Adds a Gutenberg block to display the estimated reading time of the current post. Reading speed is customizable from the Settings → Reading screen.

Noah J. Stewart

<p>The <strong>Reading Time Block</strong> plugin calculates and displays an estimated reading time based on the post content.</p>
<p>It uses a configurable reading speed (default: 200 words per minute) and outputs a clean, server-rendered block to the frontend.</p>
<p>This is ideal for blogs, documentation, or any content where you want to set expectations about how long it will take a visitor to read the page.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adds a block to the Gutenberg editor for reading time.</li>
<li>Automatically calculates based on post content.</li>
<li>Supports customizable reading speed (WPM) via <strong>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Reading</strong>.</li>
<li>Lightweight and fast—no JS build step required.</li>
<li>Fully translatable and namespace-isolated.</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.<br />
See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html for full license text.</p>


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