Estimated reading time plugin

This is a plugin for Kirby that estimates the reading time for your content.

Installation

Put the readingtime folder in /site/plugins.

How to use it

It's very simple! Just put <?php echo $page->text()->readingtime() ?> in your template and it will echo the estimated reading time. You can use this with any custom page variable to estimate the reading time of it.

Example usage

<?php snippet('header') ?>
<?php snippet('menu') ?>
<?php snippet('submenu') ?>

<section class="content">

    <article>
        <h1><?php echo $page->title()->html() ?></h1>
        <?php echo $page->text()->readingtime() ?>
        <?php echo $page->text()->kirbytext() ?>
    </article>

</section>

<?php snippet('footer') ?>

Language

The plugin is very easy to localize. The default format for example is 3 minutes, 31 seconds. Pass the following params to translate it to any language:

<?php

echo $page->text()->readingtime(array(
	'minute'  => 'Minute',
	'minutes' => 'Minuten',
	'second'  => 'Sekunde',
	'seconds' => 'Sekunden'
));

?>

You can even change the entire format of the result:

<?php

echo $page->text()->readingtime(array(
	'minute'  => 'Minute',
	'minutes' => 'Minuten',
	'second'  => 'Sekunde',
	'seconds' => 'Sekunden',
	'format'  => '{minutesCount} {minutesLabel} – {secondsCount} {secondsLabel}'
));

?>

You also can enable an alternative format that hides the minute label. This comes in handy if you have content that you can read under a minute.

<?php

echo $page->text()->readingtime(array(
    'format' => '{minutesCount} {minutesLabel}, {secondsCount} {secondsLabel}',
    'format.alt' => '{secondsCount} {secondsLabel}',
    'format.alt.enable' => true
));

?>

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