Title: LP Estimated Reading Time
Author: layerpoint
Published: <strong>Zofinkplɔsun 10, 2016</strong>
Last modified: Zofinkplɔsun 11, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# LP Estimated Reading Time

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lp-estimated-reading-time.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/#installation)
 * [Development](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lp-estimated-reading-time/)

## Description

Let your readers know how much time the blog post will take for reading. This plugin
creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content
or by using a shortcode. Automatically updates the read time based on the updates
the blog post recieves.

The plugin is completely customizable using the Dashboard Settings. You can activte
or deactivate the plugin, style it with the default classes or add your own custom
classes. You can also set an estimated number of words read per minute. You can 
additionally add extra content before and after the estimated reading time as per
your needs.

## Installation

 1. Download `lp-estimated-reading-time.zip`
 2. Upload the contents of `lp-estimated-reading-time.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Very Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-2150/)󠁿

 [Dave](https://profiles.wordpress.org/notime00/) Xwejisun 31, 2017

Simple and effective

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-plugin-217/)󠁿

 [subhash007](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subhash007/) zosun 17, 2016

Really nice plugin…I’ve been looking for this! 🙂

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lp-estimated-reading-time/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

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

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/)
 * Tags
 * [estimated](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/estimated/)[estimated reading time](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/estimated-reading-time/)
   [reading time](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reading-time/)[time](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/)
   [time to read](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time-to-read/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/lp-estimated-reading-time/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lp-estimated-reading-time/)