Smooth scrolling replaces the step-by-step jump of a mouse wheel with a soft, eased glide, which makes long landing pages feel more polished.
The free Smooth Scroll block in Nexter Blocks adds this to any page with a single block.
Before You Start
- Edition: Free — works in Nexter Blocks (free) and with Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Smooth Scroll, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- Where to add it: once on each page that should scroll smoothly. To use it across the site, add it to a template that loads on every page, such as your header.
Learn via Video Tutorial
Steps
- Go to Nexter > Blocks, search for Smooth Scroll and turn it on.
- Add the Smooth Scroll block anywhere on the page. It shows nothing on the page itself.
- In Scrolling Core, keep Simple selected and set Duration, Wheel Multiplier and Touch Multiplier.
- Click Advanced in the same panel to pick an Easing or turn on Infinite.
- Save and scroll the live page. The editor does not show the effect.
Settings
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | How long each scroll glide lasts. The value is divided by 5000, so 2500 is about 0.5 seconds and 5000 about 1 second | 2500 |
| Normalize Wheel | Meant to even out wheel speed between mice (see Limitations) | On |
| Wheel Multiplier | Distance per mouse-wheel step. 1000 is the normal distance, 500 is half, 2000 is double | 500 |
| Touch Multiplier | Distance per swipe on touch screens | 2 |
| Easing (Advanced) | Linear, Ease Out Cubic, Ease In Out, Ease Out Quart or Custom | Ease Out Cubic |
| Custom (Advanced) | Your own easing formula, using t | — |
| Infinite (Advanced) | Scrolling past the bottom starts again from the top | Off |
| Smooth Navigation (Connections) | Smooth, eased scrolling for links in the Scroll Navigation block | Off |
The block’s Advanced tab only has the shared Position and Custom options.
How It Behaves
- The block loads the Lenis smooth-scroll library for the whole page it is on.
- With the defaults, one wheel step moves half the usual distance and glides to a stop in about half a second.
- Keyboard scrolling is smoothed too. Ordinary links to sections on the page still jump; use Smooth Navigation with the Scroll Navigation block for smooth section links.
- It works the same in the free plugin and with Nexter Blocks Pro.
Limitations
- Normalize Wheel currently has no effect. Scrolling is the same with it on or off.
- Smooth Navigation needs the Scroll Navigation block, which is part of Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Only one Smooth Scroll block per page is used.
Troubleshooting
Scrolling feels too slow or too short
Raise Wheel Multiplier to 1000 for normal distance, or lower Duration for a shorter glide.
Nothing changes in the editor
That is expected. The effect runs on the published page.
