WP Pace
Create an automatic page load progress bar. Based on Pace - Automatic page load progress bar. Javascript by Zack Bloom CSS by Adam Schwartz.
5(8 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Pace is a WordPress pace plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Brozzme Material Loading.
5/58 reviews
90active installs
6.6K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Create an automatic page load progress bar. Based on Pace – Automatic page load progress bar. Javascript by Zack Bloom CSS by Adam Schwartz. Themes inspired by Mary Lou
See a working demo here: pace.jamesdbruner.com
Cool Features:
- Customize the color of the progress bar with an easy to use color picker
- Choose which progress bar ‘theme’ you want to use from a dropdown list
- Decide whether you want to have the progress bar on every page or use the shortcode to add it to just a few specific pages/posts
- The shortcode allows you to have different colored progress bars with varying themes on a page to page basis.
How to use the shortcode:
There are two attributes you can use
- color
- theme
Example: [pace color="#29d9dd" theme="minimal"] or just [pace] will work fine. (the defa…
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Ratings & Reviews
58 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.0
- Refactored the plugin to work within the pace class now
- Added 2 more effects Big Counter and Center Circle
- Minified the css for all of the efects
- Minified pace.js
Contributors
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