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:
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
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.

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MinuteRead adds an estimated reading time label to your WordPress posts — helping readers decide whether to dive in or save it for later.
After activating the plugin, reading time appears automatically before every post. Everything is configurable from Settings > MinuteRead.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Automatically displays reading time on all single posts</li>
<li>Choose to show reading time before or after the content</li>
<li>Configurable words-per-minute reading speed (default: 200, range: 50–1000)</li>
<li>Custom label text — change “Estimated Reading Time” to anything you like</li>
<li>Custom time format — use “%d min”, “%d minutes”, or any text with %d as placeholder</li>
<li>Enable / disable without deactivating the plugin</li>
<li><code>[minuteread_time]</code> shortcode — place reading time anywhere</li>
<li>Works with non-Latin scripts (Bengali, Arabic, CJK, etc.)</li>
<li>Lightweight: no jQuery, no external requests</li>
<li>Developer-friendly: <code>minuteread_reading_time_output</code>, <code>minuteread_word_count</code>, <code>minuteread_output_html</code> filters</li>
<li>Translation-ready</li>
</ul>
Shortcode usage:
Place <code>[minuteread_time]</code> in any post, page, or widget to display the reading time for the current post.
<h3>Why Use This Plugin?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Improve user engagement</li>
<li>Reduce bounce rate</li>
<li>Help readers estimate time commitment</li>
</ul>

MinuteRead — Reading Time for Posts

Show estimated reading time on every post. Customize label, format, position, and reading speed from the settings page.

Easy Reading Progress Bar vs MinuteRead — Reading Time for Posts