Best smooth plugins for WordPress
The most popular smooth plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smooth scrolling with Lenis leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Smooth Scrolling (900+) and Smoothscroller (400+). All 13 plugins tagged “smooth” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 smooth plugins
- 1.
Smooth scrolling with LenisThe most installed smooth plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Smooth Scrolling900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Smoothscroller400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Smooth Accordion100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.ZD Pre Loader
100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Smoothscroll70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.
Mythic Smooth Scroll20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 8.
Gredich Smooth Scroll10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Ciusan Nice Scroll10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 10.Smooth Scroller
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 13 plugins tagged “smooth”

Smooth scrolling with Lenis
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,475by Michael2 months ago
Adds the Lenis library (by darkroom.engineering) to your WordPress page. Simply enable the plugin and it will add the library to your page.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 52/day

Smooth Scrolling
Down in the last 7 days:13#7,098by Saeed Piri4 months ago
Add sleek smooth scrolling to your site for seamless content navigation, enhancing user interaction.🖱️
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smoothscroller
#9,178by neilgee1 month ago
This plugin adds a smooth scroll effect to anchor links on the same page. Options to add the effect globally or on certain posts/pages.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smooth Accordion
Down in the last 7 days:236#14,478by Zakir9 years ago
License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Simple and easy collapse accordion plugin for post and page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZD Pre Loader
Down in the last 7 days:62#14,632by Zakir10 years ago
Simple and nice pre-loading effect for your wordpress site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smoothscroll
Down in the last 7 days:98#18,151by Mitch10 years ago
Adds smoothscrolling to your website for better user experience.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mythic Smooth Scroll
Down in the last 7 days:426#28,655by corybolles5 years ago
Smooth scrolling plugin with optional offset for fixed/sticky headers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gredich Smooth Scroll
#29,178by Gredich3 months ago
Adds Lenis library for smooth scrolling with GSAP integration, element exclusions, and auto nested scroll detection.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ciusan Nice Scroll
Up in the last 7 days:12,476#35,343by Dannie Herdyawan11 years ago
Nice scrollbars with a very similar ios/mobile style.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smooth Scroller
Up in the last 7 days:9,143#35,837by Satoshi Yoshida11 years ago
Add smooth scroller in your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WUI LightBox
Up in the last 7 days:11,581#36,106by iyass.si10 years ago
Simple include plugin for ui-kit lightbox . you can activate it for all images in your website automatically and it gives you little control of using …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Better Calendar
#36,741by Pritpal Singh9 years ago
A Better Calendar for sidebar widgets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

CakePress Scroll to top
Up in the last 7 days:1,297#43,652by jqrambo8 years ago
The most comprehensive scroll-to-top plugin in the universe. Filled with useful features, every aspect can tweaked or customized from within the Custo …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day