About this plugin
FlowRead is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to enhance your website’s reading experience. It provides essential reading tools that help visitors understand content depth and manage their time more effectively.
Key Features
✨ Reading Progress Bar
– Visual scroll-progress indicator with Classic/Gradient styles, adjustable height, custom colors, and selective post type display.
⏱️ Article Read Time
– Auto-calculates estimated reading time with configurable WPM, custom styling, and multiple display formats.
🔢 Dynamic Word Counter
– Real-time word counting for admin editor and frontend fields, with min/max limits, progress bar, floating or inline display, and full UI customisation.
Why FlowRead?
- Boost User Engagement – Reading progress bars keep visitors engaged by showing content depth
- Improve Time Management – Article read time helps visitors plan their reading sessions
- Reduce Bounce Rates – Set proper expectations with reading time estimates
- Fully Customizable – Complete control over colors, styles, and display options
- Performance Optimized – Lightweight and fast-loading
- SEO Friendly – Increases time-on-site metrics that benefit your rankings
Customization Options
- Colors: Customize background color, primary color, and gradient colors
- Size: Adjust progress bar height from 1 to 100 pixels
- Position: Choose where to display the progress bar (top, bottom, or fixed top)
- Post Types: Select which post types should show the features
- Speed: Customize words per minute for accurate read time
Perfect For
- Blog websites needing better user engagement
- News and magazine sites
- Educational content platforms
- Long-form content publishers
- Any WordPress site focused on reading experience
Development
Requirements:
4 or higher
0 or later
Built with:
– Modern PHP Object-Oriented Programming
– WordPress Plugin Standards
– PSR-4 Autoloading
– Composer Dependency Management
Support
For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit:
Privacy Policy
FlowRead – Smart Reading Experience for Websites uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster and make product improvements.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses this data.
Author
Sydur Rahman
– Plugin: FlowRead – Smart Reading Experience for Websites
License
0+ License.
0+ license.
See the license file included with the plugin for full details.
Credits
- Developed by Sydur Rahman
- Built for WordPress community
- Following WordPress coding standards and best practices
SEO Keywords
reading progress bar, article read time, reading time estimate, user engagement, bounce rate reduction, reading experience, WordPress plugin, content metrics, reader tools, website engagement, smart reading, content depth indicator, estimated reading time
Disclaimer
This plugin is provided “as-is” without any warranty. Use at your own risk. Always backup your website before installing new plugins.