Smooth scrolling with Lenis

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With roughly 3,000 active installs, it is a niche tool that has found a small but loyal audience, far below mainstream scroll plugins like MouseWheel Smooth Scroll at 100,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect maintenance score reflects the recent update on 2026-03-17, which means the developer is actively keeping it compatible with the latest WordPress 6.9.4 release.

User Rating

14/15

The 96 out of 100 rating from 5 reviewers is strong, though the small sample size means it is more of a sentiment indicator than a statistically reliable score.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at 50 because there are zero threads opened and zero resolved, suggesting either flawless code or, more likely, that users self-support or have not needed help yet.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility given the low PHP 7.2 floor, broad WordPress 5.2 minimum, and recent testing against the current 6.9.4 release.

Scores higher than 64% of indexed plugins

About

Adds the Lenis library (by darkroom.engineering) to your WordPress page. Simply enable the plugin and it will add the library to your page.

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2026-08-26 10:04pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.2+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.2+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Smooth scrolling with Lenis drops the Lenis JavaScript library (by darkroom.engineering) onto your WordPress site, replacing the browser's default jumpy scroll with a buttery, inertia-driven animation. There are no settings panels or configuration options; you activate it and every scrollable area on the front end gets the Lenis treatment automatically. It is a single-purpose, plug-and-play wrapper around an established open-source library.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for designers, studios, and brand owners who want the high-end, animated scroll feel that agencies charge thousands to custom-code. Portfolio sites, SaaS landing pages, fashion retailers, and storytelling blogs are the most natural fits because the visual impact of smooth scrolling is most appreciated on content-heavy or image-rich pages. It works best for users who are happy with zero configuration and trust the underlying Lenis library to do the job.

Who Should Skip It

If you run a content-driven site like a news outlet, documentation portal, or any page where users need to quickly scan long articles, skip this: the artificial inertia slows down practical reading and navigation. Accessibility-conscious site owners should also avoid it, as momentum scrolling can disorient keyboard and screen reader users, and the plugin offers no option to disable it for those groups.

The Bottom Line

Smooth scrolling with Lenis delivers exactly one thing, and it delivers it well: the premium inertia-scroll effect used by high-end agency sites, with zero setup. Its overall quality score of 77.47 is held back by modest adoption and a thin support track record, not by code quality. If you want the Lenis effect and nothing more, this is the fastest way to get it on WordPress.

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