Reading progressbar
A reading position indicator that you can use where you want: top, bottom or custom position in differents templates or post types.
5(17 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Reading progressbar is a WordPress scroll plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 72K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 63% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Catch Infinite Scroll.
5/517 reviews
6.0K+active installs
0%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Get a reading position indicator as a progress bar and show it where you want: top, bottom or custom position in differents templates or post types.
Very lightweight, it uses <progress> HTML5 element and few lines of javascript.
Options:
- Progress bar’s height
- Foreground color
- Background color
- Position (top, bottom, custom)
- Class/ID of HTML element to fix the bar (if custom position selected)
- Page templates
- Post types (natives or custom)
Credits :
- Jean-Baptiste Audras, project manager at Whodunit and WordPress developer. @audrasjb on Twitter or Github.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Reliable, lightwave reading progress bar
by masvil·1 year ago
Well coded reading progress bar, the best I’ve tried. The only thing I don’t like is the custom position making the bar sticking on the bottom of an element instead of just below it.
Awesome plugin!
by DolphinGuy·2 years ago
Have run Reading Progressbar for over a year. Works <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>flawlessly</span> on any website I’ve installed it on. Thanks Jb!
Extension super pratique et très simple
by Éric Martin·4 years ago
Extension facile à configurer, légère, et qui fait parfaitement son boulot. Merci !
Simple et efficace
by Reuhno·4 years ago
Super, fait ce qu’il doit faire et il le fait bien.
Merci beaucoup pour ce plugin.
- This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Reuhno.
Does the job perfectly
by Jason Rouet·4 years ago
Easy to configure and quick to set up!
Download Trends
Today: 40Yesterday: 52This week: 263Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
94.3%
v1.2
5.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.1
- Security enhancements: escape values.
Contributors
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