Title: Read Later Buttons Author: Dana Ross Published: April 18, 2013 Last modified: April 18, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/read-later-buttons/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=700314) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/read-later-buttons_92aec6.svg) # Read Later Buttons By [Dana Ross](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/read-later-buttons.1.2.1.zip) * [Details](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/#description) * [Reviews](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/#installation) * [Development](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/) ## Description Read Later Buttons provides a widget and a shortcode for displaying “read later” buttons for the popular apps Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability. It can also display a [Send to Kindle](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/send-to-kindle/) button if that plugin is installed, letting your users send your content to their e-reader to enoy when they have the time. This plugin is designed to function well and look good without much fuss, but it also provides a shortcode and filters so you can control how the buttons look & work. **Shortcode** Use the `[read_later_buttons]` shortcode to render buttons for every one of the supported services. You can also include the names of one or more services (i.e.`[ read_later_buttons instapaper pocket]`) to just get those buttons. Valid service names are `kindle`, `instapaper`, `pocket`, and `readlater`. The shortcode can also display an estimated reading time if you include the “time” parameter (`[read_later_buttons time]`). The reading time can be combined with service names (`[read_later_buttons time instapaper]`) and the time will render above the buttons. When including the time estimate, the plugin won’t display all the buttons by default. You need to include the “all” parameter (i.e. `[read_later_buttons time all]`) in that case. Also, the shortcode has to be used inside “the loop” in order to calculate a time — in other words in a page, post, or the appropriate parts of your theme template. **Filters** 1. read_later_buttons_do_css: return false to prevent loading the default CSS (doesn’t affect the Kindle plugin) 2. read_later_buttons_instapaper: alter the HTML generated for the Instapaper button 3. read_later_buttons_pocket: alter the HTML generated for the Pocket button 4. read_later_buttons_readability: alter the HTML generated for the Readability button 5. read_later_buttons_reading_time: alter the HTML generated for the reading time estimate 6. read_later_buttons_link: alter or replace the link passed to the read later services( doesn’t affect the Kindle plugin) ## Screenshots * [[ * Read Later buttons, with a reading time estimate, added to a post using the shortcode. Of course, this is just a demonstration. You can use the shortcode anywhere shortcodes are supported, even adding them to your page templates by calling [do_shortcode()](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode). * [[ * The Read Later Buttons widget in the sidebar. * [[ * The widget can be configured to show any combination of services, letting you balance features with space in your sidebar. ## Installation Install Read Later Buttons automatically from your admin account by selecting “Plugins”, then “Add new” from the sidebar menu. Search for Read Later Buttons, then choose“ Install Now”. or Download the latest Read Later Buttons archive from wordpress.org. Unzip the archive and upload the read_later_buttons directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your WordPress site. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ How do I enable the Kindle button? Install and activate the [Send to Kindle](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/send-to-kindle/) plugin. Read Later Buttons will detect that the Kindle button is available and offer a checkbox for it on the widget configuration form. The plugin uses a lot of CSS to style the buttons. Can I get rid of it and start from scratch? Sure! In your theme’s functions.php file, include the following code: ``` function disable_read_later_buttons_css($status) { return false; } add_filter('read_later_buttons_do_css', 'disable_read_later_buttons_css'); ``` That will remove the CSS from the Instapaper, Pocket, and Readlater buttons whether you’re using the widget or the shortcode. You’ll have to find your own way to alter the Kindle button’s styling. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Read Later Buttons” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Dana Ross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/) [Translate “Read Later Buttons” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/read-later-buttons) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/read-later-buttons/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/read-later-buttons/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/read-later-buttons/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/read-later-buttons/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.1 * Code optimizations #### 1.2 * French & Spanish translations by Gabriel Vivas #### 1.1 * Use SVG images where supported (except for Kindle) #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.2** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/) * Tags * [Instapaper](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/instapaper/)[Kindle](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/kindle/) [pocket](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pocket/)[read later](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/read-later/) [Readability](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/readability/) * [Advanced View](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/read-later-buttons/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/read-later-buttons/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Dana Ross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/csixty4/) ## Support Got something to say? 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