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.

Bhuwan Bdr. Rokaha

Yujesh Shrestha

pradip56

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<p>Modal Video<br />
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<h3>2.8</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add more html tag selector on icon box</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.9</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updated api’s</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Tested with WP 6.1</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed style issue in Icon Boxes</li>
<li>Fixed style issue in Profile Cards</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Make FSE compatible</li>
<li>Bug fixing</li>
<li>Added example blocks for preview</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added Icon List block</li>
<li>General issue fixes</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added support for patterns</li>
<li>Made compatible for Pro plugin</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Made backward compatible for some blocks</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>General Fixing</li>
<li>Added content option on carousel post block</li>
<li>Icon list/Advance Button block aligment issue fixed</li>
<li>Blog/Counter block item per row issue fixed</li>
<li>Image Slider block image issue fixed</li>
</ul>
<h3>3.7</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fix security issue</li>
</ul>


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