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Best loading-bar plugins for WordPress

The most popular loading-bar plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Loading Bar leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Automatic Page Load Progress Bar (50+) and Simple Word Count and Reading time (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “loading-bar” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 4 loading-bar plugins

  1. 1.
    Loading Bar

    The most installed loading-bar plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.

  2. 2.
    Automatic Page Load Progress Bar

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  3. 3.
    Simple Word Count and Reading time

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  4. 4.
    Lightweight Loading Bar

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.

All 4 plugins tagged “loading-bar”