Aman Joshi

Reading Time and Progress Bar is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance reader engagement and provide a better user experience on blogs. It automatically calculates the estimated reading time for each post and displays a progress bar at the top of the page, which fills as the reader scrolls through the content.
This plugin is easy to set up and compatible with any WordPress theme, ensuring that all users can benefit from its features without any coding knowledge required.
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You can extend the functionality of this plugin by adding custom CSS to style the progress bar and adjust the reading time calculation per your preferences.
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Reading Time and Progress Bar


This plugin is very simple and works effectively for my blog website.


Simple yet effective

A simple WordPress plugin that displays the estimated reading time and a progress bar at the top of your blog posts as readers scroll through.

Mushlih Almubarak

Easy Reading Progress Bar adds a sleek, customizable progress bar to your single post pages, providing readers with a visual indicator of their progress as they scroll through an article. It’s designed to be feather-light, incredibly fast, and compatible with the vast majority of WordPress themes, including modern Block Themes and popular classic themes.
Key Features:
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<li>Extremely Lightweight: No extra CSS or JavaScript files loaded. All code is inlined and optimized for performance.</li>
<li>Highly Compatible: Works seamlessly with many themes.</li>
<li>Customizable: Easily change the progress bar’s color and position (top or bottom of the page) from a simple settings page.</li>
<li>Dependency-Free: The frontend script does not rely on jQuery, ensuring it won’t conflict with other plugins or slow down your site.</li>
<li>Developer Friendly: Includes a filter (<code>erpb_bar_height</code>) to programmatically change the bar’s height.</li>
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This plugin was created with ❤️ by <a href="https://github.com/mushlih-almubarak" rel="nofollow ugc">Mushlih Almubarak</a> from Indonesia.

Easy Reading Progress Bar

A simple, lightweight, and highly compatible reading progress bar for your WordPress posts.

Reading Time and Progress Bar vs Easy Reading Progress Bar