ReadBar – Smart Reading Time & Dynamic Progress Bar
by NoorWork · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · — installs across the portfolio →
Show an estimated reading time and a scroll progress bar on your posts and pages. Blocks, shortcode, per-post overrides, no tracking by default.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
-52%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “engagement” for “progressbar”. “engagement” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “progressbar” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 51 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| reading time estimate | #12 | #20 | 0 |
| progressbar | #20 | #22 | 0 |
| estimated read time | #24 | #24 | — |
| engagement your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| estimated reading time your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| progress bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reading progress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reading time your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “engagement” for “progressbar”. “engagement” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “progressbar” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Jul 2025 · 479 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 96 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 10 Sep 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 9 Jul 2025
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Show an estimated reading time and a scroll progress bar on your posts and pages. Blocks, shortcode, per-po..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 4 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,610 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "engagement" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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ReadJutsu – Reading Time & Scroll Progress Bar — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags - R ReadSpan — Customizable Reading Time Badge & Progress Bar — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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ReadJoy – Progress Bar with Celebrations — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Reading Time by ReadyGo – Read Time, Progress Bar & Archive Support 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Elysian Reader — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - D Dlogix Smart Reading Bar — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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