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People often skip reading posts with the fear of the time they’ll spend reading it. Are you losing readers too?
The Read Meter plugin displays the estimated reading time for blog posts along with a progress bar. It works great to give visitors a quick idea about the time needed to read a post and encourages them to go on till the end.
Usually, visitors try to scan the entire post at first glance and grasp as much as information possible from the post. Reading time specified in minutes motivates users to read the post.
A handy progress bar will show the reader’s position on the post. As the reader scrolls the page, the progress bar indicates the remaining part of the post. This lets readers know how far have they reached and how much more do they have to go on.
<a href="https://bsf.io/read-meter-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">Try it out on a free dummy site</a>
The plugin uses an advanced image time calculation technique. In case your post contains images, the plugin calculates the time to view those images as well. It adds 12 seconds for the first image, 11 seconds for the second image and so on till the 10th image. After that, it adds 3 seconds for each further image.
It works great to give visitors a quick idea about the time needed to read a post and encourages them to go on till the end.
Here are some key features of the plugin –
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<li>A simple shortcode – <code>[read_meter]</code>, gives you the flexibility to add read time anywhere on the site.</li>
<li>A simple ID attribute to the shortcode can display reading time of that particular post/page irrespective of where the shortcode is added – <code>[read_meter id=47]</code>.</li>
<li>Even if the post is updated multiple times, the plugin will calculate the read time for the most recent version of the post.</li>
<li>You can choose to display the read time and a progress bar on various post types.</li>
<li>You can decide whether you would like to include images and comments in the read time and progress bar.</li>
</ul>
That’s not all! Here are some more controls you get over Reading Time –
<ul>
<li>Display the read time on a blog/archive page or single post page</li>
<li>Show the estimated time it takes to read any blog/archive page or single post page, which can be displayed on any section of the website</li>
<li>Set the read time position – i.e. Above/Below title or above content</li>
<li>Set a read time Prefix and Postfix</li>
<li>Use various read time styling options – Spacing, Background color, Font size, etc.</li>
</ul>
Specific controls for Progress Bar –
<ul>
<li>Set a progress bar position – i.e. Top/ Bottom of the page.</li>
<li>Use various progress bar styling options – Gradient Background color, Bar thickness, etc.</li>
</ul>

Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar

The plugin does what it says and works excellently. I like the included styling options and it's easy to customise further with CSS as needed.

Excellent

The Read Meter plugin displays the estimated reading time for blog posts along with a progress bar.

Abdullatif Al-Mayhob

Calculate and Show Estimated Reading Time in your posts in Both Arabic and English. 
With no perfomance Impact, and no external loaded styles or scripts
<h3>Data Collection</h3>
This plugin collects some diagnostic data to help improve its functionality and performance. 
This data can only be viewd by the developers and are not used for any ADs or marketing purposes. 
All of these data (except the plugin settings) are publicly availabe anyway in most cases. 
You can disable data collecting in the plugin settings.
The data collected includes: 
– Site Name: Your site’s name. 
– Site URL: Your site’s URL. 
– Admin Email: Your admin email. 
– Site Language: Your site’s language. 
– Plugin Version: This plugin’s version. 
– WordPress Version: Your WordPress version. 
– PHP Version: Your server’s PHP version. 
– Theme: Your active theme’s name and version. 
– Active Plugins: Your active plugins. 
– Plugin Settings: This plugin’s settings. 
– Multisite: If your site is a multisite network.
This data is sent to our server. The data transmission is non-blocking and does not affect the performance of your site.
We respect your privacy and handle your data with care. The data collected is used solely for diagnostic purposes and to improve the functionality and performance of this plugin. It is not shared with any third parties.

Arabic & English Estimated Reading Time


If you find any bug or you have improvements or features suggestions, please let me know at abdoo.mayhob@gmail.comEnjoy the plugin.


Developer Here! Feedback is always welcomed.

Calculate and Show Estimated Reading Time in your posts in Both Arabic and English.

Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar vs Arabic & English Estimated Reading Time