Preserve Editor Scroll Position
Recovers the old scroll position in your Editor after saving. Either HTML or visual editor.
4.6(9 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Preserve Editor Scroll Position is a WordPress ux plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 18% this week. Top alternative: Mouseflow for WordPress.
4.6/59 reviews
4.0K+active installs
29K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Every time you edit and save a post the page will be reloaded. That means all scroll positions will be resetted.
Not really UX friendly.
This plugin recovers the old scroll position in your Editor after saving. Either HTML or visual editor.
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Feedback
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More
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Wish it worked (but it doesn’t)
by matiaspage·8 years ago
This plugin sounds great, as a fix to the HUGE BUG that the wordpress editor has. The bug/decision in wordpress is extremely annoying and unbelievable.
The problem is that this plugin does not work. It does nothing.
Every time I click ‘update’ in the wordpress editor (editing a page, not a post) then it reloads the entire thing and the cursor is back to the top of the page. This forces the user to find the original cursor position constantly. This slows down the editing.
Inexplicably this is still the default behavior in wordpress.
- This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by matiaspage.
Can this be integrated as a default in WP?
by studiogrynn·11 years ago
This plugin solves an ongoing PIA. Would be wonderful if this was the default behavior with no plugin required.
Preserve Editor Scroll Position
by taxtorpedo·11 years ago
Excellent time saver. If you are editing any long list or
extensive post, saving the draft or updating the post does
not lose your place in the editing process.
It works!
by gtan·12 years ago
Thanks for solving small but painfully annoying problem.
works!
by Yllelder·12 years ago
works perfectly!
Download Trends
Today: 4Yesterday: 6This week: 23Period total: 850
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.2
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.2.0
- Changed hook for printing javascript code
- Cleanup
Contributors
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