Title: CSS Only Back to Top
Author: James Osborne
Published: <strong>April 8, 2020</strong>
Last modified: November 22, 2020

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# CSS Only Back to Top

 By [James Osborne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesosborne/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/css-only-back-to-top-button.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/css-only-back-to-top-button/)

## Description

This plugin places a simple JavaScript free back to top button on the footer of 
your site. It’s a CSS only solution, no bloatware here, so fully compatible with
[AMP](https://amp-wp.org).

If you’re using the official AMP plugin there are options to display the button 
on AMP URLs only.

**Features: **

 * Easy to setup, activate and it’s live!
 * Super Lightweight
 * Unlimited color Selection
 * AMP Compatible
 * JavaScript free
 * No annoying popups, notices or suggestions

## Screenshots

[⌊Example button⌉⌊Example button⌉[

Example button

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## Installation

**Using The WordPress Dashboard**

 1. Install as a typical WordPress plugin (from the WordPress repository or via a file
    upload)
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. After activate plugin you will see “CSS Only Scroll to Top” menu at left side on
    WordPress dashboard.
 4. Once activated you can access the settings tab under “Settings > CSS Only Scroll
    to Top”

## FAQ

### Does this plugin come with settings?

There are colour settings along with AMP display settings. For future releases there
will be opactity options, along with positioning settings.

### What advantages does this plugin have over other back to top buttons?

It’s JavaScript free, with minimal CSS styling. It therefore has little impact on
page site performance. It’s also fully AMP compatible.

### I’m using AMP in Reader mode, will this back to top button work?

Yes, it works in all modes of the [official AMP plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/Update to readme?output_format=md).

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“CSS Only Back to Top” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ James Osborne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesosborne/)

[Translate “CSS Only Back to Top” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/css-only-back-to-top-button/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/css-only-back-to-top-button/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/css-only-back-to-top-button/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/css-only-back-to-top-button/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.5.18**
 * Tags
 * [back to top](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/back-to-top/)[scroll button](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scroll-button/)
   [scroll to top](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scroll-to-top/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/css-only-back-to-top-button/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ James Osborne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesosborne/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/css-only-back-to-top-button/)