Advanced Scrollbar – Give Your Site a Sleek Branded Scrolling Feel

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. Advanced Scrollbar | Pricing | Support | Live Demo 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? 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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