WordPress plugin comparison
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll vs Scrolling Overlays
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll
by kubiq
90K+ installs4.5
Scrolling Overlays
by jconsidine
Fewer than 10 installs
At a glance
- MouseWheel Smooth Scroll has more active installs: 90K+, against fewer than 10 for Scrolling Overlays.
- On a typical day, MouseWheel Smooth Scroll is downloaded about 208 times, Scrolling Overlays about 1.
- Scrolling Overlays has no reviews yet.
- MouseWheel Smooth Scroll was updated more recently: Mar 19, 2026, against Jan 23, 2019 for Scrolling Overlays.
- MouseWheel Smooth Scroll is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 5.0.31 for Scrolling Overlays.
- MouseWheel Smooth Scroll has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for Scrolling Overlays.
Line by line
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | MouseWheel Smooth Scroll | Scrolling Overlays |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #474 | #74,115 |
| Active installs | 90K+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 5.7K | 33 |
| Rating | 4.5(44) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.9.11 | 5.0.31 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.85 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 7 months ago | 7 years ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 5.6.0 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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