Reading Time Block
by Noah J. Stewart · Performance
Adds a Gutenberg block to display the estimated reading time of the current post. Reading speed is customizable from the Settings → Reading screen.
66 health vs 70 average across 444 Performance plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2025-05-31 · 412 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 85
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
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 258 days.
Install history · since 2025-05-31 · 407 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
- 2026-06-17 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-16 10+ → 20+ up after 31 days in band
- 2026-05-16 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-12 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-11 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in band
- 2026-04-25 10+ → 20+ up after 179 days in band
- 2025-10-28 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Reading Time WP 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Worth The Read 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Just Writing Statistics 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Reading Position Indicator 800+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post reading times 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Reading Time 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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