BlogSEO vs TimeSpan

BlogSEO connects your WordPress site to BlogSEO, an AI-powered SEO platform that researches keywords, generates ranking-ready articles, builds backlinks, and publishes content to your blog on autopilot. Features One-click pairing — connect from your BlogSEO dashboard without copying API keys. Auto-publish or manual — articles appear on your site as live posts or drafts for review, your choice. Featured and inline images — downloaded into your WordPress media library, no hotlinking. SEO meta filled in — meta title, description, focus keyword, OG/Twitter, and schema for Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and Squirrly. Works on locked-down hosts — Hostinger, Wordfence, Really Simple Security, Patchstack, and firewalled environments where Application Passwords break. Lightweight — no front-end scripts, no database tables, no admin nags. How it works Install and activate this plugin. Open Settings → BlogSEO and click Connect to BlogSEO. Confirm the pairing in your BlogSEO dashboard — you’ll be redirected back automatically. Articles generated in BlogSEO start publishing to your site based on your dashboard settings. Requirements WordPress 5.6 or higher PHP 7.4 or higher A BlogSEO account (sign up at blogseo.io) Privacy This plugin communicates with the BlogSEO service to receive article content for publishing. It sends only operational data — your site URL, plugin/WordPress/PHP versions, and the list of categories, tags, and post types you’ve configured (only when those change). It does not send post content, user data, or analytics. By installing this plugin and connecting it to your BlogSEO account, you agree to BlogSEO’s Terms of Service. External services This plugin connects to the BlogSEO API (https://app.blogseo.io) to authenticate the connection and receive article content generated in your BlogSEO account, so it can be published to your WordPress site. The plugin sends the following data to BlogSEO: During the initial pairing: a one-time pairing token and your site URL, to establish the connection. On every connection check (~once every 30 minutes): your site URL, WordPress version, PHP version, and the plugin version, to confirm the connection is alive. When you add or remove categories, tags, or post types on your WordPress site: the updated list, so the BlogSEO dashboard knows which targets are available. When BlogSEO can’t reach your site directly (firewalled host): a pull request asking BlogSEO for any queued articles, followed by a short confirmation (wp_post_id, wp_post_link, or error message) once each one is published locally. The plugin does not send post content, user data, comments, or analytics. There is no third-party tracking. This service is provided by BlogSEO, Inc.: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.

Welcome to TimeSpan The plugin ships with default settings, but allows you to change everything from: the message shown for a post that will take less than one minute; the message shown for any post over 1 minute; and the words-per-minute used to calculate the reading time. Setup Once the plugin is activated, you have two options: you can include it in your theme files (handy for WordPress developers), or you can let us do all the heavy lifting with automagic setup. Include TimeSpan in Your Theme Files Head over to the TimeSpan menu under Settings Fill out the options on that page Place the ‘echo do_shortcode(‘[time-span]’)’ shortcode wherever you’d like the data to show up in your theme file (e.g. page-home.php). Click the blue “Save Changes” button. That’s it! Automagic Setup The Automagic Setup will automatically insert the calculated time to read at the top of each of your posts. Here’s how to do that: Head over to the TimeSpan menu under Settings Fill out the options on that page Check the box at the bottom labeled “Automatically insert the time to read at the top of Posts”. Click the blue “Save Changes” button. That’s it! Are you guys for hire? We sure are. We’re a custom design & WordPress development shop. If WordPress can do it, we can do it. Drop us a line!