About this plugin
Replace the default browser scrollbar with a branded, beautifully styled one – and add eye-catching cursor and click effects – without writing a single line of code.
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Why Advanced Scrollbar?
The default scrollbar is the one part of your site you never designed. Advanced Scrollbar is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you customize scrollbar color, width, background, speed, and alignment so scrolling matches the rest of your brand – no coding required.
It works with all major browsers and WordPress themes, so whether you prefer subtle styling tweaks or vibrant animated effects, you can polish navigation site-wide in minutes. It is especially useful for content-heavy pages with long scroll areas.
Free Features
- Scrollbar Appearance: Customize thumb color, rail background, width, border, and rounded corners.
- Visibility Controls: Show or hide the scrollbar when not in use.
- Scroll Behavior: Adjust scroll speed, smoothness, and mouse scroll step.
- Alignment Options: Place the scrollbar on the left or right side of the page.
- Cursor Shapes: Follow, Dot, Blob, and Elastic cursor styles.
- Click Effects: Spark, Spark Simple, and Starburst animations on click.
- Flexible Application Modes: Apply styles site-wide from the dashboard, or per page/post directly in the WordPress editor – great for campaigns or featured content.
- Touch-Friendly: Enable optimized scrolling for touch devices.
- Lightweight & Universal: Ad-free, powered by jQuery, works across browsers and themes.
Pro Version
The Advanced Scrollbar Pro version adds advanced design options, premium effects, and enhanced controls to give your scrollbar a unique look and feel.
Pro features include:
- Dynamic full-height scrollbars – ideal for long pages.
- Gradient & floating designs – apply modern gradient colors or floating scrollbars.
- Premium cursor shapes – Glitch Matrix, Neon, Gradient, Magnetic, Ribbon, Spotlight, and more.
- Premium click effects – Ripples, Pulses, Waves, Explosions, and other animations.
- Custom floating scrollbar colors – set background and text colors for floating scrollbars.
Upgrade to Pro and unlock all premium features today!
How to Use Advanced Scrollbar – Quick Start
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Go to Settings → Advanced Scrollbar.
- Customize scrollbar and cursor styles in the settings panel.
- Save changes and enjoy your new scrolling experience.
Live Demo | Try the Pro Version
Use Cases
- Content-heavy pages: Improve the scrolling experience on long-form articles and documentation.
- Brand consistency: Match the scrollbar to your site’s color palette and design language.
- Campaign pages: Apply unique cursor and click effects to specific pages or posts for featured content.
- Modern portfolios: Add subtle motion and polish that makes a design-focused site feel finished.
Like the plugin? Missing a feature? Send your feedback – we ship improvements regularly.
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Source Code
You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository:
Advanced Scrollbar on GitHub
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
jQuery nicescroll v3.7.6
- File: assets/js/jquery.nicescroll.min.js
- Source: https://github.com/inuyaksa/jquery.nicescroll
- GitHub: https://github.com/inuyaksa/jquery.nicescroll
- License: MIT – https://github.com/inuyaksa/jquery.nicescroll/blob/master/MIT.LICENSE
- Purpose: Enhances scrollable areas with smooth scrolling, momentum effects, and customizable stylish scrollbars for a more modern and user-friendly interface experience.
Font Awesome Free v6.4.2
- File: src/settings/assets/css/font-awesome.min.css
- Source: https://fontawesome.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
- License: Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT – https://fontawesome.com/license/free
- Purpose: Provides scalable vector icons used in the plugin’s admin settings interface for improved UI clarity and visual consistency.
Freemius SDK
- Source: https://freemius.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk
- License: GPLv3 – https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
- Purpose: Provides opt-in usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin.
This plugin connects to the following external services from the admin dashboard:
bPlugins API
- Service URL: https://api.bplugins.com
- Purpose: The plugin’s admin dashboard fetches product comparison data and pricing information to display relevant upgrade options and feature details.
- Data Sent: Only the plugin slug is transmitted; no personal or site data is collected.
- Terms of Service: https://bplugins.com/terms-of-service/
- Privacy Policy: https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy/
WordPress.org Plugins API
- Service URL: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/
- Purpose: The admin dashboard queries the official WordPress.org Plugins API to retrieve and display a curated list of other plugins by the same author (“Our Plugins” section).
- Data Sent: Plugin slugs and author name; no personal or site data is collected.
- Terms of Service: https://wordpress.org/about/tos/
- Privacy Policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/
bpl-tools
- Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
- External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made