An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.
Alternatives to WPTimeToRead
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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 …
Shows an estimated reading time on single blog posts and pages.
With this plugin, you can easily display post reading time and a font resizing option on every single blog page.
All-in-one website optimizer: Ad Manager for AdSense, Reading Time indicator, and a full Premium suite (SEO, Analytics, SMTP, Performance & more).
A lightweight, smooth reading progress bar that shows users how far they have scrolled through a page or post.
A minimalist, accessible reading time badge + scroll progress bar. AI-assisted time adjustment, per-post overrides, zero tracking.
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The tool that puts the reader front and center: reading time, a table of contents, related essays and a Listen button. For any block theme.
Automatically calculates and displays estimated reading time for blog posts, with a shortcode, a Gutenberg block, and an Elementor widget.