Displays an estimated reading time at the top of each blog post.
Alternatives to Reading Time & Progress Bar
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Add a beautiful reading progress bar to your WordPress site. Show reading time, track scroll progress, and celebrate readers when they finish your art …
Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the post.
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Show a reading time badge and a scroll progress bar on your posts and pages — fully customizable from the admin panel.
ZenRead is a lightweight and secure plugin that adds a sleek reading progress bar and an estimated reading time indicator to your WordPress posts.
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