Laser - Page Loading Progress Bar for WordPress

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Laser is a lightweight and easy to use WordPress plugin to add Page Loading Progress Bar. The plugin automatically detects loading progress percentage and indicates it on the progress bar. Moreover, you can use any color or gradient for the bar and display it in a convenient place on the page.

The loading progress bar is useful for all kinds of sites to improve User Experience. Since most visitors use a mobile phone, the loading indicator gives an advantage to your site, especially in conditions of low internet speed.

Real-time Page Loading Progress
Real-time Page Loading Progress
Keeps progress bar position after switching pages
Keeps progress bar position after switching pages
Flexible control of progress bar position
Flexible control of progress bar position
Completely cross-browser support
Completely cross-browser support
Incredible Customization Flexibility
Incredible Customization Flexibility
Minified & optimized Native JS without jQuery
Minified & optimized Native JS without jQuery
Works Great with Popular Themes
Works Great with Popular Themes
Fully Compatible with WordPress 5+
Fully Compatible with WordPress 5+
Convenient and Modern User Interface
Convenient and Modern User Interface
Tested with Popular Page Builders
Tested with Popular Page Builders
Suitable for all kind of Layouts ans Templates
Suitable for all kind of Layouts ans Templates

It does not matter which browser users view your site. WordPress Loading Progress Bar works well on Mobile, Tablet or Desktop PC. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Edge or even the outdated versions of Internet Explorer. In all browsers, visitors will get the awesome experience of the loading indicator and wait time for page loading will not be so tiring.

Loading Progress Bar tested and compatible with All Major WP Plugins: Yoast SEO, Contact Form 7, W3 Total Cache, NextGen Gallery, Slider Revolution, WooCommerce, etc. It also works perfectly and improves the user experience with popular Website Page Builders:

The plugin works perfectly with all major WordPress frameworks: Genesis, Divi, Themify, Warp 7, Ultimatum, Beans, Unyson, Gantry, and others.

Features

Installing the WordPress plugin is quick and straightforward. After you have downloaded the archive with the plugin, you will see the file with the plugin inside. Unzipped purchased the product you will see inside the archive with the plugin pluginname.zip There are two ways to install it:

Installation of the Plugin through the WordPress Admin panel ( Recommended for most users )

STEP 1

First of all, open WordPress admin area login page and login in into WordPress as Admin. To do this visit http://yoursitename/wp-admin

STEP 2

Go to Plugins > Add New

Add New Plugin to WordPress
Add New Plugin to WordPress
STEP 3

Click Upload Plugin Button

Upload New Plugin to WordPress
Upload New Plugin to WordPress
STEP 5

Choose archive with Plugin and press Install Now Button

STEP 6

After Installing go back to the Plugins page and click Activate below plugin title

Activate Installed Plugin

Installation the plugin through FTP or build-in File manager

STEP 1

Use Login and Password to connect to your web-server via FTP or use your hosting file manager.

STEP 2

Upload archive with plugin to /wp-content/plugins

STEP 3

On next step Unzip the archive with the plugin

STEP 4

Installing WordPress Plugin is almost finished. Go to the Plugins page and click Activate below plugin title. You can find out your username and password on the website of your hosting provider.

Activate Installed Plugin

After installing and activating the plugin, you can go to settings of the Plugin. Also, you can read more helpful articles about WordPress Themes and WordPress Plugins.

Laser is a lightweight and easy to use WordPress plugin to add Page Loading Progress Bar. The plugin automatically detects loading progress percentage and indicates it on the progress bar. Moreover, you can use any color or gradient for the bar and display it in a convenient place on the page. The Laser WordPress plugin is useful for all kinds of sites to improve User Experience.

To install the plugin, read the article Installing WordPress Plugin. Installing the plugin takes only a few seconds.

To open the plugin settings slick Settings below plugin name on the plugins page

Laser on the plugins page

or in the WordPress Sidebar menu go to Laser

Laser in the WordPress sidebar

In the plugin settings, there are certain tabs responsible for various groups of plugin settings.

General settings

Position

Select one of the available positions to display the bar on the page:

Style

Select one of the available bar coloring styles: Gradient, Monochrome, Pulse.

Color

This parameter sets the color of the progress bar using a color picker. Any of 32 million colors are available for selection.

Gradient Color

This parameter sets the gradient color of the progress bar using a color picker. Any of 32 million colors are available for selection. The option is available when Gradient is selected in Style settings.

Background Color

This parameter sets the background color of the bar using a color picker. Any of 32 million colors are available for selection.

Height

Specify the height of the progress bar using the slider. The value can be set from 1 to 50 pixels.

Speed

Specify the speed of the progress bar. The value can be set from 100 to 3000 milliseconds.

Easing

Select the type of easing the progress bar animation. The available options:

Shadow

The toggle to enable/disable the outer shadow for the progress bar.

Reverse Direction

Enable the option to start the progress bar in the opposite direction.

Trickle

The toggle to enable/disable the automatic incrementing to show that something’s happening.

Save changes

Do not forget to click Save Changes after changing plugin settings. After clicking this button, the settings will be saved and applied to all pages of the website.

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