In this post I am going to share some awesome jquery progress bar plugin libraries which are very helpful to create some kind of process, like loading, copying, moving files or installation. jQuery provides some pretty good plugins free of cost, which can be used to create animated progress bars for a website to make it more attractive. and you can easily customize these plugins as per your website need.
1. ProgressBar.js
With ProgressBar.js, it’s easy to create responsive and stylish progress bars for the web. Animations perform well even on mobile devices. It provides a few built‑in shapes like Line, Circle and SemiCircle but you can also create custom shaped progress bars with any vector graphic editor.ProgressBar.js is lightweight, MIT licensed and supports all major browsers including IE9+.
2. jQMeter
jQMeter is a simple, light-weight jQuery plugin that allows you to display an animated horizontal or vertical progress meter. Just pass in the goal and amount raised or completed, and the rest is optional.
It has a simple design out-of-the-box, but this is on purpose so that you can customize the look to match your needs. You can pass several formatting options including width, height, background bar color, bar color, etc. You can also choose to display the percentage completed or not, as well as control the animation speed.
All you need to do is include the plugin file into your webpage, create a target wrapper element, and pass that element’s id into the method.
3. LoadGo
LoadGo is a Javascript plugin that allows you to create a progress bar using your own images.
– Perfect for logo animation when user is waiting for something to be loaded (a website, retrieving information, updating status, etc.)
– It creates an overlay above your img element and simulates a loading process using dimension changes.
– Tested up in IE 9, IE 10, IE Edge, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
you can now use LoadGo in your WordPress with LoadGo for WP. Just install it, upload your own logo and see how it will be updated when your page is loading.
4. Animated Goal Progress Bar jQuery plugin
This plugin allows you to create an animated progress bar using jQuery. Just fill in the required input and the plugin calculates the progress of your goal and animates the bar. You can specify text to put before and after the amount raised.
You are welcome to download the plugin and use it in your personal projects provided that you leave the credits in the source code.
5. NProgress.js
Slim progress bars for Ajax’y applications. Inspired by Google, YouTube, and Medium. If you waht to create progress bar plugin like Google, Youtube then this perfect plugin for you with simple documentation which help you to customize this plugins as per your need.