MinuteRead – Reading Time for Posts

MinuteRead adds an estimated reading time label to your WordPress posts – helping readers decide whether to dive in or save it for later.

After activating the plugin, reading time appears automatically on your posts – and on any other post type you enable. Everything is configurable from Settings > MinuteRead.

Features:

• Choose which post types show reading time – posts, pages, or any custom post type

• Choose to show reading time before or after the content

• Configurable words-per-minute reading speed (default: 200, range: 50-1000)

• Custom label text – change “Estimated Reading Time” to anything you like

• Custom time format – use “%d min”, “%d minutes”, or any text with %d as placeholder

• Enable / disable without deactivating the plugin

• [minuteread_time] shortcode – place reading time anywhere, or [minuteread_time id="123"] for a specific post

• Works with non-Latin scripts (Bengali, Arabic, CJK, etc.)

• Lightweight: no jQuery, no external requests

• Developer-friendly: minuteread_reading_time_output, minuteread_word_count, minuteread_output_html filters

• Translation-ready

Shortcode usage:

Place [minuteread_time] in any post, page, or widget to show the reading time

for the current post. To target a specific post, pass its ID:

[minuteread_time id=”123″].

Why Use This Plugin?

• Improve user engagement

• Reduce bounce rate

• Help readers estimate time commitment