Now the HOW part ...

As you can guess, we are going to needa plugin. A handy plugin called Reading Time WP (460 KB) ...

Here it is:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/reading-time-wp/

Before anything else, let's see the usual speed tests ...

Here are my results before installing the plugin ...

... and the result after installing and activating the plugin:

Which means an additional 0.01 second ... So this awesome plugin is basically invisible ...

With that having said, let's see how it works ...

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dowj01 Premium
Very interesting, would be good to see which posts engage readers for longest allowing lessons to be learnt to put into action in future posts.
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Justin
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smartketeer Premium
@dowj01
Good point Justin!

Noted :)
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CandP Premium
Interesting little plugin. We are going to think about this one.
Colette and Philip
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@CandP
Thank you my friends!
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FKelso Premium
One thing that puzzles me...it seems that writing longer posts will cause more readers to quit before they finish reading. Thoughts?
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@FKelso
I disagree my friend ... If your content is boring they will leave after reading the first three paragraphs ... If your content is interesting and helpful, they will read it regardless of its length ...
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FKelso Premium
@smartketeer
Oh, that makes sense.
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JerryMcCoy Premium Plus
Good training. You have to try to write engaging content to keep them.
Jerry
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@JerryMcCoy
Yep ... That's the point ... Content is still king!
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MaryAnnMc Premium
Interesting!

Mary Ann
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@MaryAnnMc
Thanks Mary Ann!
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