Time to Read

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Show minutes required to finish reading the post. Can also show a word count.

  • Name: core/post-time-to-read
  • Category: theme
  • API Version: 3
  • Block Type: Dynamic (server-rendered)

Attributes

Defined via the attributes property in block.json.

Attribute Type Default Description
displayAsRange boolean true
displayMode string "time"
averageReadingSpeed number 189

Supports

Defined via the supports property in block.json.

Context

Defined via the usesContext and providesContext properties in block.json.

Uses context:

  • postId
  • postType

Block Markup

This is a dynamic block. It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

In post content, it is stored as a block comment:

<!-- wp:post-time-to-read /-->

Source