LateralPress is a plugin used to generate a timeline of events defined by the user.
As of April 2026, LateralPress is a WordPress scroll plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Scroll Back To Top.
The plugin creates a custom post type called “lateralpress” and then a shortcode to display those posts in an on-screen scrolling timeline. The plugin is a conversion of
the script Lateral On-SCroll Sliding with Jquery written byMary Lou, Manoela Ilic.
LateralPress creates a custom post type for displaying on the timeline. The only requirements are that the post contains a title and a featured image.
If no featured image is set, the timeline will display only a blank image.
| WordPress | 2.0.2+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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