5 Best Progress Bar & Skill Bar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Progress Bar & Skill Bar has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to Progress Bar & Skill Bar
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Progress Bar
Closest match5.0 (24) 1,000+ active installsA simple progress bar shortcode that can be styled with CSS
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since May 5, 2025.
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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, rated 5.0 against 4.5, last updated July 21, 2026.
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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.
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5.0 (24) 1,000+ active installsUltimeter - the Ultimate Progress and Goals Meter
Shares the progress bar tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated December 2, 2025.
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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.
Switching from Progress Bar & Skill Bar: common questions
What is the best alternative to Progress Bar & Skill Bar?
Progress Bar 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 & Skill Bar alternative has the most users?
Free Shipping Label, with 5,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Progress Bar & Skill 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 & Skill 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 & Skill 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 & Skill 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
Progress Bar is the closest match to Progress Bar & Skill Bar by the data we track, and Free Shipping Label has the widest reach with 5,000+ active installs. WPComplete shipped the most recent release, on August 18, 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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