Description
LevelNetwork WRT Reading Tools enhances your content by adding a professional and informative bar, providing valuable metadata and accessibility tools directly within your posts and pages.
Core Features:
- Word Count: Automatically calculates and displays the total word count based on the main filtered content block (
the_content). Provides the most relevant count for the displayed text. - Estimated Reading Time: Shows reading time in minutes, calculated using a configurable WPM setting (Default: 200 WPM) based on the filtered content word count.
- Post View Counter:
- Reliably tracks and displays post/page views via AJAX with secure nonces and cookie tracking.
- Configurable Cookie Expiry (Default: 6 hours).
- Global & Per-Post Start Value options to set an initial count.
- View Reset button in the post editor metabox.
- (Note: Disabled by default, must be enabled in settings).
- Text Font Resizer: Includes +/- buttons and an optional Reset button. Remembers user preference via LocalStorage.
- Accessibility & Utility Buttons:
- Optional Contrast/Night Mode toggle with multiple icon choices. Remembers user preference.
- Optional Clean Print button using a configurable selector to print only the main content area.
Extensive Customization & Compatibility:
- Display Control:
- Show bar on: Only Posts (Default), Only Pages, Both, or Manual Placement Only (disables automatic insertion).
- Automatically excluded from the homepage.
- Position: Above (Default) or Below content.
- Mobile Visibility: Option to show (Default) or hide on mobile.
- Component Toggle: Individually enable/disable Word Count, Reading Time, View Counter, Font Resizer (+/-), Font Reset Button, Contrast Button, and Print Button.
- Theme Compatibility & Exclusions: Settings for CSS selectors allow you to target specific content areas and exclude unwanted elements (like injected ads, related posts, or author boxes) from being counted, resized, or printed.
- Visual Styling:
- Choose from 50 built-in Color Palettes with live admin preview!
- Select your preferred icon for the Contrast Mode button (with preview).
- Shortcode:
[lnwrt_only_tools]available to manually display only the action buttons group. - Professional & Lightweight: Clean design, uses WordPress Dashicons, CSS Variables.
- Localization Ready: Fully translatable.
Provide richer insights, better accessibility, and more control using LevelNetwork WRT Reading Tools!
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Installation
- WordPress Admin:
Plugins > Add New Plugin>Upload Plugin> Chooselevelnetwork-wrt-reading-tools.zip>Install Now>Activate. - FTP: Upload
levelnetwork-wrt-reading-toolsfolder to/wp-content/plugins/> Activate inPluginsmenu. - Configuration: Go to Settings > Reading Tools. Configure all options, especially “Target Selectors”. Enable desired components & buttons (View Counter is off by default).
FAQ
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Go to
Settings > Reading Tools > Target Selectorsand use the “Exclude Selector CSS” field. Enter the CSS classes or IDs (separated by commas, e.g.,.ad-banner, .related-posts, #author-box) of the elements you want the plugin to completely ignore. -
Go to
Settings > Reading Tools > Target Selectors. Ensure the “Font Resizer Target” field contains the correct CSS selector for your theme’s main text container (e.g.,.entry-content). -
Go to
Settings > Reading Tools > Target Selectors. Ensure the “Clean Print Target” field contains the correct CSS selector for the specific content block you want to print. -
The bar appears in unwanted places (widgets, etc.).
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Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS in your WordPress dashboard to hide the bar in specific locations using standard CSS. Use browser “Inspect Element” to find a unique parent selector for the unwanted area (e.g.,
#sidebar .widget .lnwrt-reading-tools-bar { display: none; }). -
View Counter shows 0 or doesn’t update?
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- Enable It: Check “View Count” under
Settings > Reading Tools > Components & Options. - Clear Caches: Crucial! Clear all caches (plugin, server, CDN, browser) and test in an Incognito window.
- Admins Ignored: Logged-in admins are not counted. Test logged out.
- Cookie Expiry: Wait for the cookie (check setting) or use Incognito.
- Check Console: Look for JS errors or failed AJAX requests (F12 > Console / Network).
- Enable It: Check “View Count” under
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How do I reset the View Count?
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Edit the post/page, find the “WRT View Stats” metabox, click “Reset”. The count updates after refresh.
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How does the “Start Value” for views work?
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Sets the base number before the first view is counted. Example: Start Value 100 -> first visitor makes count 101. A per-post override (set via metabox before first view) takes precedence.
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Yes, under
Settings > Reading Tools > Components & Options. -
Why might the Word Count/Read Time seem slightly off compared to other tools?
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By default, the calculation is based on the text content after WordPress filters have run. For perfect accuracy, use the “Word Count Target” and “Exclude Selector CSS” settings to define exactly which areas should and shouldn’t be counted.
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What shortcodes are available?
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[lnwrt_only_tools]: Displays only the interactive buttons (Resizer, Reset, Contrast, Print) based on enabled settings. Useful for manual placement. Requires plugin assets (JS/CSS) to be loaded on the page.
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Changelog
1.1.3
- Feature: Added new Color Palettes, bringing the total to 50 beautifully crafted options!
- Refinement: Redesigned the settings page with a professional two-column layout and a sidebar for support and resources.
- Compliance/Security: Removed the Custom CSS field to comply with strict WordPress.org security guidelines (users should now use the native Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS).
- Fix: Fully un-minified and formatted frontend JavaScript to meet WordPress.org human-readable source code requirements.
1.1.2
- Refinement: Complete codebase refactoring (prefixes, text domain, styles updated to
lnwrt_andLevelNetwork) to comply with strict WordPress.org guidelines. - Feature: Added powerful “Exclude Selector CSS” to perfectly ignore specific elements (ads, related posts) from word count, resizing, and printing.
- Feature: Added Contrast Button Icon selection.
- Feature: Added Live Preview for Palettes/Icons in settings.
- Feature: Added specific CSS Selector setting for Word Count calculation.
- Fix: Resolved AJAX, JS initialization, and PHP Deprecated errors.
- Refinement: Shortcodes updated; removed unstable single-data ones, kept
[lnwrt_only_tools].
1.1.1
- Fix: Corrected CSS variable usage for button backgrounds with dark palettes.
- Fix: Ensured JS initializes correctly regardless of enabled components.
- Fix: Resolved PHP warnings/notices (duplicate constants, deprecated functions).
- Refinement: Centralized constant definitions.
1.1.0
- Feature: Added Font Size Reset button.
- Feature: Added Contrast/Night Mode toggle button.
- Feature: Added Clean Print button.
- Feature: Added Configurable Print Area CSS Selector setting.
- Feature: Added Configurable Words Per Minute (WPM) setting.
- Feature: Added Configurable Cookie Expiry setting for view counter.
- Feature: Added View Count Reset button in Post Editor Metabox.
- Feature: Added Global and Per-Post Start Value options for View Counter.
- Update: View Counter calculation now respects start values.
- Fix: Improved context checking to prevent bar display in widgets.
1.0.0
- Initial release.