Best Reading WordPress Plugins (October 2026)

Q: What is the most popular reading plugin for WordPress?

Reading progressbar is the most popular reading plugin with 6K+ active installs and a 5/5 rating on WordPress.org.

Q: How many reading plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 43 plugins tagged “reading” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Q: Which reading plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Worth The Read has the highest rating at 4.3/5 from 27 reviews.

Q: Are these reading plugins actively maintained?

1 of the top 30 reading plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

Best Reading Plugins for WordPress
Rank	Plugin	Active installs	Rating	Updated	Health
1	Reading progressbar A reading position indicator that you can use where you want: top, bottom or custom… by Jb Audras	6K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (17)	1 month ago	69
2	Worth The Read An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled… by brianmcculloh	3K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (27)	1 month ago	70
3	WP Reading Progress Light weight fully customizable reading progress bar. Sticks to top, bottom or sticky menu… by Joeri van Veen	3K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (19)	2 months ago	79
4	Comfortable Reading Версия сайта для слабовидящих пользователей. by Alexandr Ovcharenko	1K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (11)	9 years ago	33
5	Catch Scroll Progress Bar Catch Scroll Progress Bar is a simple, super-light WordPress progress bar plugin to sow the… by Catch Plugins	1K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (4)	4 months ago	59
6	Reading Time Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the… by whiletrue	200+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3)	2 months ago	68
7	Author Recommended Posts Pick specific posts to promote and recommend to your audience. by telepathy	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (9)	12 years ago	37
8	Init Reading Position – Remember, Return, Continue Remembers reading position and auto-scrolls when returning. Works for guests (localStorage)… by Init HTML	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	4 days ago	75
9	Currently Reading Displays a cover image of a book with a link to Google Books based on a supplied ISBN-10 or… by eroux	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	2 years ago	32
10	Infinite Post Transporter Infinite scroll extended to single post pages by TomHarrigan	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ 2.8 (6)	12 years ago	27
11	Posts Page: Use Page Template When setting the 'Posts Page:' to a custom page within the 'Reading' settings of Wordpress… by ballyhoos	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (4)	14 years ago	25
12	Dyslexic Fonts Allow users to change the font used across your site to one that is meant to help people… by keith_wp	30+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 years ago	24
13	bookTuner bookTuner displays books from Goodreads.com in a customizable format. by silversteelwolf	20+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	16 years ago	24
14	Remixd Voice Give your users the ability to listen to your written content, on site, while also… by Remixd	20+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (2)	2 years ago	28
15	TimeSpan TimeSpan is a simple, easy to set-up WordPress plugin that automagically calculates the… by paperleaf	20+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (6)	11 years ago	35
16	BNC BiblioShare Displays a book's cover image, title, author, and other book data from BiblioShare by John Miedema	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	8 years ago	23
17	Dyslexie Font Accessibility Make your website accessible for people with dyslexia with Dyslexie Font, customizable text… by Christian Boer	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	4 months ago	51
18	WP-OpenDyslexic This plugin allows registered users to enable the OpenDyslexic font in their profile. by 120w	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	12 years ago	23
19	Badges Display a set of badges based on files in a directory off the root of the blog. by eroux	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	2 years ago	23
20	DeadTrees Share the books you've read with your readers, family, & friends. Never again receive a… by johnnyb	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1)	7 years ago	27
21	WP-Bookwormr Display the image and title of the book(s) you are currently reading in the sidebar. by mormanski	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	18 years ago	23
22	Display Author Option This plugin enables you to overwrite how the author is being displayed. By overwriting the… by ctltwp	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	14 years ago	23
23	Post Reading Progress This plugin allows to display reading progress of single article using horizontal progress… by Piotr Szarmach	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	9 years ago	30
24	I am reading (continued) This is a re-upload of the (again) abandoned plugin "I am reading". Book display with… by Ginchen	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ 2 (1)	15 years ago	21
25	Read/Listen/Watch A customizable sidebar plugin/widget to display what you're reading, listening to, and… by sahearn	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	15 years ago	23
26	Easy Scroll Progress Indicator Scroll Progress Indicator by Adhitya Rachman	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	7 years ago	23
27	Pan Macmillan Book Extracts The Pan Macmillan Book Extracts Plugin allows you to show the first chapter of a book… by DanBrown180	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	11 years ago	23
28	Contributors: Nathan Shubert Harbison What I’m Currently Reading is a simple plugin to do one thing: tell the world what book… by Nathan Shubert-Harbison	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	15 years ago	23
29	Recent Posts Only Restricts posts displayed on the home page to a specified length of time. by iNexi	10+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	14 years ago	23
30	Display Post Reading Time Post Reading Time calculate the time it would take to the user to read an article… by WPFraternity	<10	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	3 years ago	21

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

25 Update freshness
20 Works with the latest WordPress
25 Rating, weighted by review count
15 Support threads resolved
15 Active installs

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Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026

What is the most popular reading plugin for WordPress?

Reading progressbar is the most popular reading plugin with 6K+ active installs and a 5/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many reading plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 43 plugins tagged “reading” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which reading plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Worth The Read has the highest rating at 4.3/5 from 27 reviews.

Are these reading plugins actively maintained?

1 of the top 30 reading plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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