Title: Catch Scroll Progress Bar Author: Catch Plugins Published: March 25, 2019 Last modified: February 25, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/catch-scroll-progress-bar/assets/icon.svg?rev=2056543) # Catch Scroll Progress Bar By [Catch Plugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar.2.1.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/) ## Description Catch Scroll Progress Bar is a simple yet handy WordPress plugin that provides a visual representation of how much of a blog post remains. It is absolutely free of cost. As your reader scrolls down your web page, the progress bar begins to fill, indicating how much progress they’ve made. The plugin comes with an array of customization features like choosing the position, background colors, opacity level, height, border radius, and more. With Catch Scroll Progress Bar, you can choose your reading progress bar to display them either at the top or bottom of your website. You can choose the background and foreground colors and select their display opacity as well. Most importantly, Catch Scroll Progress Bar empowers you with the conditions as to where your progress bar would be displayed—front page, blog page, or posts/pages. With all these essential features integrated into the plugin, Catch Scroll Progress Bar sure is a perfect pick for displaying a simple yet elegant reading progress bar. ## Screenshots * [[ * Main page ## Installation via FTP The easy way (via Dashboard) : * Go to Plugins > Add New * Type in the **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** in Search Plugins box * Click Install Now to install the plugin * After Installation click activate to start using the **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** * Go to **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** from Dashboard menu Not so easy way (via FTP) : * Download the **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** * Unarchive **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** plugin * Copy folder with catch-scroll-progress-bar.zip * Open the ftp \wp-content\plugins\ * Paste the plug-ins folder in the folder * Go to admin panel => open item “Plugins” => activate **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** * Go to **Catch Scroll Progress Bar** from Dashboard menu ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05cd834b6553523123d8f01c9b13cd82df56b42d3ce77aaa979b94651c8ad10b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just shows a full bar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-shows-a-full-bar/)󠁿 [tomo55555](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tomo55555/) April 3, 2023 I think this plugin may need an update. When we installed it on our staging site it just showed a full bar above the header. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39aec66a29d56db6cac5349ac21968b82fd32f968c89c0333bb6fe0baa11530e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-plugin-4890/)󠁿 [Victor Tyavbee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tsquare07/) March 30, 2023 The plugin serve it purpose very well. have great customizations ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b448ac5e6e9847bb4e27f0c861a1e6d501bede49d7d9db6d71391436469e8dd9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-4291/)󠁿 [wpnpc420](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpnpc420/) April 19, 2022 Just works, fast, customizable and light! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/064f8dc39fd171b41a23e6657c7ed92ec581caadc5028a951a0c8e367429150c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-nice-80/)󠁿 [Dennis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dennishassink/) March 21, 2021 Does what it has to do [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Catch Scroll Progress Bar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/) * [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/) * [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/) * [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/) * [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/) [Translate “Catch Scroll Progress Bar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-scroll-progress-bar/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/catch-scroll-progress-bar/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catch-scroll-progress-bar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catch-scroll-progress-bar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1 (Released: February 25, 2026) * Bug Fixed: Fixed JS enqueue path for adding catch themes tab item in Themes add theme section #### 2.0 (Released: February 05, 2026) * Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped * Bug Fixed: missing_direct_file_access_protection * Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain * Compatibility check up to version 6.9.1 #### 1.6.6 (Released: May 12, 2025) * Compatibility check up to version 6.8 #### 1.6.5 (Released: April 16, 2024) * Compatibility check up to version 6.5 #### 1.6.4 (Released: November 15, 2023) * Compatibility check up to version 6.4 #### 1.6.3 (Released: November 16, 2022) * Compatibility check up to version 6.1 #### 1.6.2 (Released: February 25, 2022) * Added: Credit given to origin plugin for the idea (Reported By: audrasjb) * Bug Fixed: Nonce check completely bypassed (Reported By: ov3fly) * Bug Fixed: Progress bar HTML appending from JS now moved to footer (Reported By: ov3fly) #### 1.6.1 (Released: February 24, 2022) * Compatibility check up to version 5.9 #### 1.6 (Released: September 16, 2021) * Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls #### 1.5 (Released: August 05, 2021) * Compatibility check up to version 5.8 #### 1.4 (Released: Aug 19, 2020) * Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page #### 1.3 (Released: March 13, 2020) * Compatibility check up to version 5.4 #### 1.2 (Released: November 12, 2019) * Compatibility check up to version 5.3 #### 1.1 (Released: August 20, 2019) * Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs * Added: Tooltip for info icons * Added: Action link to settings page * Bug fixed for single page post type * Compatibility check up to version 5.2 * Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code #### 1.0.0 (Released: March 25, 2019) * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **2.1** * Last updated **1 month ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/) * Tags * [progress bar](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progress-bar/)[progressbar](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progressbar/) [reading](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reading/)[scroll](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scroll/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/) * [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/) * [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/) * [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/) * [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-scroll-progress-bar/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://catchplugins.com/plugins/catch-scroll-progress-bar/)