{"id":11039,"date":"2026-05-25T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/optic-read-o-meter\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:30:23","slug":"optic-read-o-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aeosub.com\/zh\/optic-read-o-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"Optic Read-O-Meter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Optic<\/div>\n
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Developer<\/th>\narunbrahma<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Version<\/th>\nv1.0.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Installs<\/th>\n0 +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Requires \/ Tested<\/th>\n6.3 \/ 6.9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Updated<\/th>\n2026-05-25 3:10am GMT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Link<\/th>\nView Details \u2192<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
Drops an "X min read" line above your posts. Five styles, color palettes, image-aware time, plural wording, shortcode and block.<\/div>\n

Drops a small “X min read” line above each post on your site. Same little badge Medium uses and most blogs use.<\/p>\n

The plugin counts the words, divides by reading speed, prepends the badge above the content. That is the whole thing. No tracking, no upsells, no third-party scripts.<\/p>\n

What you can change from Settings, Optic Read-O-Meter:<\/p>\n

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  • Words per minute (default 200, the global newspaper average).<\/li>\n
  • Style: pill, minimal, dark, outline, or none.<\/li>\n
  • Icon: clock, coffee, book, or none.<\/li>\n
  • Colors via the WordPress color picker, plus seven one-click palettes (Emerald, Sky, Rose, Amber, Violet, Slate, Dark).<\/li>\n
  • Position above, below, or both.<\/li>\n
  • Separate singular and plural templates, one for “1 minute read” and one for “5 minutes read”.<\/li>\n
  • Optional image time. Each image adds 12 seconds by default, the same convention Medium uses.<\/li>\n
  • Minimum word count to skip the badge on short posts.<\/li>\n
  • Which post types get the auto-prepended badge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Per post, an editor sidebar lets you hide the badge for a specific post or set a manual minute count.<\/p>\n

    A Reading Time Gutenberg block ships with the plugin. Drop it anywhere in the block editor and pick “Styled badge” or “Plain text” from the sidebar. There is also a shortcode for non-block contexts: [optrom_reading_time]<\/code>, [optrom_reading_time format=\"badge\"]<\/code>, or [optrom_reading_time template=\"About %s\"]<\/code>.<\/p>\n

    Performance: word and image counts are cached in post meta on save. After that, rendering reads one integer. No external HTTP, no analytics.<\/p>\n

    For developers, two filters: optrom_words_per_minute<\/code> to override the WPM per post, and optrom_label<\/code> to replace the entire label string.<\/p>\n

    The plugin cleans up after itself. Option and post meta are deleted on uninstall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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