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.

ska-dev

<p><strong>ska-blocks</strong> plugin provides a seamless <strong>Tailwind CSS integration</strong> with the WordPress Block Editor.<br />
Manage Tailwind classes on blocks with an intuitive UI, making it possible to <strong>implement any Tailwind-based website design</strong> directly in the Block Editor with <strong>no build step</strong>, template files or third party page builders. The plugin comes with low level blocks that can represent any HTML element, which makes it possible to convert custom HTML to blocks and makes the Gutenberg editor incredibly flexible.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ska-blocks/?preview=1" rel="ugc">Live demo on WordPress playground</a><br />
<a href="https://ska-blocks.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Website</a><br />
<a href="https://ska-blocks.com/docs/?utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Read the docs</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Enter any Tailwind class</strong> – the plugin compiles the CSS for it and enqueues it in the block editor and front end.</li>
<li><strong>No bloat</strong> – any classes you don’t use on the page don’t get loaded, only Tailwind theme and properties are loaded globally, optionally Tailwind’s preflight can be included as well.</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong> – easily target any breakpoint in the block editor.</li>
<li><strong>Flexible</strong> – full control to utilize all HTML elements with any HTML attributes and styles – tailor custom solutions with no need for page builder bloat.</li>
<li><strong>Convert HTML to blocks</strong> – have an existing TailwindCSS-based design? Convert it to blocks automatically, use UI to fine-tune it and have less-technical users easily modify text content in a simple WYSIWYG environment.</li>
<li><strong>Presets & Variations</strong> – create reusable sets of classes, or blocks.</li>
<li><strong>AI integration</strong> – generate Tailwind HTML using AI and convert it to blocks on the spot.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Blocks</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Text</strong> – any HTML element that contains rich text.</li>
<li><strong>Element</strong> – any HTML element that contains other elements.</li>
<li><strong>Tailwind</strong> – convert Tailwind HTML to blocks – find HTML from the web or generate with AI.</li>
<li><strong>Image</strong> – render an image, placeholder, SVG, featured image, Lottie.</li>
<li><strong>Gallery</strong> – render multiple images with simple markup.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>When using AI this plugin connects to an API endpoint to communicate with various AI models. No external connection is made until you enter your own API key and specifically interact with the AI feature of the “Tailwind” block. Request is made when you press “Generate” and include your written prompt and the contents of the Tailwind block.<br />
This service is provided by “OpenRouter”: <a href="https://openrouter.ai/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://openrouter.ai/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.</p>


ska-blocks – TailwindCSS for Block Editor

Advanced UI for managing Tailwind classes on WordPress blocks, generate Tailwind HTML with AI, convert HTML to blocks.

Idara Reading Time vs ska-blocks – TailwindCSS for Block Editor