Turnkey Directories Reading Toolbar (“TKD Toolbar”) adds a clean, floating toolbar to your blog posts — a lightweight set of reader tools that make your articles nicer to read, listen to, share, and print. It works with any theme, loads only on the post types you choose, and keeps things private: no visitor data collection, no database tables, and no external requests.
Features:
- Text-to-Speech – Let readers listen to your articles using the browser’s own speech synthesis (no external service, no API key)
- Dark Mode – One-click reading toggle with smooth transitions, works with any theme
- Print View – A clean print stylesheet that strips the clutter for a tidy printout
- Summarize Link – A button that opens the current article in ChatGPT for a quick summary
- Translate Links – Language links that open a Google-translated copy of the article in a new tab
- Share Buttons – Share to X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, or copy the link
- Glass-style Toolbar – A beautiful floating toolbar above the article, with a compact mobile speed-dial
- Theme Compatibility Profiles – Dedicated tuning for Kadence, Astra, GeneratePress, Blocksy, Neve, OceanWP, Divi, Avada, Storefront, and block themes
The plugin is lightweight, works with any theme, and only loads on the post types you enable (posts only by default).
Third-party services
The plugin itself makes no outbound requests from your server or your visitors’ browsers. The toolbar contains ordinary links that, when a visitor chooses to click them, navigate to third-party sites in a new tab:
- ChatGPT (chatgpt.com) — the Summarize link opens the article URL in ChatGPT. Terms / Privacy
- Google Translate (translate.google.com) — the Translate links open a translated copy of the article. Terms / Privacy
- Share targets — the share buttons link to the standard share endpoints of X (twitter.com), Facebook, and LinkedIn.
- Gmail (mail.google.com) — the email share button opens Gmail’s web compose window in a new tab with the article title and link pre-filled, so it works without a desktop mail app. Terms / Privacy
In every case the visitor initiates the navigation by clicking a link; the plugin sends no data in the background.
Screenshots
The reading toolbar sits above your article — summarize, translate, listen, dark mode, print, and share.
As the reader scrolls on, the toolbar docks to the bottom of the screen so the tools stay within reach.
Settings — switch each feature on or off independently.