WordPress plugin comparison

Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar vs Skill Bars

Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar

by Sehrish Anam

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Skill Bars

by Themepoints

300+ installs4.7

At a glance

Skill Bars has more active installs: 300+, against fewer than 10 for Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar.
On a typical day, Skill Bars is downloaded about 8 times, Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar about 1.
Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 3 reviews.
Skill Bars was updated more recently: Aug 31, 2026, against Feb 24, 2026 for Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar.
Skill Bars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.9.11 for Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar.
Skill Bars has been around longer: since 2015, against 2026 for Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar.

Skill Bars leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Nuvora Reading Time & Progress Bar	Skill Bars
Popular rank	#56,389	#10,073
Active installs	Fewer than 10	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	42	149
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(3)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.06	×0.49
Last release	8 months ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	8.0	–

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