Options

Unnecessary but here are some ideas for options:

1) lower case
Read in [est_time]. displays as Read in Less than a minute. (notice the capital “L” in the middle of the sentence)

2) add prefix and suffix options
[est_time prefix="Read in" suffix="."] –> Read in 2 minutes.

3) add “or less” option
[est_time prefix="Read in" orless="or less."]
A) –> Read in 2 minutes or less.
B) –> Read in less than a minute. (not “less than a minute or less”)

[est_time prefix="Read in" orless="or more."]
C) –> Read in 2 minutes or more.
D) –> Read in less than a minute. (not “less than a minute or more”)

4) add “approximately” option
[est_time prefix="Read in" approx="about"]
A) –> Read in about 2 minutes.
B) –> Read in less than a minute. (not “about less than a minute”)

Just some ideas, none perfectly thought out.
Could add both global options via options page and allow per-shortcode overrides.

Thanks for considering them.

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