
GlitchSolvers Reading Time Estimator calculates and displays the estimated reading time of your WordPress posts.
The plugin is lightweight, fast, and easy to integrate with any theme or editor.
Features
- 📊 Automatically calculates the reading time
- 🔖 Customizable
[glitchsolvers_reading_time]shortcode - ⚙️ Adjustable words-per-minute value
- 🔧 Developer-friendly hooks
- ⚡ Optimized for performance
Usage
Shortcode:
[glitchsolvers_reading_time]
Shortcode options:
- format — default, short, detailed
- prefix — Text displayed before the reading time
- suffix — Text displayed after the reading time
- class — Custom CSS classes
Examples:
Short format: [glitchsolvers_reading_time format="short"].
With prefix: [glitchsolvers_reading_time prefix="⏱️"].
Developer Hooks
glitchsolvers_rte_words_per_minute— Modify the words-per-minute valueglitchsolvers_rte_content_before_calculate— Filter the content before calculationglitchsolvers_rte_calculate_result— Filter the calculation resultglitchsolvers_rte_formatted_output— Filter the formatted output
License
This plugin is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this plugin. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
Screenshots

Settings page – configure words per minute

Gutenberg usage – insert the shortcode block

Elementor usage – use the shortcode widget

Frontend display – example output

Shortcode variations – short format