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Alternatives to Simply Excerpts
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Brevio Reading Durationv1.0.0
Displays an estimated reading time at the top of each blog post.
Estimated reading time with a progress bar and live countdown. Fast, lightweight and accurate — works with page builders and caching.
Fattami Reading Timev1.0.0
Shows an estimated reading time badge on your posts, with Unicode-aware word counting (Arabic, French, CJK) and a simple shortcode.
Read More WPv1.1.7
Create excerpts and hide text with an elegant toggle button to show more.
Snappy Post Word Countv1.0.0
Lightweight sortable word count column for your posts list. See exactly which posts need more content, right in your WordPress admin.
Easily add a customizable Read More button to expand long posts. Reveal hidden content automatically and smoothly without a page refresh.
Tlabe Reading Time Estimator is a lightweight, secure, and customizable reading time estimator for WordPress single posts.
Adds a sortable column to the posts and pages admin list with the word count of each page/post.
Boost engagement with a reading progress bar, automatic reading time estimation, live word count, accurate post view counter for your WordPress site.