by brianmcculloh 4.3 (27 reviews)

Worth The Read

Name: Worth The Read
Rating: 4.3 (27 reviews)
Author: brianmcculloh

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.

Worth The Read ranks #3,779 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, a 4.3/5 rating from 27 reviews, and was last updated Aug 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.14.4 Current Version v1.14.4

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 26 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Review 4.3 out of 5

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Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 days ago

Mar 22, 2023

Worth The Read [worth-the-read] < 1.14.1

CVE-2022-47150 · Fixed in v1.14.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.14.4
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2026
Requires WP: 3.8+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: brianmcculloh

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 27
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

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Worth The Read is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to show readers their progress through a post or page. It solves the problem of readers not knowing how much content remains or how long it will take to read.

Adjustable reading progress bar
Control bar placement and color
Include comments in progress
Auto-hides when not scrolling
Reading time commitment label
Configurable label placement
Post and page display control
[wtr-time] shortcode support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Worth The Read

Make sure you enabled it in the Worth The Read settings page and that you're actually viewing a single post or page on your site (not your archive page, for instance). The bar won't display unless you have actually scrolled down into your main content. So if you have stuff going on at the top of your page above your post content (sliders, content panels, ads, etc.) the progress bar will remain hidden until it becomes relevant. If the height of your post content is less than the height of the visible page, the progress bar will not display since the user already knows how much content there is. The functionality is javascript-based, so if you have a javascript error caused by something else like another plugin or your theme, it could affect the display of the progress bar.

You can control the foreground color, background color, transparency, width, offset, and placement of the progress bar. You can also separately control the background color of the comments portion (if enabled).

WordPress action hooks are used to insert small html tags above and below your post/page content and comments. jQuery is used to target those tags and use them to calculate distances on window scroll, and then the actual progress bar is animated accordingly.

The plugin is as minimally distracting visually as it can be while still being easy to find. It auto-mutes any time the user does not need to visually reference it. Technically speaking, the html tags added to the DOM and corresponding CSS are very minimal and will not have any affect on the rest of the page DOM or any other plugins or your theme.

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