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Post reading times

by Dmitry Litvinov · Uncategorized

A plugin that allows you to easily display the reading time of any article. Reading time is calculated based on a person's standard reading speed …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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48 Health · D
Maintenance 7
Rating quality 78
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-64%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “700+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
700–800 ≈750

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1378 daily snapshots

Details

Version
2.4.2
Last updated
3.3y ago
Added
2022-03-09
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
6.2.9
Requires PHP
7.1

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-10 1K+ → 700+ down after 900 days in band
  2. 2024-01-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 days in band
  3. 2024-01-15 800+ → 900+ up after 98 days in band
  4. 2023-10-09 700+ → 800+ up after 30 days in band
  5. 2023-09-09 600+ → 700+ up after 8 days in band
  6. 2023-09-01 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2023-08-31 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in band
  8. 2023-08-28 500+ → 600+ up after 34 days in band

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Post reading times: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-reading-times