Title: Readability Buttons (readability.com)
Author: Sparanoid
Published: <strong>February 20, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 31, 2016

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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.

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# Readability Buttons (readability.com)

 By [Sparanoid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/readability-buttons.2.1.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/#installation)
 * [Development](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/readability-buttons/)

## Description

Adds readability.com widget on your site. A must-have plugin if you’re a Readability
publisher. This plugin also works fine with multisite enabled WordPress (aka. WordPress
Mu).

More information please visit my [site](http://sparanoid.com/work/readability/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * What it looks like on default theme.
 * [[
 * All settings on readability.com are available to change.

## Installation

WordPress:

 1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. In ‘Plugins’ page, choose ‘Activate’

Multisite enabled WordPress:

 1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. In ‘Site Admin’ mode (You need log in as site admin), go to ‘Plugins’ page, choose‘
    Network Activate’
 3. Just FYI, you can also activate this plugin individually for different sites.

Old-styled WordPress Mu:

 1. Upload the extracted files to the `/wp-content/mu-plugins/` directory
 2. That’s all.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Readability Buttons (readability.com)” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Sparanoid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

[Translate “Readability Buttons (readability.com)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/readability-buttons)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/readability-buttons/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/readability-buttons/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/readability-buttons/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/readability-buttons/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.1.4

 * Compatibility check for 4.6 and 4.7, however since the Readability service is
   now shut down, I will no longer maintain this plugin.

#### 2.1.3

 * Compatibility check for 4.5, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone 
   this plugin still works.

#### 2.1.2

 * Compatibility check for 4.4, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone 
   this plugin still works.

#### 2.1.1

 * Compatibility check for 4.3, nothing new, just bump version to tell everyone 
   this plugin still works.

#### 2.1.0

 * Update script URL to CloudFront CDN, use protocol-free URL scheme.

#### 2.0.11

 * Compatibility check for 4.0 and 4.1 alpha, nothing new, just bump version to 
   tell everyone this plugin still works.

#### 2.0.10

 * Bump version to refresh WordPress.org plugin page, sorry to borther you.

#### 2.0.9

 * Compatibility check for 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 alpha, now you can toggle “Read Now”
   and “Read Later” individually.

#### 2.0.8

 * Bump version to let you know it still works

#### 2.0.7

 * Update donate link, If you like this plugin, please consider buying me a cup 
   of coffee.

#### 2.0.6

 * Update plugin description and page design on sparanoid.com, check it out: http://
   sparanoid.com/work/readability/ props @lianghai

#### 2.0.5

 * Update description, props @lianghai

#### 2.0.4

 * Remove unused styles and script files for better performance

#### 2.0.3

 * Moving plugin development repo from WordPress.org to GitHub. You can find the
   new repo at https://github.com/sparanoid/readability-buttons

#### 2.0.2

 * Upgrade widget plugin framework. Settings minor tweaks.

#### 2.0.1

 * Upgrade widget plugin framework. Add plugin activate and deactivation hooks.

#### 2.0

 * Add options, now all settings on readability.com are available to change.

#### 1.1

 * Bump version to let you know it still works.

#### 1.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.1.4**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/)
 * Tags
 * [button](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[Readability](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/readability/)
   [share](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share/)[sidebar](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)
   [widget](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/readability-buttons/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/readability-buttons/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/readability-buttons/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Sparanoid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/readability-buttons/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://sparanoid.com/donate/)