Sehrish Anam

Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar is a lightweight, developer-friendly plugin that adds two things readers love:
<ol>
<li>A reading time badge — shown before/after your post content.</li>
<li>A scroll progress bar — a sleek bar at the top (or bottom) of the screen that fills as the reader scrolls.</li>
</ol>
<h4>✨ What makes it different?</h4>
AI-assisted reading time adjustment 
Posts with lots of headings, bullet lists, and short paragraphs are scanned faster by readers. The plugin detects structure in your content and intelligently reduces the estimate — labelled “AI-adjusted” so readers know.
Per-post overrides via meta box 
Override the calculated reading time for any post. Hide the badge or progress bar per-post, right from the editor.
Accessibility-first design 
– Semantic <code>role="progressbar"</code> with live <code>aria-valuenow</code> updates 
– Meaningful <code>aria-label</code> on every element 
– Keyboard-focusable progress bar 
– Fully respects <code>prefers-reduced-motion</code> 
– Screen-reader-friendly badge with word count in ARIA label
Minimal & performant 
– No jQuery dependency (vanilla JS) 
– No external assets, fonts, or CDN calls 
– No database writes beyond settings 
– No user tracking whatsoever 
– ~1.5 KB JS / ~1.2 KB CSS (gzipped)
Elementor Widget included 
– Drag and drop the Reading Time widget directly in Elementor 
– Full widget controls for badge display and styling 
– Works seamlessly with Elementor’s responsive settings
Developer-friendly 
– Template tags: <code>rte_the_reading_time()</code>, <code>rte_get_reading_time()</code> 
– Filters: <code>rte_badge_html</code>, <code>rte_show_badge</code>, <code>rte_ai_adjustment_factor</code> 
– CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) content support 
– Per-post type configuration
<h4>📐 Settings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom WPM (words per minute) — default 238</li>
<li>Enable/disable AI-assisted adjustment</li>
<li>Badge position: before content, after content, or both</li>
<li>Choose which post types show the badge and/or progress bar</li>
<li>Customise badge label text (use <code>{time}</code> placeholder)</li>
<li>Pick progress bar color, height (1–10 px), position (top/bottom)</li>
<li>Optional percentage tooltip on hover</li>
<li>Respect <code>prefers-reduced-motion</code> toggle</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔧 Template Tags</h4>
Use in your theme:
<pre><code><?php rte_the_reading_time(); // echoes "5 min read" ?>

<?php $data = rte_get_reading_time(); echo $data['minutes']; ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>🪝 Filters</h4>
Customise badge HTML: 
 add_filter( ‘rte_badge_html’, function( $html, $result ) { return $html; }, 10, 2 );
Disable badge conditionally: 
 add_filter( ‘rte_show_badge’, ‘__return_false’ );
Tweak AI adjustment factor (0.75–1.0): 
 add_filter( ‘rte_ai_adjustment_factor’, function( $factor, $html ) { return 0.85; }, 10, 2 );

Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar


I was having an issue with post timing, but after downloading and using this plugin, my problem was solved. It’s a great plugin


Good Plugin

A minimalist, accessible reading time badge + scroll progress bar. AI-assisted time adjustment, per-post overrides, zero tracking.

shoaibhassan12

Dlogix Smart Reading Bar adds a thin, animated progress bar to the top (or bottom) of every page on your WordPress site, giving readers a visual indicator of how far they have scrolled.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Choose any bar color with the native color picker — no extra library needed.</li>
<li>Position the bar at the top or bottom of the screen.</li>
<li>Set bar thickness from 1 px to 20 px.</li>
<li>Live preview in the settings page before saving.</li>
<li>Buttery-smooth animation via <code>requestAnimationFrame</code> and passive scroll listeners.</li>
<li>Zero dependencies — no jQuery, no external libraries, no CDN calls.</li>
<li>Fully accessible: ARIA <code>role="progressbar"</code> with live <code>aria-valuenow</code> updates.</li>
<li>Multisite compatible.</li>
<li>Clean uninstall — removes all plugin data when deleted.</li>
<li>PHP 7.2+ compatible.</li>
</ul>

Dlogix Smart Reading Bar

A lightweight, smooth reading progress bar that shows users how far they have scrolled through a page or post.

Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar vs Dlogix Smart Reading Bar