myCred Progress Bar Add on 1.3.5
Wordpress Plugins Mycred 4.8 (727 reviews)
The myCred Progress Bar Addon is an extension for the popular myCred points system on WordPress. It turns abstract point totals and level achievements into visible, animated progress bars that users see as they interact with your site. Instead of forcing people to check their balance, the addon shows how close they are to the next milestone in real time, so motivation stays explicit and immediate. You control what triggers progress: earning a set number of points, reaching a particular myCred level, completing custom post types, or performing specific actions such as publishing a post or submitting a comment. Because the addon works directly with myCred hooks and functions, any metric the core plugin can track can become a bar. Setup happens through the existing myCred settings menu, so there is no separate interface to learn. Once configured, bars appear wherever you place them, giving users a clear visual reason to keep engaging with your content and community.
Customization options go well beyond picking a color. You can choose from multiple progress bar templates and layouts, then adjust height, fonts, colors, border radius, and shadow effects to match your site's design. Animation behavior is configurable too, with easing functions that control how smoothly the bar fills. A percentage display mode shows the exact completion value, handy next to the bar. Progress bars can be reset according to specific triggers or schedules, making recurring challenges or weekly goals easy to manage. Shortcode attributes allow per-instance control over bar height and color, so you are not locked into site-wide defaults for every placement. For advanced use, filter hooks let developers extend behavior, including a hook that excludes selected users from progress tracking. Custom user meta values can also drive progress if the standard point and level options do not fit your scenario. The admin settings page explains each option clearly, and no coding knowledge is needed to get everything working.
The addon is placed on your site using shortcodes or widgets, so progress bars can appear inside posts, pages, sidebars, or theme templates without touching code. It requires WordPress 5.0 or newer and works across modern browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. The code is lightweight and optimized to avoid slowing down pages, even when several bars are displayed at once. Recent versions refined database queries to improve loading times on pages with multiple progress bars, and one update addressed caching plugins that sometimes prevented progress updates from appearing immediately. The addon is designed to cooperate with other myCred extensions, with a fix included for cases where points earned through a different addon did not show up in the bar until later. The core myCred plugin must be installed and active, with version 2.0 or higher recommended for full feature support. Progress data is stored in the WordPress database through standard myCred structures, keeping everything consistent with your existing setup.
Real-world uses span several kinds of sites. For onboarding, new members can watch a bar fill as they complete profile fields or setup steps, giving them a clear checklist with a satisfying visual payoff. Learning management systems can track student progress through courses, modules, and lessons, so learners always know how much content remains. E-commerce stores can show loyalty customers how many points separate them from a discount or a VIP tier, adding gentle pressure to complete a purchase. Community platforms can motivate participation by tracking contributions such as posts, comments, or reactions, and content sites can set reading goals that reward browsing several articles. Skill development programs work too, visualizing movement through training modules and competencies. Because the addon accepts custom metrics defined through myCred, the specific trigger is entirely up to you. Each bar gives users a concrete representation of their achievements, which tends to encourage continued activity without requiring extra explanation or prompts.
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- Last updated
- August 10, 2026
- Delivery
- Digital
- Availability
- In stock
- Version
- 16.8
- Category
- Wordpress Plugins
- Item type
- plugin
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