eroux

Supplying an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" rel="nofollow ugc">ISBN</a> (and, optionally, a Title) will display a cover image of the relevant book with a link to that book’s page on <a href="https://books.google.co.za/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Books</a> using the Google Books API.
Using the Widget you can choose whether to:
<ul>
<li>Force all calls to Google to be HTTPS, instead of the API returned HTTP</li>
<li>Pad the Image (selected by default, uses internal CSS)</li>
<li>Display a Box-Shadow (selected by default, uses internal CSS)</li>
<li>Choose Alternate Google Country (defaults to “Worldwide”)</li>
</ul>
as well as
<ul>
<li>Decide whether you would like to use a Title</li>
<li>Define the ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 of the book.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Activate the Plugin via “Plugins” → “Currently Reading” → “Activate” (if you hadn’t already done so).</li>
<li>Go to “Appearance” → “Widgets” and drag the “Reading” widget into whichever Sidebar you choose.</li>
<li>In the “Currently Reading” widget, you can then customise it further.</li>
</ol>

Currently Reading

Displays a cover image of a book with a link to Google Books based on a supplied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

paperleaf

Welcome to TimeSpan
The plugin ships with default settings, but allows you to change everything from: the message shown for a post that will take less than one minute; the message shown for any post over 1 minute; and the words-per-minute used to calculate the reading time.
Setup
Once the plugin is activated, you have two options: you can include it in your theme files (handy for WordPress developers), or you can let us do all the heavy lifting with automagic setup.
Include TimeSpan in Your Theme Files
<ol>
<li>Head over to the TimeSpan menu under Settings</li>
<li>Fill out the options on that page</li>
<li>Place the ‘echo do_shortcode(‘[time-span]’)’ shortcode wherever you’d like the data to show up in your theme file (e.g. page-home.php).</li>
<li>Click the blue “Save Changes” button.</li>
</ol>
That’s it!
Automagic Setup
The Automagic Setup will automatically insert the calculated time to read at the top of each of your posts. Here’s how to do that:
<ol>
<li>Head over to the TimeSpan menu under Settings</li>
<li>Fill out the options on that page</li>
<li>Check the box at the bottom labeled “Automatically insert the time to read at the top of Posts”.</li>
<li>Click the blue “Save Changes” button.</li>
</ol>
That’s it!
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TimeSpan

TimeSpan is a simple, easy to set-up WordPress plugin that automagically calculates the approximate length of time it will take to read a blog post.

Currently Reading vs TimeSpan