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Worth The Read · Version history

Worth The Read changelog and version history

Latest version
1.14.4
Aug 26, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
27
since 2016
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 20164 releases
  • 20176 releases
  • 20181 release
  • 20191 release
  • 20202 releases
  • 20211 release
  • 20224 releases
  • 20235 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Worth The Read 1.14.4Latest

    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 7.1

20242 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.14.3

    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 6.7.1

  2. Worth The Read 1.14.2

    • Fixed: Compatible with WordPress 6.4.2

20235 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.14.1

    • Fixed: Fatal error

  2. Worth The Read 1.14

    • Fixed: Security vulnerability issue

  3. Worth The Read 1.13.2

    • Fixed: Menu priority glitch introduced in 1.13

  4. Worth The Read 1.13.1

  5. Worth The Read 1.13

    • New Feature: Ability to display progress bar only on specific posts and pages
    • New Feature: Ability to display reading time only on specific posts and pages
    • Updated: Redux options framework from 4.3.12.7 to 4.3.21.2
    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 6.1.1

20224 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.12

    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 6.0

  2. Worth The Read 1.11

    • New Feature: Option to display time commitment within posts loops, including archives and homepage

  3. Worth The Read 1.10

    • Fixed: Resolved missing options files

  4. Worth The Read 1.9

    • Updated: Redux options framework from 3.6.18 to 4.3.12.7

20211 release

  1. Worth The Read 1.8

    • New Feature: Added new debugging mode to help troubleshoot javascript issues
    • Fixed: Comment end div is no longer inserted into the DOM twice
    • Fixed: Homepage content is now correctly calculating progress bar length

20202 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.7

    • New Feature: Option to disable progress bar shadow added
    • New Feature: Option to change the progress bar color when the end of the article is reached
    • Fixed: Text domain renamed from wtr to worth-the-read so translations plugins work
    • Fixed: JavaScript syntax issues in the js/wtr.js file

  2. Worth The Read 1.6

    • New Feature: Reading time now optionally takes images into account and allows you to adjust pictures-per-minute variable
    • Fixed: Improved handling of bugs which would clog up error logs
    • Fixed: Redux framework compatiblity fatal error resolved

20191 release

  1. Worth The Read 1.5

    • New Feature: WTR now works with manually-entered custom post types
    • New Feature: You can spcify a unique singular format for the time commitment label
    • New Feature: Custom time commitment labels on a per-post and per-page basis
    • New Feature: You can now disable the progress bar for non-touch devices only
    • New Feature: Added RTL support for progress bar
    • Updated: Updated Redux (the plugin options framework) from 3.6.8 to 3.6.15
    • Updated: Implemented some Redux Framework annoyance helpers (https://hasin.me/2015/04/24/getting-rid-of-redux-framework-annoyances/)
    • Fixed: The default time format string is now translation-ready
    • Fixed: Commented out some console logging that had been used for debugging

20181 release

  1. Worth The Read 1.4

    • New Feature: You can remove the reading progress bar and time commitment label from individual posts and pages
    • New Feature: You can manually adjust the average words per minute used in the time commitment calculation
    • New Feature: Choose between two methods of word counting for the time commitment calculation
    • New Feature: Content Offset setting. You can now manually add an offset to where the progress bar thinks the content begins
    • New Feature: [wtr-end] shortcode. You can now manually specify where the progress bar thinks the content ends
    • Updated: Updated Redux (the plugin options framework) from 3.6.5 to 3.6.8 which removed an unused set_transient causing slow queries
    • Fixed: All registered custom post types are now available to select in the custom post types plugin options
    • Fixed: Removed some php notices/warnings that popped up in error_logs
    • Fixed: Non-latin languages now work with the time commitment calculation
    • Fixed: Removed unused wtr-comments-end div injected into posts/pages with no comments

20176 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.3.3

    • Added custom post types to the time commitment label
    • Added new option to change muted progress bar color in addition to opacity
    • Added separate progress bar placement and offset options that apply only to touch devices
    • Improved logic of where to display the time commitment label. You can now display it with a shortcode only instead of auto-placement.
    • Improved time commitment label so the minimum read time is 1 minute (i.e. it will no longer display any “0” minute reads)
    • Increased z-index of the progress slider from 99 to 99999
    • Fixed PHP in_array notices in a few places

  2. Worth The Read 1.3.2

    • Changed page slug of Redux options for better compatibility
    • Updated installation instructions in readme.txt
    • Removed a couple unneeded admin js/css files after migrating to Redux framework

  3. Worth The Read 1.3.1

    • Fixed tagging issue causing 500 error

  4. Worth The Read 1.3

    • Complete rewrite of options panel in Redux options framework
    • Added shortcode [wtr-time] for custom placement of reading time commitment

  5. Worth The Read 1.2.1

    • Scripts/styles no longer load on homepage if progress bar is not set to display on the homepage
    • Comments div anchor only renders where applicable

  6. Worth The Read 1.2

    • Added new time commitment feature
    • Added custom post types compatibility
    • Added home page compatibility
    • Added disable for touch devices feature
    • Added placement offset feature
    • Added muted opacity feature (was previously locked at .5)
    • Improved top placement to work better with WordPress admin bar on various screen sizes
    • Changed “width” setting label to “thickness” to be more intuitive
    • Changed “mute” setting label to “fixed opacity” to be more intuitive
    • Fixed php notices that displayed while wp_debug was turned on

20164 releases

  1. Worth The Read 1.1

    • Added ability to display progress bar on posts and pages, instead of only posts
    • Added new settings to adjust width and opacity of progress bar
    • Added new setting to choose whether progress bar stays muted on scroll
    • Improved calculations of progress bar scroll placement when Include Comments is on
    • Fixed a few text strings that weren’t wrapped in gettext function (i18n)

  2. Worth The Read 1.0.2

    • Added settings link directly to plugin page

  3. Worth The Read 1.0.1

    • Improved detection of comments

  4. Worth The Read 1.0

Questions about Worth The Read’s releases

What is the latest version of Worth The Read?

1.14.4, released on Aug 26, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is Worth The Read updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Worth The Read’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.