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Misc Plugin/Help Items
7 replies · Started by Greg on October 29, 2018
I'm really loving Generate Press so far!
I wanted to ask these questions here because I've already discovered a few lightweight plugins/best practices that I didn't know before joining the GP community.
Do you have any recommendations or lightweight ways to:
1. How to display "read time" of a blog post? (ex: "5 min read" in the blog post info)
2. A lightweight slider plugin?
Thanks so much for the help!
Hi there,
Glad to hear you've been enjoying GP!
1. Not easily but this time should offer some insight: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/creating-an-estimated-reading-time/
2. Sliders tend to be a bit heavy as it requires javascript. Our usual recommendation would be SmartSlider 3 though.
Let me know if this helps :)
Hey thanks so much!
Glad I could help :)
Hey I wanted to open this thread back up under another best practice request. I'm using the Peak design from the site library.
1. I'd like to insert an opt in form at the end of my posts & pages.
Content to insert:
<hr />
<h3>Subscribe for future posts, free tutorials, and coupons</h3>
[formidable id=6]I use Appearance > Elements > Add New > Hook (Settings > Hook > After Content / Execute Shortcodes = true)
This gets me just about where I want to be, but the post navigation at the bottom gets in the way.
I don't expect you to write a custom hook for this, but I'm wondering if you have any recommendations?
What I have now:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fMvkJyTGb3RBZXoGvkyyf56bCgqzdMWY/view?usp=sharing
What I'm aiming for:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gPdE_ZuMIXJtl3ob5qSS7zNikjzp3IIS/view?usp=sharing
2. What social share plugin do you recommend?
Thanks so much for the help!
Can you open a new topic for #1?
As for social share plugin, I've never used one myself so I can't comment on this.
Best to do a bit of Google research or try a few and see which one fits you the best :)
Sure, no problem at all. Thanks!
Thanks :)
