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Insert Estimated Reading Time

Description

This plugin to insert “Estimated Reading Time” at the beginning of content.

  • Can choose “Minutes” or “Minutes and seconds”.
  • Can output in free format.
  • Can switch show/hide in Home, Front page, Post, and Page.
  • Support shortcode and tag.
  • If you want to translate this plugin, you put ‘.po’ and ‘.mo’ in ‘languages’ directory. Japanese language file is included in this plugin.

Screenshots

  • The options screen.

Installation

  1. Upload this directory to the ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Open ‘Options’ -> ‘Insert Estimated Reading Time’ menu, choose your options.

FAQ

Aren’t there any translation files other than Japanese?

It does not exist yet. My mother tongue is Japanese and I can’t speak any other languages.

Reviews

Mee 3, 2017
日本語対応なのがありがたいですし、1分あたりの文字数を設定できるのも素晴らしい
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Contributors & Developers

“Insert Estimated Reading Time” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Insert Estimated Reading Time” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Insert Estimated Reading Time” into your language.

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Changelog

1.2

  • Changed setting of “Hide in …” to setting of “Show in …”. (existing settings will be automatically inherited)
  • Support custom post types. (available only when “content” exists)

1.1.3

  • Fix deprecated error.

1.1.1

  • Changed to snake case from camel case functions name. (ex. estimatedReadingTime -> estimated_reading_time)
  • You can continue to use old name of function “”.

1.1.0

  • Shortcode support. Add [estimated_reading_time] to your post content. Estimated reading time is displayed regardless of the state of checkbox.
  • Tag support. Add to your theme/template. Estimated reading time is displayed regardless of the state of checkbox.

1.0.2

  • Fixed round-up process when you choose “Minutes” in “Time output”.

1.0.1

  • Added pot file in languages directory.

1.0.0

  • First release.