Displays read time of your blog post.
As of April 2026, Mins To Read is a WordPress blog plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle.
Let your readers know how much time the blog post will take for reading. Mins To Read plugin calculates the read time of a blog post based on words present in it.
Automatically updates the read time based on the updates the blog post/article recieves.This plugin takes care of calculation of read time of all your existing blog posts in a single click. Apart from this, users can configure reading speed for their posts. Default positions available with custom class addition support for the same. Users can position the mins to read feature by functional calls in theme file.
| WordPress | 3.5.2+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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