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Display Post Reading Time – Show Estimated Post Reading Time & Progress Bar

by WPFraternity · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Post Reading Time calculate the time it would take to the user to read an article, including watching the images, and display the value in the post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 11/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

49 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 20/100
WP compatibility 68/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1023 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-10-15 · 1,052 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-14% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

49

now · peak 143

4930d downloads · Sep 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Display Post Reading · #51783 you Search Meter · #1362 Reading progressbar · #2873 Worth The Read · #3769

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2023-10-14 · 1,013 observations

0Installs · Sep 26

Details

Version
0.1
Last updated
2.8y ago
Added
2023-10-14 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
6.4.10
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Display Post Reading Time – Show Estimated Post Reading Time & Progress Bar: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/display-post-reading-time