Position
Popular rank	#474	#3,590
Active installs	90K+	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	5.7K	240
Rating	4.5(44)	4.6(9)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	3.9.40
Search multiplier	×0.85	×0.00
Last release	7 months ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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