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v2.2
🎉 Sam Reading Time v2.2
🆕 New in v2.2
- Reading time is now pre-calculated and stored as post meta for better performance.
- Significantly improved performance on large sites and admin post lists.
- Added proper internationalization support using
sam-reading-timetext domain. - Cleaner and more minimal admin UI styling while keeping the original red theme.
⚡ Improvements
- Optimized reading time sorting using numeric post meta values.
- Reduced unnecessary recalculations during admin and front-end requests.
- Improved JSON-LD
timeRequiredoutput stability for SEO.
🐞 Fixes
- Fixed inconsistent reading time values when sorting posts.
- Prevented zero or invalid
timeRequiredschema output. - Improved compatibility with translated content (Polylang & WPML).
📥 Installation
Download the ZIP and install via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
or install directly from the WordPress.org plugin page.
Upgrade Notes:
No manual action required. Existing posts will automatically update their reading time when saved.