Progress Bar & Skill Bar

46 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs, the plugin has a modest user base that keeps its popularity score modest despite slightly exceeding expectations for its size.

Update Freshness

4/25

It was last updated in late December 2024, so it is reasonably current, but no PHP version is declared and version history depth is unclear, which keeps the maintenance score middling.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 from 52 ratings is genuinely strong, showing that the small user base tends to be happy with the result.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads and zero resolutions, which means either nobody needs help or nobody is getting help, and neither is reassuring.

WP Compatibility

8/15

Tested with WordPress 6.7.5 and requiring only 5.0, it covers a wide range of sites, but the missing PHP requirement and lack of recent testing transparency hold it back from a top compatibility score.

Scores higher than 2% of indexed plugins

About

An awesome wordpress progress bar plugin helps writer and authors to show beautiful progress bar in percentage at any blog or post page.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2024-12-27 9:30am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Progress Bar & Skill Bar lets you drop animated percentage bars into posts and pages using a simple shortcode, so visitors can see skills, completion rates, or progress at a glance. It is geared toward writers and authors who want visual flair without writing custom HTML or CSS.

Who It's For

This plugin fits personal brands, freelancer portfolios, CV-style blogs, and small course sites where you want to visually show off skill levels or course completion. It works well for bloggers and individual creators who need a quick, low-effort way to add visual indicators without touching code.

Who Should Skip It

If you run an e-commerce store, a membership site needing real user progress tracking, or an enterprise site that needs analytics on learner completion, skip this plugin. It is purely a static visual widget with no backend tracking, gating, or WooCommerce integration.

The Bottom Line

Progress Bar & Skill Bar delivers exactly what it promises for a narrow use case, and its 90 percent user rating suggests it does that job well. The overall quality score of 49.45 is dragged down by weak support infrastructure and limited adoption, so treat this as a simple, low-risk option rather than a strategic long-term investment. With an overall score of 49.45 out of 100, it lands below our top recommendations for most sites.

Pick this if you run a WooCommerce store and want a progress bar that nudges shoppers toward a free shipping threshold, something this plugin does not handle at all.

Ultimeter 74/100

Choose Ultimeter when you need to display live, dynamic goals like fundraising thermometers that pull from real data rather than fixed percentages.

Catch Scroll Progress Bar 71/100

Go with Catch Scroll Progress Bar if your priority is a reader-facing scroll indicator on long articles rather than skill or percentage displays.

WPComplete 69/100

WPComplete is the better pick if you need to track actual user progress through courses or content, not just show decorative bars.

Progress Bar 57/100

This alternative is the closest direct competitor with a similar feature set, so compare both side by side before committing.