Mohammad Sajid Ansari

<p><strong>Idara Reading Time</strong> is a focused, single-purpose Gutenberg block that does one thing well: shows readers how long your post will take. It also offers an optional scroll progress bar — a thin bar pinned to the top or bottom of the page that fills as the visitor scrolls.</p>
<p><em>Idara (إدارة) is an Arabic word meaning “studio” or “administration” — the brand behind a growing family of carefully crafted, single-purpose Gutenberg blocks.</em></p>
<h4>Why this and not a full block suite?</h4>
<p>Most block plugins ship 30+ blocks you’ll never use, slowing your editor and your frontend. Idara plugins are deliberately small. This one is under 25 KB. CSS and JS load <strong>only on pages where the block is present</strong> — never globally.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Estimated reading time, calculated server-side from your post content</li>
<li>Display as a single value (“3 min read”) or a friendly range (“2–3 min read”)</li>
<li>Adjustable words-per-minute (50–600)</li>
<li>4 icon styles: clock, timer, hourglass, or none</li>
<li>Optional scroll progress bar with color, height, and position (top/bottom)</li>
<li>Hide on short posts (e.g. don’t show on anything under 2 minutes)</li>
<li>Custom prefix and suffix text</li>
<li>Inherits theme typography and text color via block supports</li>
<li>Full Site Editing (FSE) compatible — works inside block templates and template parts</li>
<li>Block toolbar shortcuts for icon cycling and range toggle</li>
<li>Semantic, accessible markup with ARIA labels</li>
<li>No tracking, no external requests, no third-party services</li>
<li>Translation-ready</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Blog posts where readers want to gauge time investment</li>
<li>Long-form articles where the scroll progress bar improves engagement</li>
<li>Documentation sites</li>
<li>News and magazine layouts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>Source code and build tools are available on GitHub:<br />
https://github.com/sajid-ansari-65/idara-reading-time</p>
<p>The <code>src/</code> directory contains the unminified JavaScript (ES modules, JSX) and SCSS. Run <code>npm install && npm run build</code> to compile.</p>


Idara Reading Time

Show estimated reading time with an optional scroll progress bar. A lightweight, FSE-ready Gutenberg block that loads only where used.

Patrick

<p>Adds an infinite scroll block to the full site editor that can be placed inside a Query Loop to replace classic pagination.</p>
<p>The blocks frontend script will detect when the user is 1200px (default value) from the infinite scroll block before fetching more posts so it is best to place it right after your theme template block. In addition to the Infinite Scroll Block, 2 optional blocks also are included:</p>
<ul>
<li>Loading Posts Block: Container that will display its content while more posts are loading</li>
<li>No More Posts Block: Container that will display when there are no more posts to load in</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adding more than one Post Template Block to a Query Block has undefined behavior.</li>
<li>Adding more than one Infinite Scroll Block to a Query Block has undefined behavior.</li>
</ul>


Infinite Scroll Block


This plugin and the new block you created works so well. FINALLY, a plugin that doesn't reinvent the wheel, just upgrades the rims!!! Made my day.One funny thing I noticed that has nothing to do with functionality - if I don't have your plugin loaded and I hit the [+] button in the editor and type Infinite, your plugin comes up under a different name - I think it said "No more posts" hahahahah ... but same icon, same ratings.


SO SIMPLE. WORKS WITH NATIVE WP EDITOR. BRILLIANT!

Adds an infinite scroll block to the full site editor that can be placed inside a Query Loop to replace classic pagination.

Idara Reading Time vs Infinite Scroll Block