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.
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.
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:
First of all, open WordPress admin area login page and login in into WordPress as Admin. To do this visit http://yoursitename/wp-admin
Go to Plugins > Add New
Click Upload Plugin Button
Choose archive with Plugin and press Install Now Button
After Installing go back to the Plugins page and click Activate below plugin title
Use Login and Password to connect to your web-server via FTP or use your hosting file manager.
Upload archive with plugin to /wp-content/plugins
On next step Unzip the archive with the plugin
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.
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
or in the WordPress Sidebar menu go to Laser
In the plugin settings, there are certain tabs responsible for various groups of plugin settings.
Select one of the available positions to display the bar on the page:
Select one of the available bar coloring styles: Gradient, Monochrome, Pulse.
This parameter sets the color of the progress bar using a color picker. Any of 32 million colors are available for selection.
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.
This parameter sets the background color of the bar using a color picker. Any of 32 million colors are available for selection.
Specify the height of the progress bar using the slider. The value can be set from 1 to 50 pixels.
Specify the speed of the progress bar. The value can be set from 100 to 3000 milliseconds.
Select the type of easing the progress bar animation. The available options:
The toggle to enable/disable the outer shadow for the progress bar.
Enable the option to start the progress bar in the opposite direction.
The toggle to enable/disable the automatic incrementing to show that something’s happening.
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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