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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Scrollbar

8 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Scrollbar

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for scrollbar comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 8 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 8 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Scrollbar Best overall 79/100
  2. 2. Advanced Scrollbar 75/100
  3. 3. Nicescrollr 73/100
  4. 4. Scroll Styler 55/100
  5. 5. Custom Scrollbar 51/100
  6. 6. Scroll Bar With Back To Top 47/100
  7. 7. Custom Content Scrollbar 46/100
  8. 8. Scrollbar Designer 46/100
1 Scrollbar
Best overall Free by Themepoints

Scrollbar

Customize your browser scrollbars with unlimited styling and color using scrollbar wp plugin.

4.8★
from 5 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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2 Advanced Scrollbar
Free by bPlugins

Advanced Scrollbar

Custom scrollbar for WordPress – style color, width, rail, and scroll speed, plus cursor shapes and click effects. Lightweight, no code required.

3★
from 7 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
75

WPScore

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3 Nicescrollr
Free by Demis Patti

Nicescrollr

A wrapper plugin for the Nicescroll library with full customization options for both frontend and backend.

4.9★
from 7 ratings
10+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
73

WPScore

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4 Scroll Styler
Free by jablonczay

Scroll Styler

Scroll Styler offers a solution to add custom scrollbar style on your WordPress website.

5★
from 1 ratings
900+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2024
Tested to
WP 6.5.10
55

WPScore

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6 Scroll Bar With Back To Top
Free by Md Shafiqul Islam

Scroll Bar With Back To Top

License GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Scroll Bar With Back To Top is a Easily Customization Plugin and Very U …

5★
from 2 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2016
Tested to
WP 4.2.39
47

WPScore

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