WP Popular Posts vs Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons
2.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons has a higher user rating (5/5 from 21 reviews) while WP Popular Posts leads in active installations (100K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. WP Popular Posts has accumulated 8.6M+ total downloads while Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons has 50K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | WP Popular Posts | Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.5/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 248 | ◄ | 21 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 8.6M+ | ◄ | 50K+ |
| Support Resolution | 88% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 month ago | ◄ | 2 months ago |
| First Released | 2008 | 2014 | |
| Age | 18 years | 12 years | |
| WP Requires | 6.2+ | 3.8+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 7.3.8 | 1.4.2 |
Rating Breakdown
WP Popular Posts
Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, WP Popular Posts averaged approximately 685 daily downloads while Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons averaged 7.
Recent Reviews
WP Popular Posts Reviews
Complete Design Flaw
WordPress Popular Posts is fundamentally broken for cached sites. It defeats the entire purpose of Nginx/WP Rocket caching. There you spend all your energy optimizing to reduce every imaginable PHP FP
Great plugin – great support
I’ve only been using the plugin for a few days. At first I had a problem, thanks to the good and fast support I was able to solve the problem quickly, it was not due to the plugin, but to my theme. Si
No css customization option
Out of sheer frustration I would like to give only one star because the css style cannot be changed in the normal way. I have tried for hours. It is only possible with great effort, e.g. via changes i
Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons Reviews
Works great
Finally appeared, an excellent, high-quality, easy-to-install plugin. Please do not abandon the plugin update. You are the best in this category of plugins. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 m
super awesome plugin ever existed
there is no such plugin as great as yours , thank you very much. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by sachsongngu. Reason: typo
Proposal
Possibility to change the color plz
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