Title: Reading progressbar Author: Jb Audras Published: December 26, 2016 Last modified: February 18, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/reading-progress-bar/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1563180) ![](https://ps.w.org/reading-progress-bar/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1563180) # Reading progressbar By [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reading-progress-bar.1.3.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/) ## Description Get a reading position indicator as a progress bar and show it where you want: top, bottom or custom position in differents templates or post types. Very lightweight, it uses `` HTML5 element and few lines of javascript. Options: * Progress bar’s height * Foreground color * Background color * Position (top, bottom, custom) * Class/ID of HTML element to fix the bar (if custom position selected) * Page templates * Post types (natives or custom) **Credits** : * [Jean-Baptiste Audras](http://jeanbaptisteaudras.com/), project manager at [Whodunit](http://www.whodunit.fr/) and WordPress developer. @audrasjb on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/audrasjb) or [Github](https://github.com/audrasjb). ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin option page. * [[ * Reading Progressbar in custom fixed position on Twenty Seventeen Theme. ## Installation 1. Install the plugin and activate. 2. Go to Settings > Reading Progressbar to manage plugin’s options. ## FAQ ### Does it works on WordPress network/multisite? Sorry but this plugin doesn’t supports network/multisite installation in it’s free/ public version. It will be fixed on version 2.0. Contact me if you want to help or ask for more informations. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c218c7f675b81fc117877c0a0f8f842b4268543d3e7501fa8c6e3b0717a2485d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Reliable, lightwave reading progress bar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reliable-lightwave-reading-progress-bar/)󠁿 [masvil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/masvil/) April 29, 2024 Well coded reading progress bar, the best I’ve tried. The only thing I don’t like is the custom position making the bar sticking on the bottom of an element instead of just below it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/341d70342e2db842a4e89f1c78c6cdd72d4645028b6128f1b4f703795ff3574f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-6949/)󠁿 [DolphinGuy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sanyadolpins/) August 11, 2023 Have run Reading Progressbar for over a year. Works flawlessly on any website I’ve installed it on. Thanks Jb! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b41b5325191f4fcc272452d6cae7a816bbecb7b1944ec12d999c93e48c6a4fb0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Extension super pratique et très simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-super-pratique-et-tres-simple/)󠁿 [Éric Martin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/em-m/) March 2, 2022 Extension facile à configurer, légère, et qui fait parfaitement son boulot. Merci! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5e09f005e9a6ef139424c3efc553c68e894f2f9da415036576d38728842c296c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple et efficace](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-et-efficace-166/)󠁿 [Reuhno](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laboiteare/) July 29, 2021 Super, fait ce qu’il doit faire et il le fait bien. Merci beaucoup pour ce plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/31eaf522bfa4ab0f9b8a4bd2a19ad2f9e45c4d27fd3fba3574294f51d97cf986? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does the job perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-job-perfectly-79/)󠁿 [Jason Rouet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jaz_on/) May 26, 2021 Easy to configure and quick to set up! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e0079a2a4396783b69a15b2cf02aea9b7589d6acc5ffd7b8b230f57f3d02b09b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8334/)󠁿 [bscattolini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bscattolini/) March 25, 2021 good plugin [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Reading progressbar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jb Audras ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) * [ Whodunit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whodunitagency/) * [ Maxime Pertici ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxpertici/) “Reading progressbar” has been translated into 9 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-progress-bar/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Reading progressbar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-progress-bar) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reading-progress-bar/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reading-progress-bar/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reading-progress-bar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reading-progress-bar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.1 * Security enhancements: escape values. #### 1.3 * Performance enhancement for better support for Google Core Web Vitals: enqueue stylesheets and scripts only when necessary. #### 1.2.3 * Fixed a jQuery error and adding WP 5.7 compatibility. Props @maxpertici. #### 1.2.2 * Removed an unwanted console.log. #### 1.2.1 * Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0/5.1 compatibility. Works fine. #### 1.2 * Add german translation and fixed a JS bug while loading the progressbar value. We need to load the whole page before display the bar 🙂 #### 1.1 * i18n ready. #### 1.0 * Plugin initial commit. Works fine 🙂 ## Meta * Version **1.3.1** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-progress-bar) * Tags * [indicator](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/indicator/)[progress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progress/) [progressbar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progressbar/)[reading](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reading/) [scroll](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scroll/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-progress-bar/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 17 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jb Audras ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) * [ Whodunit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whodunitagency/) * [ Maxime Pertici ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxpertici/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 0 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-progress-bar/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? 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