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The Progress Bar block is a simple yet powerful tool for displaying progress, statistics, skills, or any percentage-based data on your WordPress site. Built with modern web standards, this block offers smooth animations and a clean, professional appearance.
Whether you need a simple skill bar, an animated number counter, a circular radial ring, or a full skills section — WBD Progress Bar has you covered.
<h3>Features</h3>
Display Modes 
* Single Bar – Classic horizontal progress bar with full customization 
* Number Counter – Animated count-up effect with prefix, suffix, and optional bar below 
* Circular / Radial Progress Bar – Beautiful SVG ring-style progress with 10 themes, custom size, stroke width, center text, and optional label 
* Group / Skills Section – Display multiple progress bars together as a skills list with individual labels, colors, and percentages; flexible label & percentage positioning
10 One-Click Template Styles 
Ocean Blue, Sunset Fire, Forest Green, Purple Galaxy, Golden Hour, Midnight Dark, Rose Pink, Arctic Ice, Corporate Gray, Lemon Lime
Customization 
* Progress percentage control (0–100) 
* Custom fill & track colors 
* Gradient fill (two-color gradient) 
* Bar corner radius control (square to pill) 
* Bar height control (6px–40px) 
* Optional percentage text display 
* Percentage position — Inside bar / Outside right / Above bar 
* Label position — Above / Below / Inline row 
* Inline gap control (when label is inline) 
* Milestone marker with custom label 
* Hover tooltip on progress bar 
* Scroll-triggered animation (IntersectionObserver) 
* Animation type — Ease, Ease In, Ease Out, Ease In Out, Linear, Bounce, Elastic 
* Animation duration control 
* Typography control — Font family & font size for label and percentage text 
* Fully responsive design 
* Accessible design with semantic HTML
Perfect For:
<ul>
<li>Skill & competency display </li>
<li>Project completion indicators </li>
<li>Goal tracking & fundraising </li>
<li>Statistics & data visualization </li>
<li>Survey results & polls </li>
<li>Resume / portfolio pages</li>
</ul>
The block provides an intuitive editing experience with sidebar controls for adjusting the percentage (0–100), customizing colors, toggling percentage text visibility, and selecting from predefined style variations.
<h3>Why Use WBD Progress Bar?</h3>
Most progress bar plugins are either too bloated with unnecessary features or too simple to be actually useful. WBD Progress Bar is built differently:
🚀 Performance First 
The block outputs pure static HTML and CSS — no jQuery, no heavy JavaScript libraries. The frontend script only loads when your block is actually on the page, keeping your site fast.
🎨 Visual Flexibility 
Four display modes, five style variations, ten one-click templates, gradient fill, custom radius, custom height, and full color control — all without touching a single line of code.
🧩 Built for Gutenberg 
This is a native WordPress block, not a shortcode or widget. It works seamlessly inside the block editor, Full Site Editor (FSE), reusable blocks, and block patterns.
📱 Responsive by Default 
Every mode — single bar, counter, circular, group — adapts automatically to mobile, tablet, and desktop screens without extra configuration.
⚡ Scroll Animation Without a Plugin 
Built-in IntersectionObserver-based scroll trigger animates your bars when they come into view. No extra animation plugin needed.
<h3>Source Code & Build Instructions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Source Code Repository: https://github.com/wpbranddigital/wbd-progress-bar</li>
</ul>
This plugin is built using <code>@wordpress/scripts</code> (webpack). The compiled/minified files in the <code>build/</code> directory are generated from the human-readable source files located in the <code>src/</code> directory of the plugin.
Source files included in this plugin:
<ul>
<li><code>src/index.js</code> — Block registration entry point</li>
<li><code>src/edit.js</code> — Editor component (block inspector controls and editor preview)</li>
<li><code>src/save.js</code> — Save component (frontend HTML output)</li>
<li><code>src/view.js</code> — Frontend JavaScript (scroll animations, counter animations)</li>
<li><code>src/block.json</code> — Block metadata and attribute definitions</li>
<li><code>src/editor.scss</code> — Editor-only styles</li>
<li><code>src/style.scss</code> — Frontend styles</li>
</ul>
To build from source:
<ol>
<li>Make sure you have Node.js (v18+) and npm installed.</li>
<li>Navigate to the plugin directory.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm install</code> to install dependencies.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm run build</code> to generate the production <code>build/</code> directory.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm start</code> to start the development watcher with live rebuild.</li>
</ol>
The only build dependency is <code>@wordpress/scripts</code> (see <code>package.json</code>).
<h3>How To Use</h3>
Step 1 — Add the Block
Open any post, page, or template in the WordPress editor. Click the + block inserter button, search for “Progress Bar”, and click to insert the WBD Progress Bar block.
Step 2 — Choose a Display Mode
In the right sidebar, find the Block Mode panel at the top. Select one of four modes:
<ul>
<li>Single Bar — A classic horizontal progress bar. Best for individual skills, project completion, or goal tracking.</li>
<li>Number Counter — An animated number that counts up on scroll. Great for statistics pages (“500+ clients”, “$1M+ revenue”).</li>
<li>Circular / Radial — A circular SVG ring progress indicator. Perfect for dashboards or visual KPI displays.</li>
<li>Group / Skills Section — Multiple bars stacked together. Ideal for resume skills sections or comparison lists.</li>
</ul>
Step 3 — Apply a Template (Optional)
Open the Template Styles panel and click any of the 10 preset templates to instantly apply a complete color scheme and style. You can fine-tune colors individually after applying a template.
Step 4 — Customize Settings
Depending on your selected mode, configure the following panels:
<ul>
<li>Progress Settings — Set percentage, height, radius, label text, label position, and percentage position.</li>
<li>Animation — Choose animation type (ease, bounce, elastic), set duration, and enable scroll-triggered animation.</li>
<li>Milestone & Tooltip — Add a milestone marker at any percentage point with a custom label. Enable hover tooltip for additional info.</li>
<li>Typography — Set font family and font size for the label and percentage text independently.</li>
<li>Color Settings — Set fill color, track color, label color, and percentage text color. Enable gradient fill to use two colors.</li>
</ul>
Step 5 — Using the Number Counter
Switch to Number Counter mode. Set:
<ul>
<li>Target Number — The final value to count up to (e.g. 1500).</li>
<li>Prefix — Text before the number (e.g. <code>$</code>).</li>
<li>Suffix — Text after the number (e.g. <code>+</code> or <code>%</code>).</li>
<li>Label — A description shown below the number (e.g. “Happy Clients”).</li>
<li>Show Progress Bar Below — Toggle to add a bar underneath the counter.</li>
</ul>
The counter animates automatically on page load, or enable Animate on Scroll so it only starts when the user scrolls to it.
Step 6 — Using Group / Skills Section
Switch to Group / Skills Section mode. In the sidebar:
<ol>
<li>Each bar item has its own Label, Percentage, and Bar Color.</li>
<li>Click + Add Bar to add more items (no limit).</li>
<li>Click ✕ to remove any item.</li>
<li>Set Label Position — Above bar (with optional percentage on the same line) or Inline row.</li>
<li>Set Percentage Position — Inside bar / Outside right / Same line as label.</li>
<li>Adjust Gap Between Bars and Inline Gap sliders to control spacing.</li>
</ol>
Step 7 — Using Circular / Radial Mode
Switch to Circular / Radial mode. In the sidebar:
<ol>
<li>Choose one of the 10 circular themes by clicking the theme thumbnail.</li>
<li>Adjust Size (80–300px) and Stroke Width (3–20px).</li>
<li>Set the Progress Percentage.</li>
<li>Toggle Show Label Below to display a text label under the ring.</li>
<li>Fine-tune Stroke Color, Track Color, and Center Text Color individually.</li>
</ol>
Step 8 — Publish
Click Publish or Update. The block renders as clean, static HTML on the frontend with no extra requests or render-blocking scripts.
<h4>Where can I get support?</h4>
Visit our <a href="https://www.wpbranddigital.org/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact page</a> for support.

WBD Progress Bar

A beautiful and lightweight progress bar block for the WordPress Gutenberg editor with smooth animations and full customization options.

Joeri van Veen

The reading progress bar is a great user experience on longreads. Especially if it accurately depicts the reading progress in the article text, and nothing else. This is standard on single blog posts and enabled by default.
Customization:
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Location top of screen, bottom of screen or below sticky elements.
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Select post types you wish the bar to appear, or individual posts.
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Choose color of the reading progress bar.
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Have the bar start at 0% even when part of the article is visible.
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</ul>
Behaviour:
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The reading progress bar has smooth initializing since part of the text may already be visible, after that a lightweight update-function ensures quick response while scrolling.
</li>
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The bar can attach itself to multiple (sticky) elements that you define as an admin, the first visible element will be used.
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When there is no (longer a) visible element to attach to, the bar displays at the top.
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Use <code>dir=rtl</code> on your html tag to have the bar display correctly for right-to-left languages.
</li>
</ul>
Estimated reading time (beta)
Since 1.6.0 this plugin has rudimentary estimated reading time functionality, for when your theme does not support it out of the box. 
There are some potential issues, some of which cannot be fixed in a plugin. If it does not work for you, switch it off. It will have no effect on the plugin then.
This is my 6th WordPress plugin but my first one freely available to everybody. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoy building it!
Regards, 
Joeri

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