TLDRPress

Contributors: webmaster.sh

TLDRPress is a lightweight WordPress plugin for generating AI-powered TL;DR summaries for blog posts, publishers, news sites, and editorial teams.

Summaries are generated in the WordPress admin and stored permanently in post meta. The plugin never calls AI services during frontend page loads.

View TL;DR Example ➞

Features

• Generate summaries with the OpenAI API
• Manual generation from the post editor
• Optional auto-generation when a post is published
• Bulk generation tool with AJAX batch processing
• Bullet or paragraph summaries
• Short, medium, or long summary lengths
• Editable saved summaries
• Automatic frontend display with configurable placement
• Manual display with shortcode support
• Responsive frontend summary box
• Dark mode compatible styling

Requirements

• WordPress 6.2 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• OpenAI API key

Installation

1. Upload the plugin ZIP through Plugins → Add New
2. Activate TLDRPress
3. Add your OpenAI API key in Settings → TLDRPress
4. Choose your preferred summary settings
5. Start generating summaries

Shortcode

Display the current post summary:

[tldrpress]

Display a specific post summary:

[tldrpress id="123"]

For custom placement, disable automatic frontend display in Settings → TLDRPress, then add [tldrpress] using the standard WordPress Shortcode block or your page builder's shortcode widget.

Bulk Generation

Generate summaries for existing posts using the built-in AJAX-powered bulk generation tool under Tools → TLDRPress.

Frontend Styling

The frontend TL;DR box uses stable CSS classes for theme and builder overrides.

You can add custom styling in your theme, WordPress Additional CSS, page-builder custom CSS, or a site-specific plugin.

.tldrpress-box {}
.tldrpress-header {}
.tldrpress-icon {}
.tldrpress-content {}
.tldrpress-content ul {}
.tldrpress-content li {}

Example Custom Styling

/* Outer TL;DR card */
.tldrpress-box {
  margin: 2rem 0;
  padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem;
  background: #f8fafc;
  border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;
  border-left: 4px solid #2563eb;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: none;
}

/* Heading row */
.tldrpress-header {
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}

/* Heading text */
.tldrpress-header h2 {
  color: #0f172a;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

/* Optional icon */
.tldrpress-icon {
  background: #0f172a;
  color: #ffffff;
}

/* Summary body text */
.tldrpress-content {
  color: #334155;
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

/* Bullet spacing */
.tldrpress-content li {
  margin-bottom: 0.45rem;
}

/* Mobile adjustments */
@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .tldrpress-box {
    padding: 1rem;
    border-radius: 8px;
  }

  .tldrpress-header h2 {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
}

Changelog

1.0.3

• Updated author to webmaster.sh and refreshed readme.

1.0.2

• Removed the Save Manually button from the post editor meta box
• Moved bulk generation to Tools → TLDRPress
• Moved plugin settings to Settings → TLDRPress
• Edited summaries continue to save with the standard WordPress post update action

1.0.1

• Removed the dedicated Gutenberg block and Elementor widget
• Standardized custom placement around the [tldrpress] shortcode

1.0.0

• Initial release

Privacy

When generating summaries, TLDRPress sends post content to OpenAI for processing. Generated summaries are stored locally in your WordPress database as post meta.

TLDRPress does not send visitor data to OpenAI and does not call OpenAI on frontend page loads.

License

TLDRPress is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+), the same license used by WordPress.

This plugin is free software. You may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL.