WordPress plugin comparison
Reading Time & Progress Bar vs Skill Bars
Reading Time & Progress Bar
by Code Canel
Fewer than 10 installs
Skill Bars
by Themepoints
300+ installs4.7
At a glance
- Skill Bars has more active installs: 300+, against fewer than 10 for Reading Time & Progress Bar.
- On a typical day, Skill Bars is downloaded about 8 times, Reading Time & Progress Bar about 1.
- Reading Time & Progress Bar has no reviews yet.
- Skill Bars was updated more recently: Aug 31, 2026, against May 4, 2025 for Reading Time & Progress Bar.
- Skill Bars is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Reading Time & Progress Bar.
- Skill Bars has been around longer: since 2015, against 2024 for Reading Time & Progress Bar.
Line by line
Skill Bars leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Reading Time & Progress Bar | Skill Bars |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #62,798 | #10,061 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 300+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 33 | 155 |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.7(3) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.8.12 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.02 | ×0.49 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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