How to Create a Dynamic Progress Bar for a Multilevel Dashboard: Complete Guide and Case Study 🎯📊

Hello! In this chapter, we show you step by step how we designed and implemented a dynamic progress bar inside a multi-level administrative dashboard, specifically built to meet the needs of a client who offers investment products with active subscriptions. This progress bar not only visually displays the advancement of each plan, but also adapts with colors that change as the investment progresses, providing a unique and motivating experience for users.

Main Functionality: A Progress Bar That Grows and Changes Color

The featured product is the “Plan Wall Street 20,” an investment plan with a duration of 15 days. When a user purchases the subscription, the bar starts at zero and increases as time passes, changing colors every 10% of progress—starting in orange and ending in gold at 100%, when the investment doubles. This custom design enhances clarity of real-time progress, boosting user trust and transparency.

Technical Development: Custom Code for WordPress and Elementor

Although plugins like Elementor’s Progress Bar exist, their customization limitations (especially regarding dynamic color changes) led us to develop custom PHP code. This code detects each user’s active subscription, calculates the progress percentage, and updates the visual bar with predefined hexadecimal colors. As a result, the bar is interactive, updated in real time, and adapts to various plans with different durations and yields.

Integration in the Multilevel Dashboard and User Management

The multilevel platform uses Ultimate Affiliate Pro to manage ranks, commissions, and user networks. The progress bar is displayed on the dashboard so each user can see their investment progress in real time. In addition, it integrates functions to manage different products linked to specific ranks and earnings. The system also offers links and QR codes to invite new affiliates, making network expansion easier.

Courses and Training at Servicios ICNIC

For those who want to learn how to design these functionalities, our academy offers courses ranging from an introduction to WordPress and Elementor to advanced management of ecommerce, e-learning, and multilevel systems. Besides the theoretical content, we provide personalized support so you can develop and maintain professional and profitable platforms.

Personal Reflections and Recommendations for Entrepreneurs

Although learning to program HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP is helpful, many functionalities can be achieved without deep coding knowledge by using plugins and visual tools. However, having basic programming skills expands your possibilities and allows you to fully customize your projects. And since we work daily with artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, mastering these technologies opens many doors in today’s web development world.