Best nicescroll plugins for WordPress
The most popular nicescroll plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WS Custom Scrollbar leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of Nicescrollr (20+) and As Nice Scroll (20+). All 5 plugins tagged “nicescroll” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 nicescroll plugins
- 1.
WS Custom ScrollbarThe most installed nicescroll plugin, with 80+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Nicescrollr20+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
As Nice Scroll20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
Wp Custom scrollbar10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 5.R Nicescroll
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 5 plugins tagged “nicescroll”

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

Nicescrollr
Up in the last 7 days:6,977#27,272by Demis Patti18 days ago
A wrapper plugin for the Nicescroll library with full customization options for both frontend and backend.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

As Nice Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:559#28,093by anuislam10 years ago
As nice scroll is a jquery plugin for WordPress site. This plugin will create a nice scrollbar for your site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 1/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
R Nicescroll
#39,901by rasel233912 years ago
R Nicescroll plugin is Simple wordpress plugin for Custom Scrollbar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day