7 Best Progress Bar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Progress Bar has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 7 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 7 closest alternatives to Progress Bar
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Ultimeter
Closest match5.0 (24) 1,000+ active installsUltimeter - the Ultimate Progress and Goals Meter
Shares the progress, progress bar tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated December 2, 2025.
- 2
5.0 (66) 800+ active installsAdd reading position indicator on page top.
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 21, 2026.
- 3
4.3 (27) 3,000+ active installsAn 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.
Shares the progress tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
- 4
4.1 (43) 1,000+ active installsA WordPress plugin that helps your students keep track of their progress through your course.
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 20 days ago.
- 5
4.5 (52) 1,000+ active installsAn awesome wordpress progress bar plugin helps writer and authors to show beautiful progress bar in percentage at any blog or post page.
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since December 27, 2024.
- 6
Free Shipping Label and Progress Bar for WooCommerce
5.0 (43) 5,000+ active installsIncrease order revenue by showing your customers just how close they are to your free shipping threshold.
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.5 (33) 700+ active installsPage Transition is a simple and easy wordpress plugin used to add page transition using CSS3 animations. Show your page with modern animations.
Shares the CSS3 tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since September 15, 2014.
Switching from Progress Bar: common questions
What is the best alternative to Progress Bar?
Ultimeter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Progress Bar alternative has the most users?
Free Shipping Label, with 5,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Progress Bar alternative is rated highest?
Reading Position Indicator, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 66 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Progress Bar alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Progress Bar score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Progress Bar on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Ultimeter is the closest match to Progress Bar by the data we track, and Free Shipping Label has the widest reach with 5,000+ active installs. Worth The Read shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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