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Worth The Read

An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.14.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 3.8 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update26 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations3K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.3 / 5 from 27 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Worth The Read version 1.14.4 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

A very unobtrusive and light-weight reading progress bar indicator showing the user how far scrolled through the current post or page they are. You can control placement and color of the progress bar, and you can choose whether it includes just the main content or also the comments.

The progress bar only displays once the user begins scrolling the page so it is as unobtrusive as possible. Once the user stops scrolling or scrolls down past the content the progress bar subtly mutes until it is needed again.

There is also a reading time commitment feature that you can separately enable. Control the placement (above or below title, or above content), style, and whether it displays on posts and/or pages. Uses 200wpm as the metric for average reading time.

You can also place the time commitment label anywhere you want via the [wtr-time] shortcode.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • estimated reading time
  • reading time
  • progress
  • scroll
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity26 Aug 20262mo ago

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