Add “estimated read” time on post and archive loop

Hi there,

Could you provide temporary admin login access so we can take a closer look at the backend settings?

The credentials don’t appear to be working. Could you please double-check them?

Hi there,

try this function:

function modify_reading_time_block_content( $block_content, $block ) {
    if ( isset( $block['attrs']['className'] ) && strpos( $block['attrs']['className'], 'reading-time' ) !== false ) {
        global $post;
        if ( is_single() && $post ) {
            $words_per_minute = 200;
            $display_format = 'full'; // Options: 'minutes' or 'full'
            $reading_time = str_word_count( wp_strip_all_tags( $post->post_content ) ) / $words_per_minute;

            $minutes = floor( $reading_time );
            $seconds = round( ( $reading_time - $minutes ) * 60 );
            
            $time_display = $minutes > 0 ? "{$minutes} min" : '';
            $time_display .= $seconds > 0 ? " {$seconds} sec" : '';
            
            $block_content = sprintf( '<div class="reading-time">Estimated Reading Time: %s</div>', trim( $time_display ) );
        }
    }
    return $block_content;
}
add_filter( 'render_block', 'modify_reading_time_block_content', 10, 2 );

Then select the block you want to return the time on and give it an Advanced > Additional CSS Class of: reading-time

Where did you add the PHP Snippet to your site ?

I looked in the child theme functions.php and I do not see the code.