WordPress plugin comparison

Reading Time and Progress Bar vs Scroll Back To Top

Reading Time and Progress Bar

by Aman Joshi

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Scroll Back To Top

by joesexton00

9K+ installs4.2

At a glance

Scroll Back To Top has more active installs: 9K+, against fewer than 10 for Reading Time and Progress Bar.
On a typical day, Scroll Back To Top is downloaded about 30 times, Reading Time and Progress Bar about 4.
Reading Time and Progress Bar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.2 from 56 reviews.
Reading Time and Progress Bar was updated more recently: May 27, 2025, against Nov 28, 2017 for Scroll Back To Top.
Reading Time and Progress Bar is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 4.2.39 for Scroll Back To Top.
Scroll Back To Top has been around longer: since 2014, against 2024 for Reading Time and Progress Bar.

Reading Time and Progress Bar leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Reading Time and Progress Bar	Scroll Back To Top
Popular rank	#51,023	#2,166
Active installs	Fewer than 10	9K+
Downloads, last 30 days	112	1.4K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.2(56)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	4.2.39
Search multiplier	×0.03	×0.00
Last release	1 year ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	7.0	–

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