Title: Article Difficulty Level
Author: M A Vinoth Kumar
Published: <strong>October 3, 2013</strong>
Last modified: November 12, 2015

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# Article Difficulty Level

 By [M A Vinoth Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/article-difficulty-level.3.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/article-difficulty-level/)

## Description

Through this plugin, user can able to select the post difficulty level in admin 
dash board post area for each post.

 * User can select the difficulty level for each post in post area.
 * User can able to choose the star size and color to show the difficulty level.
 * User can able to choose the where to show the difficulty level, that is either
   in Home only or Post only or Both.

v 3.1 [12 Nov 2015]

 * Added shortcode to use inside the post echo bcShortCodeArticle($post->ID);
 * Updated font awesome icons

v 3.0

 * Now user can update wide list of icons for their difficulty level from http://
   fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/

v 2.2.2 [19-5-2014]

 * Updated to 3.9.1 version

v 2.2.1 [24-4-2014]

 * Bug fixes – conflict with default H1 tag.

v 2.2 [7-2-2014]

 * User can able to disable rating by selecting NA for that post

v 2.1.1

 * Updated to 3.8.1

v 2.1

 * Added Colorpicker to choose color

v 2.0

 * Major bug fixes
 * Plugin menu moved to Setting page [As requested by user]

v 1.1.6

 * Support 3.7.1

v 1.1.5

 * Users can view the Difficulty level in Admin dashboard post list.

v 1.1.4

 * Users can select where to show the difficulty level either in post or home or
   both.
 * Default message added for the post where rating not selected

v 1.1.3

 * Users can select upto 5 different size of stars

v 1.1.2

 * Users can change the star color

v 1.1.1

 * On save message updated.

v 1.1

 * Now user can select to display the rating in above or below the post
 * User can add custom name for displaying the rating

For more information – http://buffercode.com/article-difficulty-level/

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Option setting page.
 * [[
 * Post Area Selection.
 * [[
 * Post Strength mode selection
 * [[
 * Rating below the post
 * [[
 * Rating above the post

## Installation

 1. Upload the “article-difficulty-level” directory to the plugins directory.
 2. Go to the plugins setting page and activate “Post Difficulty Level”.
 3. Go to Settings -> Select Article Difficulty Level and Make the options as you need.
 4. Then users can see the Post Strenght mode in Posting area. Select the difficulty
    level of each post based on rating from 1 to 5
 5. You can add shortcode to use inside the post as your wish => echo bcShortCodeArticle(
    $post->ID);

For more information – [Buffercode](http://buffercode.com/article-difficulty-level/)

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great one](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-one-33/)󠁿

 [ednawallon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ednawallon/) February 7, 2017

Better way to change the star size, star color and specific location. Thanks for
your great plugin.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thanks for you feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-for-you-feedback/)󠁿

 [M A Vinoth Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/) February 7, 2017

Thanks for your feedback claradev7, We have planned to update in next release. Thanks
for your support

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Long time waited plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-time-waited-plugin/)󠁿

 [claradev7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claradev7/) February 7, 2017

Thanks for developing this plugin. Waited for long time to get this plugin. Suggestions:
1. Try to increase or decrease the star size 2. Restrict to view that star in post
only or home only or both

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/article-difficulty-level/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Article Difficulty Level” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ M A Vinoth Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/)
 *   [ buffercode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buffercode/)

[Translate “Article Difficulty Level” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/article-difficulty-level)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 3.1

 * Added shortcode to use inside the post echo bcShortCodeArticle($post->ID);
 * Updated font awesome icons

#### 3.0

 * Now user can update wide list of icons for their difficulty level from http://
   fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/

#### 2.2.2

 * Updated to 3.9.1 version

#### 2.2.1

 * Bug fixes – conflict with default H1 tag.

#### 2.2

 * User can able to disable rating by selecting NA for that post

#### 2.1.1.1

 * Update to 3.8

#### 2.1

 * Added Colorpicker to choose color

#### 2.0

 * Major bug fixes
 * Plugin menu moved to Setting page [As requested by user]

#### 1.1.6

 * Support 3.7.1

#### 1.1.5

 * Users can view the Difficulty level in Admin dashboard post list.

#### 1.1.4

 * Users can select where to show the difficulty level either in post or home or
   both.

#### 1.1.3

 * Users can select upto 5 different size of stars

#### 1.1.2

 * Users can change the star color

#### 1.1.1

 * On save message updated

#### 1.1

 * Now user can select to display the rating in above or below the post
 * User can add custom name for displaying the rating

#### 1.0

 * Public release

For more information – [Buffercode](http://buffercode.com/article-difficulty-level/)

## Meta

 *  Version **3.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.3.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/)
 * Tags
 * [post](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[rating](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rating/)
   [rating plugin](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rating-plugin/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/article-difficulty-level/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ M A Vinoth Kumar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/)
 *   [ buffercode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/buffercode/)

## Support

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