Best meter plugins for WordPress
The most popular meter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Meter leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Ultimeter (1K+) and Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scribometer (20+). All 9 plugins tagged “meter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 meter plugins
- 1.
Search MeterThe most installed meter plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 29 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Ultimeter1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scribometer20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.
Show Temperature for SwitchBot Meter20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 5.
Pretty Simple Progress meter10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 6.
ProgPress10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 7.
eGreen Web Meter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Display Post Reading TimeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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DesignOrbital Progress Bar BlockFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “meter”
Search Meter
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,351by bennettmcelwee11 months ago
Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(29)
- Downloads
- 108/day
Ultimeter
Up in the last 7 days:7#6,294by Ben Roberts26 days ago
Ultimeter - the Ultimate Progress and Goals Meter
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 29/day
Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scribometer
Down in the last 7 days:121#26,621by davidanaxagoras16 years ago
The Scribometer allows writers to track and display their writing progress in their sidebar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Temperature for SwitchBot Meter
Up in the last 7 days:587#28,507by Kazushi Yoshida4 years ago
Don't you want to know temperature from remote? You can achieve with this plugin, Show Temprature for SwtichBot Meter.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pretty Simple Progress meter
#29,824by micklauer16 years ago
Pretty Simply Progress meter is a clean and fun way to share your tracked progress on everything!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ProgPress
#41,690by Jason Penney10 years ago
Easily insert progress meters into your content and/or sidebars.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
eGreen Web Meter
#47,328by Mauro Baptista10 years ago
Transform your website into a carbon neutral space.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Display Post Reading Time
Up in the last 7 days:10,159#57,087by WPFraternity3 years ago
Post Reading Time calculate the time it would take to the user to read an article, including watching the images, and display the value in the post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DesignOrbital Progress Bar Block
#70,305by DesignOrbital5 days ago
An animated progress bar block for the block editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day