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Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar

The Read Meter plugin displays the estimated reading time for blog posts along with a progress bar.

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Download Momentum

180 days
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Source Evidence

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complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.97
Progress Bar is Cool; Read Time Broken

Progress Bar is Cool; Read Time Broken: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Progress Bar is Cool; Read Time Broken I really like the progress bar.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
After update it started to underline some links

After update it started to underline some links: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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There is no such issue with 1.06 version.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87
Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme

Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme Hello, my settings for font size, margins, padding and colors for the Read Meter Plugin are not respected under Hueman Theme.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Unwanted Break after time forces “min” in next line

Unwanted Break after time forces “min” in next line: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Unwanted Break after time forces “min” in next line Hi, why do I all of a sudden have a break between the time and the Reading Postfix?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Plugin don’t show reading time correctly

Plugin don’t show reading time correctly: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Plugin don’t show reading time correctly Hello!
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Reading Bar does’nt fill 100%

Reading Bar does’nt fill 100%: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I’m currently building a website and have installed Read Meter, which is a perfect fit for my needs!
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Setting Select Post Types not working

Setting Select Post Types not working: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Setting Select Post Types not working Hi, I have a similar issue mentioned here – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-option-to-hide-progress-bar-on-unselected-post-types/ Even if only the post is selected in the Select Post Types setting, the wrapper (bsf_rt_marker) appears on every post type.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Single post issue

Single post issue: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Single post issue Hello, Thank you for your help with this issue: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-issue-below-the-post-title/ My client now wants to place the reading time not below the title, but above the content on single posts and pages ONLY.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
REad meter always display 1m time reading every where

REad meter always display 1m time reading every where: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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REad meter always display 1m time reading every where hello i use divi and your plugin always display 1 min in front, but in pagebuilder editor i have the good time can you help me please ?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Read meter displays 1 minute on Divi builder posts

Read meter displays 1 minute on Divi builder posts: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Seems like the same problem here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-meter-always-display-1m-time-reading-every-where/ If you take a look on the link the time doesn’t show on top now, but you’ll be able to find it through the inspector, because I have hidden it with css.

Competitor Context

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Reading progressbar praise owner · intel 64.4 · weakness 47.6
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14 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Custom progress bar praise owner · intel 59.8 · weakness 44.9
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stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Catch Scroll Progress Bar praise owner · intel 56.0 · weakness 34.8
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5 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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WP Reading Progress praise owner · intel 33.5 · weakness 18.9
praise owner
1 source link Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Collected Signals

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question questions: support for moving progress bar under a sticky nav support · 2026-03-13T18:03:30+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

The user asks to place the reading progress bar below a sticky navigation bar, and support says that placement is not possible.

Evidence: it’s not possible to have the progress bar display under the sticky nav.
missing feature progress bar placement data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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question Hide on woocommerce support · 2025-12-10T19:57:54+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

The user wants a built-in way to hide the reading meter across WooCommerce pages, but support only offered custom CSS.

Evidence: Unfortunately, it’s not currently possible to hide the meter across all WooCommerce pages by default.
missing feature WooCommerce meter visibility data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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neutral Problem in Chinese/Japanese support · 2025-11-01T00:11:12+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

The user requests a characters-per-minute option because word-based reading estimates do not work for Chinese or Japanese text.

Evidence: Words per minute doesn’t make sense in Chinese/Japanese because those doe not have a space between words.
missing feature reading time calculation data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Reading Bar does’nt fill 100% support · 2025-10-13T08:53:20+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Reading Bar does’nt fill 100%: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’m currently building a website and have installed Read Meter, which is a perfect fit for my needs!
bugs compatibility missing feature support data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Single post issue support · 2025-09-18T11:10:30+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Single post issue: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Single post issue Hello, Thank you for your help with this issue: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-issue-below-the-post-title/ My client now wants to place the reading time not below the title, but above the content on single posts and pages ONLY.
bugs compatibility missing feature support data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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question Small issue Below The Post Title support · 2025-09-09T05:39:31+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

A Read Meter user wanted custom centering and font size for the reading-time label on single posts and received CSS help.

Evidence: For the single posts ONLY, I’d like to center it and change the font size.
setup quality reading time styling data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Another 1 minute read time problem support · 2025-08-28T13:29:24+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Read Meter shows one-minute estimates in a homepage post loop because it lacks dynamic post ID handling in shortcodes.

Evidence: the posts being displayed are not static. Is it possible to use the post ID for whatever post is being shown in the loop?
missing feature compatibility support quality data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Reading Progress Bar Doesn’t Reach 100% support · 2025-08-06T06:42:36+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

The user reported that the reading progress bar never reaches 100% even when scrolled to the bottom, but support could not reproduce it.

Evidence: it never reaches 100%, even when the user scrolls all the way to the bottom
bugs quality reading progress bar data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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question Problem rendering shortcode in template support · 2025-07-16T04:45:10+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

The user wanted reading time and progress bars only on posts with a specific template and later solved it through settings changes.

Evidence: I solved the problem by doing the following
setup template shortcode display data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme support · 2025-06-28T01:54:33+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Read Meter settings not displayed with Hueman Theme Hello, my settings for font size, margins, padding and colors for the Read Meter Plugin are not respected under Hueman Theme.
compatibility missing feature support setup data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Nice and intuitive (5 stars) review · 2025-01-11T19:28:06+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Nice and intuitive: users praise reliable, value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Nice and intuitive Works out of the box !
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mixed Read meter displays 1 minute on Divi builder posts support · 2024-12-17T01:35:44+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Read meter displays 1 minute on Divi builder posts: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Seems like the same problem here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-meter-always-display-1m-time-reading-every-where/ If you take a look on the link the time doesn’t show on top now, but you’ll be able to find it through the inspector, because I have hidden it with css.
bugs compatibility support setup data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed REad meter always display 1m time reading every where support · 2024-11-29T14:12:04+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

REad meter always display 1m time reading every where: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: REad meter always display 1m time reading every where hello i use divi and your plugin always display 1 min in front, but in pagebuilder editor i have the good time can you help me please ?
bugs compatibility support setup data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Formatting Error support · 2024-08-28T16:19:04+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Formatting Error: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Formatting Error It seems like the plugin has a default unit suffix of “mins”.
bugs missing feature quality form data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed How to disable both “Read time” and progress bar for specific pages? support · 2024-08-27T06:11:25+00:00 · low severity · progressbar

How to disable both “Read time” and progress bar for specific pages?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: How to disable both “Read time” and progress bar for specific pages?
missing feature support value data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Conflict with Salient Theme support · 2024-08-21T13:53:15+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Conflict with Salient Theme: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Conflict with Salient Theme having issues with progress bar.
bugs compatibility support reliable data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Plugin don’t show reading time correctly support · 2024-08-09T17:49:26+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Plugin don’t show reading time correctly: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin don’t show reading time correctly Hello!
bugs compatibility support reliable data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Plugin not displaying read time for related post support · 2024-07-02T05:19:01+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Plugin not displaying read time for related post: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin not displaying read time for related post Hello Team, The plugin does not display the read time only in the related post section which is rendered by Astra theme whereas it displays on all other pages like blogs, archives and blog details pages on our website.
compatibility reliable value data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Read time not showing on home page posts support · 2024-05-21T11:13:43+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Read time not showing on home page posts: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Read time not showing on home page posts Hello, I am using divi theme and on home page blog list read time not showing, however it’s showing on category page or other place, just on home page it’s not showing.
compatibility missing feature support value data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Special ID attribute in shortcode support · 2024-04-15T09:39:56+00:00 · medium severity · progressbar

Special ID attribute in shortcode: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: We recently used it in one of our projects and found one simple thing missing, namely, the ability to specify the post ID in the shortcode.
bugs missing feature support easy data table and stats presentation operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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