Title: Read More About
Author: Jacob Martella
Published: <strong>August 4, 2015</strong>
Last modified: February 14, 2023

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# Read More About

 By [Jacob Martella](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arenapigskin/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/read-more-about.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-more-about/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-more-about/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-more-about/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-more-about/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-more-about/)

## Description

Read More About allows users to add links in a story using a shortcode to provide
addition reading material about a subject. Works great for large topics that can\’
t all be explained in one post.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The section to add related links to the post.
 * [[
 * The position of the shortcode button in the visual editor.
 * [[
 * The Read More About section in a post.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Read More About Example block scaffolded with Create Block tool.

## Installation

 1. In the WordPress Dashboard, go to \”Plugins\” -> \”Add New\” and search for \”Read
    More About\” and click install and activate.
 2. To add related links for a post, go to the bottom post editor and click \”Add Link\”
    and fill out the fields for either an internal or external link.
 3. To add the shortcode to the post, go to the top of the visual editor and click 
    the button with the \”RM\” on the far right of the top row of buttons. To change
    the title of the related links section, fill out the title attribute. The float
    attribute accepts either left, right, center or none.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Read More About” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jacob Martella ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arenapigskin/)

[Translate “Read More About” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/read-more-about)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 2.1

 * Updated the block to work with the way Gutenberg and the block editor work.

#### 2.0

 * Refactor the entire plugin to use an object-oriented programming paradigm.
 * Upped the lowest PHP version supported to 7.0.
 * Tested to work with WordPress 5.7.1.

#### 1.7

 * Added the Read More About Gutenberg block.
 * Tested with WordPress 5.3.

#### 1.6.1

 * Tested with WordPress 4.9.

#### 1.6

 * Added support to show the read more about section on pages as well as posts.

#### 1.5

 * Added a description field for each link for added background if need be.
 * Tested with WordPress 4.8.

#### 1.4

 * Added a widget to show the additional links in the sidebar rather than in the
   post if the user wishes.
 * Tested with WordPress 4.7.

#### 1.3

 * Removed styles for the ‘Read More About’ section header and article titles so
   that they match with the current theme.
 * Fixed issue with translations not loading.
 * Tested with WordPress 4.6.

#### 1.2

 * Allowed user to move around the order of the links.
 * Added an option for a light or dark color scheme.
 * Tested with WordPress 4.5.

#### 1.1

 * Removed ‘http:’ from wp_enqueue_scripts for Google fonts.
 * Fixed error with no ending

<

div> tag in the read more section.
 – Changed the style of the read more section.
Background is now white with a slight box shadow. – Fixed issue with internal link
dropdown not showing initially in the editor screen.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release to the WordPress plugins repository.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.2.9**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [custom meta panel](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-meta-panel/)[related links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-links/)
   [shortcodes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcodes/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-more-about/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jacob Martella ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arenapigskin/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-more-about/)