Creating skill bars in WordPress is a popular way to visually represent skill levels, expertise areas, or professional competencies on a website. These bars are typically seen in portfolios or resumes.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to add skill bars in WordPress. But before that, let’s examine the skill bars below in more detail.
What are Skill Bars?
Skill bars typically refer to a feature or functionality provided by plugins or themes that allow users to display their skills or proficiency levels in various areas on their websites.
These skill bars are often used in personal portfolios, resumes, or business websites to showcase the expertise of individuals or teams.
What are the Use Cases of Skill Bars?
Here are some more use cases of skill bars in WordPress:
Displaying Skills: WordPress plugins or themes often provide customizable elements, such as progress bars or circular graphs, that allow users to input their skills and proficiency levels in areas such as programming languages, design tools, languages, and more.
Visual Representation: These skill bars visually represent the proficiency level of each skill, typically using color-coded bars, percentages, or other graphical elements to indicate the level of expertise.
What Do You Need to Create Skill Bars in WordPress?
You only need to install WordPress plugins such as Ultimate Blocks, etc.
How to Add Skill Bars in WordPress Websites
To add skill bars to your website, you need the assistance of a third-party plugin. For that, we will use Ultimate Blocks.
Step 1: Install Ultimate Blocks
To install Ultimate Blocks, navigate to your website’s admin dashboard and Plugins > Add New Plugin. Search for the Ultimate Blocks in the plugin search box. Then, install and activate the plugin.
Step 2: Add the Skill Bars
To Add the skill bars, insert the Progress Bar Block of the Plugin. Click the “+” (aka the Add Block sign), search for the Progress Bar Block in the search box, and click on it.
Step 3: Set the Progress Bar Value & Percentage
After the progress bar is successfully inserted into the editor, set its value and description.
That’s how you can easily add skill bars or progress bars to your website using the Ultimate Blocks. You can customize the look of your progress bar from the right side of the settings. After that, you must update or publish your posts and pages.
The final look of the skill bars is below.
Final Thoughts
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