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Worth The Read
v1.14.4
An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.
by brianmcculloh · Website
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- Rank
- #3,773 24h -6 · 7d -7
- Est. installs
- 3,839 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 119K all time
- Rating
- 4.3 ★ 27 reviews
- Official installs
- 3,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 0% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
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- Version
- 1.14.4
- Requires WP
- 3.8
- Requires PHP
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- On WP.org since
- 2016
About Worth The Read
Worth The Read is a WordPress plugin by brianmcculloh, first published on WordPress.org in 2016. It has 3,000+ active installations and 118,986 downloads in total, and ranks #3,773 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 7 places. Users rate it 4.3 out of 5 across 27 reviews. Version 1.14.4 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 3.8 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (0%). It is listed under estimated reading time, progress, reading, reading time and scroll. Plugins with a similar focus include WP Reading Progress, Reading progressbar and Catch Scroll Progress Bar.
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