Worth The Read
by brianmcculloh · Uncategorized
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.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “3K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-05-29 · 1,393 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-16 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-05-29 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 492 days in band
- 2025-01-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 461 days in band
- 2023-10-18 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-17 5K+ → 6K+ up after 13 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Reading progressbar 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Reading Progress 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Catch Scroll Progress Bar 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Reading Time WP 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A - S Scroll Back To Top 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/worth-the-read" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Worth The Read — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Worth The Read: 3K+ active installs, 4.3★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/worth-the-read