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Article XP

Lightweight WordPress plugin adding crawlable freshness dates, reading time, and TL;DR cards to improve reader experience, content clarity, SEO, and GEO readiness.

by Nic Bivens · github.com/bivxyz/article-xp

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Install

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This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/bivxyz/article-xp/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/bivxyz/article-xp ↗

Adds visible, crawlable article freshness, reading-time, and editor-approved TL;DR elements.

Description

Article XP renders useful article context in the initial server-generated HTML:

  • A semantic published or last-updated date
  • An estimated reading time
  • An optional editor-approved TL;DR paragraph or list

Posts are enabled by default. Pages and other public post types can be enabled under Settings > Article XP.

The plugin does not promise search rankings or citations. It makes useful reader-facing information explicit and machine-readable.

Installation

  1. Upload the article-insights-for-geo folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin.
  3. Open Settings > Article XP to configure content types, labels, placement, and appearance.
  4. Edit a post and open the Article XP document panel to add a TL;DR or set per-post overrides.

Automatic and manual placement

By default, Article Details and an available TL;DR are inserted before the main singular post content. Set a post to Manual placement to use the Article Details and TL;DR blocks instead.

The plugin suppresses automatic output for a component when its corresponding block is present.

For page builders, the plugin includes automatic fallback placement for Oxygen, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Breakdance, and common theme content containers when a template bypasses WordPress's content filter. A generic article fallback is used when no known content container exists. A template may also place [article_xp], [article_xp_details], or [article_xp_tldr] explicitly through a Shortcode element.

Structured data

Auto mode only adjusts dateModified in an Article node already produced by Yoast SEO or Rank Math. It never emits a second Article graph. Turn compatibility mode off to use semantic HTML only.

Developer filters

  • aig_words_per_minute
  • aig_reading_minutes
  • aig_date_label
  • aig_reading_label
  • aig_sanitized_tldr
  • aig_article_details_html
  • aig_tldr_html

Theme migration

If the active theme already inserts an article details bar with the_content, disable that theme hook after activating this plugin to avoid duplicate UI.

Changelog

1.0.5

  • Corrected the plugin author attribution to Nic Bivens.

1.0.4

  • Expanded automatic placement support for Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, and Breakdance.
  • Added a generic semantic article fallback for custom builder templates.
  • Added automated placement regression tests for supported builder containers.

1.0.3

  • Added automatic fallback placement for Oxygen and other builders that bypass the_content.
  • Added combined and component-specific shortcodes for visual-builder templates.
  • Relaxed content-filter guards while retaining singular-post and duplicate protections.

1.0.2

  • Renamed the plugin to Article XP while preserving existing settings and block compatibility.

1.0.1

  • Replaced native color pickers with six-digit HEX fields.
  • Added a live settings preview for colors, spacing, radius, and labels.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.