WP Reading Progress

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Light weight fully customizable reading progress bar. Sticks to top, bottom or sticky menu, with…

Author:Joeri van Veen (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.9
WordPress version tested:6.5
Plugin version:1.5.7
Added to WordPress repository:15-06-2019
Last updated:31-03-2024
Rating, %:100
Rated by:16
Plugin URI:https://github.com/joerivanveen/wp-reading-pr...
Total downloads:34 284
Active installs:2 000+
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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:

  • Location top of screen, bottom of screen or below a sticky menu.

  • Choose color of the reading progress bar.

  • Have the bar start at 0% even when part of the article is visible.

  • Select post types you wish the bar to appear, or individual posts.

Behaviour:

  • 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.

  • The bar can attach itself to any (sticky) element that you define as an admin, when there are multiple, the first visible element will be used.

  • When there is no (longer a) visible element to attach to, the bar displays at the top.

  • If there is no single article identified (by class names or id) it uses the whole page to calculate progress.

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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