Best reading plugins for WordPress

Reading progressbar

Down in the last 7 days:6#2,880

by 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.

Worth The Read

Down in the last 7 days:11#3,807

by brianmcculloh2 months ago

An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.

WP Reading Progress

Down in the last 7 days:10#4,096

by Joeri van Veen2 months ago

Light weight fully customizable reading progress bar. Sticks to top, bottom or sticky menu, with fallback for small screens. Includes ert (beta).

Comfortable Reading

Down in the last 7 days:26#5,346

by Alexandr Ovcharenko9 years ago

Версия сайта для слабовидящих пользователей.

Catch Scroll Progress Bar

Down in the last 7 days:41#6,791

by Catch Plugins5 months ago

Catch Scroll Progress Bar is a simple, super-light WordPress progress bar plugin to sow the scrolled progress.

Reading Time

Up in the last 7 days:5#11,950

by whiletrue2 months ago

Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the post.

Author Recommended Posts

Up in the last 7 days:39#15,835

by telepathy11 years ago

Pick specific posts to promote and recommend to your audience.

Init Reading Position

Up in the last 7 days:25#17,446

by Init HTML22 days ago

Remembers reading position and auto-scrolls when returning. Works for guests (localStorage) and logged-in users (custom DB table, per device).

Currently Reading

Up in the last 7 days:98#19,167

by eroux2 years ago

Displays a cover image of a book with a link to Google Books based on a supplied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

Infinite Post Transporter

Down in the last 7 days:325#22,995

by TomHarrigan12 years ago

Infinite scroll extended to single post pages

Posts Page

Up in the last 7 days:31#23,104

by ballyhoos13 years ago

When setting the 'Posts Page:' to a custom page within the 'Reading' settings of Wordpress, it will by default, ignore that page&# …

Dyslexic Fonts

Up in the last 7 days:113#23,381

by keith_wp2 years ago

Allow users to change the font used across your site to one that is meant to help people with reading difficulties.

bookTuner

Down in the last 7 days:10#25,088

by silversteelwolf15 years ago

bookTuner displays books from Goodreads.com in a customizable format.

TimeSpan

Down in the last 7 days:484#27,887

by paperleaf11 years ago

TimeSpan is a simple, easy to set-up WordPress plugin that automagically calculates the approximate length of time it will take to read a blog post.

BNC BiblioShare

#29,599

by John Miedema7 years ago

Displays a book's cover image, title, author, and other book data from BiblioShare

Chapterwright

Up in the last 7 days:1,360#29,785

by Alok Jain2 months ago

Publish multi-chapter ebooks in WordPress with tables of contents, sections, reading progress, and a distraction-free reader.

WP-OpenDyslexic

Up in the last 7 days:13#32,005

by 120w11 years ago

This plugin allows registered users to enable the OpenDyslexic font in their profile.

Dyslexie Font Accessibility

Down in the last 7 days:2,849#32,838

by Christian Boer4 days ago

Make your website accessible for people with dyslexia with Dyslexie Font, customizable text settings, Focus Mode and Slide Reader.

Badges

#34,638

by eroux2 years ago

Display a set of badges based on files in a directory off the root of the blog.

Remixd Voice

Down in the last 7 days:7,262#34,670

by Remixd1 year ago

Give your users the ability to listen to your written content, on site, while also generating incremental revenue.

Post Reading Progress

Up in the last 7 days:9,737#35,367

by Piotr Szarmach8 years ago

This plugin allows to display reading progress of single article using horizontal progress bar.

Recent Posts Only

Up in the last 7 days:5,401#36,466

by iNexi14 years ago

Restricts posts displayed on the home page to a specified length of time.

Pan Macmillan Book Extracts

Down in the last 7 days:2,799#38,619

by DanBrown18010 years ago

The Pan Macmillan Book Extracts Plugin allows you to show the first chapter of a book published by Pan Macmillan in a number of ways on your blog.

Easy Scroll Progress Indicator

Up in the last 7 days:7,772#40,020

by Adhitya Rachman7 years ago

Scroll Progress Indicator

WP-Bookwormr

#42,669

by mormanski17 years ago

Display the image and title of the book(s) you are currently reading in the sidebar.

I am reading (continued)

#43,884

by Ginchen15 years ago

This is a re-upload of the (again) abandoned plugin "I am reading". Book display with search by ISBN, title and author for all Amazon market …

Read/Listen/Watch

Up in the last 7 days:3,200#44,332

by sahearn15 years ago

A customizable sidebar plugin/widget to display what you're reading, listening to, and watching; with links to Amazon.

DeadTrees

#45,176

by johnnyb6 years ago

Share the books you've read with your readers, family, & friends. Never again receive a book you've already read as a gift!

Display Author Option

Down in the last 7 days:220#45,899

by ctltwp14 years ago

This plugin enables you to overwrite how the author is being displayed. By overwriting the the_author filter.

Contributors

#47,701

by Nathan Shubert-Harbison15 years ago

What I’m Currently Reading is a simple plugin to do one thing: tell the world what book you’re reading in the sidebar of your blog or website.

RK AI Post Reader

Up in the last 7 days:20,102#49,009

by rohan0029 months ago

AI-powered post summarizer and reader with support for English, Hindi, and Nepali using Gemini AI.

Simple Reading Progress Bar

#53,501

by oscarssanchez6 years ago

A simple and easy to custom progress bar at the top of your posts!

Display Post Reading Time

Up in the last 7 days:10,159#57,087

by 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.

The Readefined.com Troll Filter

Up in the last 7 days:10,799#57,531

by heymatei8 years ago

CONTENTS OF THIS FILE Introduction Usage Requirements Privacy INTRODUCTION Readefined's tracker can tell if somebody is paying attention to …

WP Post Reading Progress

Up in the last 7 days:4,627#59,250

by Alexandru Negoita5 years ago

Add time to read or progress bar to your posts and pages!

Readefined.com Embedded Code

Down in the last 7 days:10,049#62,501

by heymatei9 years ago

CONTENTS OF THIS FILE Introduction Installation Prerequisites INTRODUCTION This plugin is meant to spare users from having to manually insert the …

Fullscreen Article Carousel

#67,422

by charliezhao2 months ago

An immersive fullscreen article reading experience with elegant carousel navigation. Let words become art.

Simple Accessibility Tools

Down in the last 7 days:6,869#68,795

by mediarlos5 months ago

Adds a floating accessibility toolbar to the WordPress frontend.

Solutiontech Accesibilidad Web

#69,431

by solutiontechcl2 days ago

Accessibility tools that help visitors read and navigate your website. Built by solutiontechcl. Visitar la web del plugin: https://solutiontech.cl/

Article Reading Time

Down in the last 7 days:16,008#71,374

by Aminul Islam Alvi2 years ago

Calculates the estimated reading time for articles.

JTZL’s Bulletin for bbPress

#72,190

by jtzl27 days ago

A mobile-first, decluttered reading layer for bbPress. The post is the hero; navigation is deliberately secondary.

EEZZ Reading Quality Score

Down in the last 7 days:4,719#72,554

by eezznet3 months ago

Anonymous 30-day reading quality scores for standard WordPress posts.

Architrave Extras

#72,707

by Manuel Esposito24 days ago

Reading and sharing extras for the Architrave theme: a player for a post's spoken version, Copy as Markdown, and every post as Markdown for AI tools.

VerseDB

Down in the last 7 days:10,242#72,900

by VerseDB27 days ago

Display your comic book collection, pull list and reading progress from VerseDB on your WordPress site with blocks.

Focus Mode

Down in the last 7 days:795#73,139

by Connor Bryant1 year ago

Adds distraction-free reading mode and read time estimate to WordPress posts and pages.

Read Ninja

Down in the last 7 days:1,611#74,114

by killwil7773 months ago

Displays a lightweight reading progress bar on single posts. By ReadNinja.