Project Overview

I developed this plugin while building my own WordPress blog. Medium has a similar feature built in and I couldn't find this functionality in out-of-the-box WordPress, so I decided to learn WordPress Gutenburg block development.

I used WordPress' create-plugin tool to scaffold the plugin. The MVP version of this plugin doesn't need any customization features, so I simply calculated the reading time for the editor using JavaScript and the actual page using PHP. I chose 200 words per minute (WPM) to calculate the reading time thanks to this article. Future versions of this plugin will give users the option to customize the WPM.