Description
ZenRead is a lightweight and secure plugin that adds a sleek reading progress bar and an estimated reading time indicator to your WordPress posts. It helps in reducing bounce rates and improving engagement by giving readers a clear visual of their progress.
By showing how long a post will take to read and providing a smooth scrolling experience, ZenRead enhances the overall readability of your site.
Key Features
- Reading Progress Bar: A smooth, customizable bar at the top of the page that tracks reading progress.
- Estimated Reading Time: Automatically calculates and displays the reading time based on word count.
- Scroll to Top Button: A customizable button with Dashicons support to help users navigate back to the top.
- Fully Customizable: Easily change colors, bar height, padding, and margins from the settings page.
- Performance Focused: Built with vanilla JavaScript and clean PHP, ensuring zero impact on site speed.
- Secure: Fully follows WordPress.org security standards with data sanitization and escaping.
Installation
- Upload the
zenreadfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Access the settings via the ‘Reading Tool’ menu in your WordPress dashboard.
FAQ
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Does it work on pages?
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ZenRead is currently optimized for single posts to provide the most accurate reading metrics.
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Can I customize the colors?
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Yes, you can fully customize the progress bar color, reading time background, and text colors from the settings panel.
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Contributors & Developers
“ZenRead – Reading Progress Bar & Estimated Time” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1
- Rebranded to ZenRead for better identity and uniqueness.
- Added full data sanitization and security escaping.
- Improved CSS for full-width reading time container.
- Fixed scroll-to-top icon visibility issues.
1.0
- Initial release.
1.2
- Fix a simple issue
1.3
- Banner change