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Display a customizable reading progress bar and reading time with an optional floating widget. Lightweight, responsive, and built without jQuery.

★ 0.0WP 7.0.4PHP 7.4Updated 3mo ago
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Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the post.

★ 3.7WP 7.1PHP 7.4Updated 2mo ago
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Reading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.

★ 4.8WP 7.1PHP not listedUpdated 2mo ago
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Shows an estimated reading time badge on your posts, with Unicode-aware word counting (Arabic, French, CJK) and a simple shortcode.

★ 0.0WP 7.1PHP 7.4Updated 1mo ago
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A minimalist, accessible reading time badge + scroll progress bar. AI-assisted time adjustment, per-post overrides, zero tracking.

★ 5.0WP 6.9.7PHP 8.0Updated 8mo ago
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