Best custom scrollbar plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom scrollbar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Scrollbar leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Custom Content Scrollbar (100+) and WS Custom Scrollbar (80+). All 16 plugins tagged “custom scrollbar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom scrollbar plugins
- 1.
ScrollbarThe most installed custom scrollbar plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Custom Content Scrollbar100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 3.
WS Custom Scrollbar80+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.VR jScrollPane Shortcode
70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
Ultimate Custom ScrollBar40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 6.WP Color Scrollbar
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 7.
Wp Custom scrollbar10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.
AZ Advanced Custom Scrollbar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 9.Scrollbar Supper
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 10.Winsome Nice Scrollbar
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 16 plugins tagged “custom scrollbar”

Scrollbar
Down in the last 7 days:55#10,193by Themepoints27 days ago
Customize your browser scrollbars with unlimited styling and color using scrollbar wp plugin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Custom Content Scrollbar
Down in the last 7 days:134#16,205by SoftHopper1 day ago
Style the page scrollbar and add scrollable content areas with a block or shortcode. 26 themes, custom colors, and a no-JavaScript native mode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WS Custom Scrollbar
Down in the last 7 days:111#17,881by Webshouter2 years ago
WS Custom Scrollbar plugin will enable change scrollbar styles where you can change scrollbar color, border radius, scroll speed, width.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
VR jScrollPane Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:32#18,841by vijayrajesh13 years ago
A simple short code for inserting jScrollPane content in any WordPress post or page.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ultimate Custom ScrollBar
Down in the last 7 days:22#22,848by ThemesWP7 years ago
Using Ultimate Custom ScrollBar for customize scrollbars, you get a very elegant and unique site. Consistent scroll behavior for every device.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Color Scrollbar
#29,818by babyskill12 years ago
WP Color Scrollbar is a jQuery custom scrollbar for your wordpress website. This plugin will enable awesome custom scrollbar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wp Custom scrollbar
#30,199by AsianCoders11 years ago
Wp Custom scrollbar is nicescroll wordpress plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AZ Advanced Custom Scrollbar
#32,361by LeanPlugins6 years ago
Simple, lightweight and customizable modern custom scrollbar, which allows you to replace the existing scrollbar of your website by an awesome custom …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scrollbar Supper
Up in the last 7 days:8,990#37,504by WorldMarkerter11 years ago
Scrollbar Supper is awesome, supper flexible wordpress plugin. By installing the plugin you will get eye catching scrollbar in your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Winsome Nice Scrollbar
Up in the last 7 days:935#41,659by masumabdullah11 years ago
This plugin will add a nice custom scrollbar. You can controll scrollbar settings from admin nice scrollbar admin panel.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MyScrollBar
Down in the last 7 days:48#43,747by aliahsan84037 years ago
Add a custom scrollbar to your wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Scrollbar
#48,436by Smarter Themes9 years ago
Customize your browser scrollbars with unlimited styling and color using scrollbar wp plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome wordpress custom scrollbar
#53,396by ariful2339 years ago
This plugin will be enable in your any wordpress themes And see your awesome scrollbar on website
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DL Ultimate Custom ScrollBar
#59,761by DynamicLayers5 years ago
Using DL Ultimate Custom ScrollBar for customize scrollbar, you get a very elegant and unique site. Consistent scroll behavior for every device.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Essentials
Up in the last 7 days:937#62,564by BeautifulPlugins5 days ago
A lightweight toolkit of small, toggleable site features: scroll to top button, reading progress bar, reading time and a custom scroll bar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day