Shows an estimated reading time badge on your posts, with Unicode-aware word counting (Arabic, French, CJK) and a simple shortcode.
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Show an estimated "X min read" on your posts, and anywhere with the [reading_time] shortcode.
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Display estimated reading time for your posts using a clean shortcode. Includes a lightweight settings panel under the "Posts" menu.
Show estimated reading time on posts, pages, and custom post types. Customize label, format, position, and reading speed.
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Show an estimated reading time badge and a sleek scroll progress bar — keep readers engaged to the last line. No code needed.
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Automatically calculates and displays estimated reading time for posts, pages, and custom post types.