Best indicator plugins for WordPress
The most popular indicator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Reading progressbar leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Reading Position Indicator (800+) and Pending Indicator (200+). All 8 plugins tagged “indicator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 indicator plugins
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Reading progressbarThe most installed indicator plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Reading Position Indicator800+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 66 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Pending Indicator200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.
Menu Child Indicator10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
Easy Scroll Progress Indicator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Scroll Indicator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Webknit Environment IndicatorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
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Nakamoto Notes Bitcoin BarometerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “indicator”
Reading progressbar
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,880by Jb Audras2 months ago
A reading position indicator that you can use where you want: top, bottom or custom position in differents templates or post types.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Reading Position Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:35#7,379by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)3 months ago
Add reading position indicator on page top.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(66)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Pending Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,632by keha13 years ago
Show the number of pending posts waiting for approval in the admin menu, if any. Also automatically supports custom post types.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Menu Child Indicator
Down in the last 7 days:18#30,702by macbookandrew5 years ago
Adds the css class .has-children to menu items that have a submenu to allow css styling.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Scroll Progress Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:7,772#40,020by Adhitya Rachman7 years ago
Scroll Progress Indicator
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scroll Indicator
#52,569by Derek Hanson1 month ago
Add an animated scroll indicator block that encourages visitors to keep moving through your page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Webknit Environment Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:14,488#58,613by Webknit Digital9 days ago
Never mistake a staging, development or local copy for your live site. Shows a badge in wp-admin, on the login page and on the public front end.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Nakamoto Notes Bitcoin Barometer
Up in the last 7 days:1,572#67,086by nakamotonotes10 days ago
Show the Bitcoin Barometer, a 0 to 100 Bitcoin market reading, on your site with a shortcode or a block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day