Title: Estimated Reading Time Content
Author: Anton
Published: <strong>January 12, 2025</strong>
Last modified: January 14, 2025

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# Estimated Reading Time Content

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

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/estimated-reading-time-content/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/estimated-reading-time-content/#developers)

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## Description

The **Estimated Reading Time Content** plugin automatically calculates and displays
the estimated time required to read your posts and pages. It enhances user experience
by informing readers about the content length, encouraging engagement and readability.

**Features:**

 * Automatically displays reading time at the top or bottom of posts and pages.
 * Customizable words per minute for accurate reading time calculation.
 * Allows customization of the reading time text, font size, font color, and background
   color.
 * Provides a shortcode for inserting reading time in specific locations.
 * Includes a widget for displaying reading time in sidebars.
 * Admin settings page for easy configuration.

**Key Benefits:**

 * Improves user engagement by setting reading expectations.
 * Enhances content readability and planning.
 * Easy to customize to match your site’s design.

### Usage

Once activated, the plugin will automatically display the reading time on all posts
and pages based on your settings.

**Shortcode:**

You can also manually insert the reading time using the shortcode `[ertc_reading_time]`
within your post or page content.

**Examples:**

 * To display the reading time within the content:
 *     ```
        This is the content of your post. [ertc_reading_time] ``
       ```
   
 * To display the reading time for a specific post or page by ID:
 *     ```
        [ertc_reading_time id="123"] ``
       ```
   

**Widget:**

Add the **Estimated Reading Time** widget to your sidebar or any widget area to 
display the reading time.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * **Settings Page:** Configure plugin settings including enabling for posts/pages,
   position, words per minute, text customization, and styling options.
 * [[
 * **Reading Time Display:** Shows the estimated reading time block at the top or
   bottom of posts and pages.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `estimated-reading-time-content` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Navigate to **Settings  Estimated Reading Time** to configure the plugin according
    to your preferences.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin affect the performance of my website?

No, the plugin is optimized to efficiently calculate and display reading time without
significantly impacting site performance.

### Can I customize the appearance of the reading time block?

Yes, you can customize the font size, font color, and background color of the reading
time block through the plugin’s settings page.

### How is the reading time calculated?

The reading time is calculated based on the number of words in the post or page 
divided by the words per minute setting (default is 300 WPM).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Anton ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antonphp/)

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

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/estimated-reading-time-content/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/estimated-reading-time-content/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/estimated-reading-time-content/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.0 – January 12, 2025

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 * Tags
 * [estimated reading time](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/estimated-reading-time/)
   [read time](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/read-time/)[reading time](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reading-time/)
   [readtime](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/readtime/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/estimated-reading-time-content/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Anton ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antonphp/)

## Support

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