Title: Reading Time WP
Author: yingles
Published: <strong>ނޮވެމްބަރ 15, 2014</strong>
Last modified: ނޮވެމްބަރ 17, 2024

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# Reading Time WP

 By [yingles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yingles/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reading-time-wp.2.0.17.zip)

 * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/#installation)
 * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/#developers)

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## Description

WP Reading Time let’s you easily add an estimated reading time to your WordPress
posts. Activating the plugin will automatically add the reading time to the beginning
of your post’s content. This can be deactivated in the Reading Time settings which
can be accessed from your Dashboard’s Settings menu. You can also edit the label
and postfix from this menu.

If you’d prefer more control over where you add your reading time you can use the
the [rt_reading_time] shortcode to insert the time into a post. This shortcode also
excepts values for label and postfix. These are optional. Ex. [rt_reading_time label
=”Reading Time:” postfix=”minutes” postfix_singular=”minute”].

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * An example of an estimated reading time entered before “the_content”.
 * [[
 * The options available in Reading Time WP.

## Installation

 1. Upload the ‘rt-reading-time-wp’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. That’s it! Your reading time will now be inserted at the beginning of every post.
 4. If you would like to edit settings or turn off reading time, select Reading Time
    from the WP Dashboard Settings menu

## FAQ

### How do I insert my reading time before posts.

On initial installation your reading time should be showing where the_content is
called in your template. If it is not, navigate to the Reading Time WP settings 
menu in the WP Dashboard Settings menu and make sure the “Insert Reading Time before
content” option is checked.

### Great, but how do I control the post types, like pages and custom post types, the reading times shows on?

Just navigate to the Reading Time WP settings page and select which post types you
want your Reading Times to display on. Reading Time WP defaults to posts and pages.

### But I want more individual control to insert reading time only on specific posts. How can I do that?

Easy, turn off the “Insert Reading Time before content” option form the Reading 
Time settings within your WP Dashboard’s settings. Then use the Reading Time WP 
shortcode [rt_reading_time label=”Reading Time:” postfix=”minutes”]. Best of all
the label and postfix parameters are optional.

### That’s good and all, but how do I insert it into my theme?

Still easy, but you’ll need to use WordPress’ built in do_shortcode function. Simply
place `<?php echo do_shortcode('[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="
minutes"]'); ?>` into your theme wherever you please.

### I’ll just go with it entering before the_content. How can I change what appears before and after the reading time?

Just edit the Reading time label and Reading time postfix fields in the Reading 
Time WP Settings. The label appears before the time and the postfix after. Feel 
free to leave either blank to not use that field.

### Does this count images in the Reading Time?

Yes! Reading Time WP calculates images based on Medium’s article on the topic here:
https://blog.medium.com/read-time-and-you-bc2048ab620c.

So for the first image add 12 seconds, second image add 11, …, for image 10+ add
3 seconds each.

### How can I only display reading time on single posts?

Drop the code from this Gist in your functions.php. https://gist.github.com/jasonyingling/
ad2832bc1768d1fbb63341aef072908b

### How do I remove the Reading Time from Yoast’s meta description?

Drop the code from this Gist in your functions.php https://gist.github.com/jasonyingling/
5917dc97b302ca37abce7ceb93a7f4b8

### How can I add meta fields, say from Advanced Custom Fields, into the Reading Time WP count?

Just hook into the `rtwp_filter_wordcount` filter and increment the word count the
reading time is based on.

### How do I specify a different post ID in the shortcode, e.g. to show each post’s reading time on a page that lists many posts?

Use the optional page_id attribute on the shortcode. e.g. [rt_reading_time label
=”Reading Time:” postfix=”minutes” postfix_singular=”minute” post_id=”123″]

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[It’s good,](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lol-none-of-the-settings-work/)󠁿

 [cke11y](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cke11y/) ނޮވެމްބަރ 21, 2024

As above – I am using elementor –

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### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-38079/)󠁿

 [Koka boka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koka777/) ޑިސެމްބަރ 5, 2023

A plugin that performs the function for which it was created without unnecessary
load. Thanks to the author for the beautiful work!

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### 󠀁[Simple & working great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-working-great-4/)󠁿

 [Mladen Gradev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe8104/) ފެބްރުއަރީ 1, 2023

Great plugin!

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Gr

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 [Earnie Rhyker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyker2u/) ޖުލައި 26, 2021

1st plugin in this niche that I’ve tried, and love it! Except .. .. it would be 
even better if we could customize the colors and other typical css features from
our WP backend. Now I have to mess about with custom code again to make it look 
the way I want it. Hence the 4-star rating.

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 [nobodyelse84](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nobodyelse84/) އޭޕްރިލް 17, 2021

Riesci ad utilizzarlo selezionando con facilità su quale contenuto rendere visibile
il tempo stimato di lettura. Complimenti

 [ Read all 20 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reading-time-wp/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ yingles ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yingles/)
 *   [ Jason Yingling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yingling017/)
 *   [ Jeremy Varnham ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jvarn13/)
 *   [ bonaparte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bonaparte/)

“Reading Time WP” has been translated into 11 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-time-wp/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Reading Time WP” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-time-wp)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reading-time-wp/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reading-time-wp/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reading-time-wp/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reading-time-wp/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0.17

 * Moved reading time output to function
 * Added filter for reading time output `rtwp_filter_reading_time_output` passes
   4 arguments: `$output`, `$label`, `$reading_time`, `$postfix`
 * WordPress 6.7 support

#### 2.0.16

 * WordPress 6.5 support

#### 2.0.15

 * Updating stable tag to correct version

#### 2.0.14

 * Switched plugin to `init` hook
 * If admin file is called directly, abort.
 * Fixed issue with postfix when reading time is `< 1`
 * Tested with WordPress 6.3.1 and PHP 8.2

#### 2.0.13

 * Tested on WordPress 6.2
 * Bug: Fixed potential undefined index errors
 * Developer note: Updated variable name $rt_after_content to $rt_before_excerpt.

#### 2.0.12

 * Been awhile since I deployed and missed a version number update

#### 2.0.11

 * Fixed notice if $rt_reading_time_options[‘post_types’] is not set
 * Testing on WordPress 6.0.2 and PHP 8.0

#### 2.0.10

 * WordPress 5.5 compatability

#### 2.0.8

 * Improving conditional logic checks
 * Fixing a bug where post types would show as checked on refresh if all post types
   were unchecked

#### 2.0.7

 * Switching words per minute to use number input for better validation

#### 2.0.6

 * Adding better post sanitization
 * Allowing for reading times under 1 minute

#### 2.0.5

 * Adding a post_id attribute to the shortcode
 * Adding `rt_add_postfix` function for outputting the postfix
 * Adding `rt_edit_postfix` filter for editing output postfix
 * Grammar edits.

#### 2.0.4

 * Fixing a PHP Warning for users that installed priort to version 1.2.0 and hadn’t
   updated the settings page since.

#### 2.0.3

 * Adjusting how post types are output on admin page for better translations
 * Including nl_NL translation courtesy of @bonaparte

#### 2.0.2

 * Improved support for more languages with a new count function. Props to jvarn13.
 * Loaded textdomain for plugin
 * Updated POT file

#### 2.0.1

 * Fixing error with Reading Time shortcode when using postfix_singular attribute

#### 2.0.0

 * Updating plugin to better meet WordPress Coding Standards. This includes renaming
   variables throughout the plugin.
 * Note: If you’ve hooked into Reading Time WP’s class, variables, or functions 
   this update could cause issues.
 * Fixing HTML output when using shortcode to match auto inserted reading times

#### 1.2.2

 * Switched default for all post types to display reading time if option has not
   been set
 * Add option to include shortcodes in the reading time count

#### 1.2.0

 * Hoo boy do we have a big one.
 * Allowed for filtering of the `$shortcode_atts`.
 * Added the much requested ability to control which post types reading times display
   on.
 * Added a filter for adding to the word count the reading time is based on.
 * Added in an actual text-domain and translation functions and generated a .pot
   file.
 * Cleaned up a bit for better coding standards.

#### 1.1.0

 * Added images into reading time calculations based on Medium’s suggestion. https://
   blog.medium.com/read-time-and-you-bc2048ab620c

#### 1.0.10

 * Tested in WordPress 4.9

#### 1.0.9

 * Fixed typo in shortcode and implemented better sanitization from github

#### 1.0.8

 * Added in singular postfix setting. Added in separate control to display reading
   time on excerpts.

#### 1.0.7

 * Switched to using span elements instead of divs for inserting before content 
   and excerpt

#### 1.0.6

 * Updated the way the word count is calculated to be more accurate when using images
   and links

#### 1.0.5

 * Plugin tested for WordPress 4.1

#### 1.0.4

 * Minor fix to stable version tags, updating readme after fixes in 1.0.2 and 1.0.3

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixes issue with miscalculating the reading time when using  tags and the_content.
   Also fixes issue with reading time appearing inline when using the_excerpt.

#### 1.0.2

 * Fixing bug with more tags in the_content

#### 1.0.1

 * Converting the plugin to a class based structure

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.17**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **30,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/),
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 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reading-time-wp)
 * Tags
 * [estimated time](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/estimated-time/)[posts](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
   [reading time](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reading-time/)[time](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/)
   [word count](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/word-count/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ yingles ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yingles/)
 *   [ Jason Yingling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yingling017/)
 *   [ Jeremy Varnham ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jvarn13/)
 *   [ bonaparte ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bonaparte/)

## Support

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