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About Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar
The Read Meter plugin is a tool that displays the estimated reading time for blog posts, along with a progress bar. It helps visitors see how much time they will need to read a post and encourages them to keep reading. The plugin also offers various customization options, such as choosing where to display the read time and progress bar, and styling options for the progress bar.Screenshots
Frequently asked questions
What is the purpose of the Read Meter plugin?
The Read Meter plugin displays the estimated reading time for blog posts along with a progress bar. It helps give visitors an idea of how long it will take to read a post, encouraging them to read until the end.
How does the plugin calculate reading time?
The plugin calculates reading time, including an advanced image time calculation technique. It adds 12 seconds for the first image, 11 seconds for the second, and so on, up to the 10th image, then 3 seconds for each subsequent image.
Can I display the reading time in custom locations?
Yes, a simple shortcode `[read_meter]` allows you to add read time anywhere on your site. You can also specify a post ID using `[read_meter id=47]` to display the reading time for a particular post or page.
Does the plugin update reading time for revised posts?
Yes, even if a post is updated multiple times, the plugin will calculate the read time for the most recent version of the post.
What types of content can display the reading time and progress bar?
You can choose to display the read time and a progress bar on various post types.
Changelog
1.0.9
- Feature: Added the ID attribute to the
[read_meter]shortcode eg:[read_meter id="47"]to show reading time of that particular post/page irrespective of where the shortcode is added. - Fix: Reading time using shortcode
[read_meter]was not visible on individual post/page unless the post type was selected.
1.0.8
- Fix: Page Content Wrap Marker used for progress bar was causing styling issues with non block based themes.
- Fix: Only added the marker needed for progress bar on the post types selected.
1.0.7
- Fix: Theme Layout Styles conflict with the Marker div added as a wrapper to the_content.
1.0.6
- Fix: Hardened the security.
1.0.5
- Fix: Progress Bar displaying on 404 Page.
1.0.4
- Improvement: Loaded the minified versions of CSS and JS files.
- Fix: Progress Bar Opacity adjustment working on mobile devices.
- Fix: Progress Bar working on iPhone Mobile devices.
- Fix: Set Minimum width of the Reading time Container.
1.0.3
- Fix: Read time postfix not displayed in frontend.
1.0.2
- Fix: Do not load CSS/JS on pages where read-meter/read-time is not used.
1.0.1
- Fix: Fixed the Dropdown of Progress bar error.
- Fix: Changed default values of Progress Bar colors.
- Fix: Changed default values of Post type.
1.0.0
- Initial Release.
