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Reading Time WP
by yingles 4.8 (20 reviews)

Reading Time WP

Reading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.

Reading Time WP ranks #1,096 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, a 4.8/5 rating from 20 reviews, and was last updated Aug 26, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v2.0.18 Current Version v2.0.18
Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 26 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads -43.5% this week Actively maintained
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-33.3%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
425.4K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
96%
Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8 (20 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Overall 96%
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Plugin Details

Version
2.0.18
Last Updated
Aug 26, 2026
Requires WP
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
7.1
PHP Version
N/A
Author
yingles

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Reviews
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Support Threads
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Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to show readers how long a post will take to read. It solves the problem of manually calculating and displaying reading time by automatically inserting an estimate above post content or via a shortcode.

  • Automatic reading time insertion
  • Shortcode support
  • Customizable label text
  • Customizable postfix text
  • Singular postfix option
  • Toggle display on/off
  • Dashboard settings menu

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Reading Time WP

On initial installation your reading time should be showing where the_content is called in your template. If it is not, navigate to the Reading Time WP settings menu in the WP Dashboard Settings menu and make sure the "Insert Reading Time before content" option is checked.
Just navigate to the Reading Time WP settings page and select which post types you want your Reading Times to display on. Reading Time WP defaults to posts and pages.
Easy, turn off the "Insert Reading Time before content" option form the Reading Time settings within your WP Dashboard's settings. Then use the Reading Time WP shortcode [rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes"]. Best of all the label and postfix parameters are optional.
Still easy, but you'll need to use WordPress' built in do_shortcode function. Simply place <?php echo do_shortcode('[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes"]'); ?> into your theme wherever you please.
Just edit the Reading time label and Reading time postfix fields in the Reading Time WP Settings. The label appears before the time and the postfix after. Feel free to leave either blank to not use that field.
Yes! Reading Time WP calculates images based on Medium's article on the topic here: https://blog.medium.com/read-time-and-you-bc2048ab620c. So for the first image add 12 seconds, second image add 11, ..., for image 10+ add 3 seconds each.
Drop the code from this Gist in your functions.php. https://gist.github.com/jasonyingling/ad2832bc1768d1fbb63341aef072908b
Drop the code from this Gist in your functions.php https://gist.github.com/jasonyingling/5917dc97b302ca37abce7ceb93a7f4b8
Just hook into the rtwp_filter_wordcount filter and increment the word count the reading time is based on.
Use the optional page_id attribute on the shortcode. e.g. [rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes" postfix_singular="minute" post_id="123"]

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