Title: WP Pace
Author: jamesdbruner
Published: <strong>September 30, 2013</strong>
Last modified: April 28, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Pace

 By [jamesdbruner](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesdbruner/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-pace.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-pace/)

## Description

Create an automatic page load progress bar. Based on [Pace – Automatic page load progress bar](http://github.hubspot.com/pace/docs/welcome/).
Javascript by [Zack Bloom](https://twitter.com/zackbloom) CSS by [Adam Schwartz](https://twitter.com/adamfschwartz).
Themes inspired by [Mary Lou](http://tympanus.net/codrops/2013/09/18/creative-loading-effects/)

See a working demo here: [pace.jamesdbruner.com](http://pace.jamesdbruner.com)

Cool Features:

 * Customize the color of the progress bar with an easy to use color picker
 * Choose which progress bar ‘theme’ you want to use from a dropdown list
 * Decide whether you want to have the progress bar on every page or use the shortcode
   to add it to just a few specific pages/posts
 * The shortcode allows you to have different colored progress bars with varying
   themes on a page to page basis.

How to use the shortcode:

There are two attributes you can use

 * color
 * theme

Example: `[pace color="#29d9dd" theme="minimal"]` or just `[pace]` will work fine.(
the default color is #29d9dd and the default theme is minimal)

There are ten themes to choose from

 * Minimal
 * Flash
 * Barbershop
 * MacOSX
 * Fill-Left
 * Flat-Top
 * CornderIndicator
 * Bounce
 * Big Counter
 * Center Circle

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings Page
 * [[
 * Big Counter Example

## Installation

How to get started:

 1. Upload `wp-pace.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Navigate to the Plugins page and select Settings
 4. Choose the settings you would like then check the Sitewide option and save
 5. Alternatively you can uncheck the sitewide option and use the shortcode on any 
    page or post

## FAQ

  How big is this plugin?

Currently it’s sitting at: ~43.3KB
 This is largely due to the fact that every pace
theme is included in this plugin. That’s not to say that every theme is loaded. 
Only the theme you choose is loaded onto your page.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great, simple plugin, fits excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-simple-plugin-fits-excellent/)󠁿

 [Nikola Papratovic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikoslatoe/) September 3, 2016

Just something I was looking for 🙂

 [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-pace/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Pace” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ jamesdbruner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesdbruner/)

[Translate “WP Pace” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-pace)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-pace/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-pace/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-pace/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-pace/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0

 * Refactored the plugin to work within the pace class now
 * Added 2 more effects Big Counter and Center Circle
 * Minified the css for all of the efects
 * Minified pace.js

#### 1.0

 * First commit
 * Comes with a global option or you can use the shortcodes
 * Customize the color and choose a theme for your progress bar(s)

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.6.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/)
 * Tags
 * [loading](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/loading/)[loading animation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/loading-animation/)
   [pace](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pace/)[progress bar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progress-bar/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pace/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ jamesdbruner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamesdbruner/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-pace/)

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