So ...

Upon activation, go to Settings => Reading Time WP to access the settings page:

You can ...

  • define the text that will appear on screen for reading time
  • select the minutes
  • "adjust" the reading speed (300 words per minute by default)

If you don’t want to automatically display the estimated reading time for all your posts, then you'll have to uncheck the "Insert Reading Time before content" and "Insert Reading Time before excerpt" checkboxes. In this case you can use the plugin-generated shortcode to display the estimated reading time on given posts.

So let's see the magic ...



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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
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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smartketeer Premium
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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smartketeer Premium
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
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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smartketeer Premium
Yep ... That's the point ... Content is still king!
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MaryAnnMc Premium
Interesting!

Mary Ann
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks Mary Ann!
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