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.

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Emran Ahmed

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<p>Marquee block adds a touch of movement and interactivity to your site and help to capture attention and engage your site visitors in a unique way.</p>
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Thank you for creating this amazing and most of all accessible marquee block! I love how it is coded and how it functions.



Here are just some suggestions for possible improvement: 




Editor appearance could be improved as currently it is quite confusing as it differs from the front-end appearance. For example, when the block is not selected in the editor, it could display as on front-end (meaning all the child items inline).



Would appreciate setting custom unit for content gap setting. (Maybe use the spacing options interface and values?)



Amazing accessible marquee!

Marquee block is CSS based animation block to display scrolling text, images and any kinds of blocks horizontally and vertically.

Idara Reading Time vs Marquee Block