Best vertical scroll plugins for WordPress
The most popular vertical scroll plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Text Scroll Widget leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Scroll Text Widget (100+). All 3 plugins tagged “vertical scroll” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 vertical scroll plugins
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Text Scroll WidgetThe most installed vertical scroll plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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Scroll Text Widget100+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 3 plugins tagged “vertical scroll”
Text Scroll Widget
Up in the last 7 days:8#9,532by jiteshgondaliya4 years ago
Text Scroll Widget is a plugin to automatically scroll up the content inserted in the description area of the widget.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scroll Text Widget
Up in the last 7 days:42#13,281by Brijesh Mishra11 years ago
Scroll Text Widget is a plugin to automically scroll up the content inserted in the description area of the widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day