Title: HeadlineEngine
Author: Jason Norwood-Young
Published: <strong>juillet 12, 2022</strong>
Last modified: juillet 22, 2022

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# HeadlineEngine

 By [Jason Norwood-Young](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jasonny/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/headlineengine.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/headlineengine/#description)
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 * [Development](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/headlineengine/#developers)

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## Description

HeadlineEngine is part of a suite of tools for news publishers, built by [MavEngine](https://mavengine.com),
a division of [Daily Maverick](https://dailymaverick.co.za).

It analyses your headline as you type it and provides a score, based on the readability(
how complex it is), length (how long it is), and powerwords (how many words it contains).

### Features

#### Readability

We use the [Flesch Kincaid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests)
formula to calculate readability. A good range of not too complex or too simple 
would be between 45 and 90. This is configurable in the system.

#### Reading Grade

We use the [Flesch Kincaid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests)
formula to calculate reading grade. This is configurable in the system.

#### Length

You should aim for a letter count in the mid-80s. We recommend between 40 and 90
characters. This is configurable in the system.

#### Word Count

Our analysis of best-performing headlines shows that the ideal limit for a news 
article is around 12 to 14 words. This is configurable in the system.

#### Powerwords

Powerwords are emotional words. You can set your own, or use the words from [RankMath](https://rankmath.com/blog/power-words/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * HeadlineEngine in the Gutenberg editor.
 * [[
 * HeadlineEngine in the Classic editor.
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 * Customise settings to suit your audience.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“HeadlineEngine” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jason Norwood-Young ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jasonny/)

[Translate “HeadlineEngine” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/headlineengine)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.2.0

 * Complete refactor
 * Seperate scorers to make it easy to add more
 * Move most of the code to Typescript
 * Scorer: Word count
 * Scorer: Reading grade
 * Replace MathRank Powerword list with our own Powerword list
 * Single Javascript and CSS for both Classic and Gutenberg
 * Colour fade
 * Only calculate on 0.5 sec delay or space
 * Don’t hide score if mouseovering title block

#### 0.1.3

 * Fix issue with calculating scores above target
 * Remove red to make it a little less perscriptive

#### 0.1.2

 * Block editor support for WordPress v5.8

#### 0.1.1

 * Fix bug affecting new posts in Gutenberg
 * Be a bit stricter about showing the score if there is no headline

#### 0.1.0

 * Gutenberg Block Editor support
 * Remove unnecessary code

#### 0.0.3

 * The scoring is now more nuanced
 * We have a target length and target readability
 * We made a bunch of fixes suggested by WordPress

#### 0.0.2

 * We have changed how we insert the element into the editor, to avoid fighting 
   with other plugins.
 * The score title has been changed from « Headline Score » to « HeadlineEngine 
   Score ».
 * The score was made a bit smaller (40px from 60px).
 * Readme.txt has been brought into the main project.

#### 0.0.1

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.0**
 *  Last updated **4 années ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/headlineengine/)
 * Tags
 * [headline](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/headline/)[Readability](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/readability/)
   [title](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/title/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/headlineengine/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jason Norwood-Young ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jasonny/)

## Support

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