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Reading Time WP · Version history

Reading Time WP changelog and version history

Latest version
2.0.18
Aug 26, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
31
since 2014
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 20145 releases
  • 20173 releases
  • 20187 releases
  • 20197 releases
  • 20201 release
  • 20222 releases
  • 20233 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.18Latest

    • Tested with WordPress 7.1

20242 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.17

    • Moved reading time output to function
    • Added filter for reading time output rtwp_filter_reading_time_output passes 4 arguments: $output, $label, $reading_time, $postfix
    • WordPress 6.7 support

  2. Reading Time WP 2.0.16

    • WordPress 6.5 support

20233 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.15

    • Updating stable tag to correct version

  2. Reading Time WP 2.0.14

    • Switched plugin to init hook
    • If admin file is called directly, abort.
    • Fixed issue with postfix when reading time is < 1
    • Tested with WordPress 6.3.1 and PHP 8.2

  3. Reading Time WP 2.0.13

    • Tested on WordPress 6.2
    • Bug: Fixed potential undefined index errors
    • Developer note: Updated variable name $rt_after_content to $rt_before_excerpt.

20222 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.12

    • Been awhile since I deployed and missed a version number update

  2. Reading Time WP 2.0.11

    • Fixed notice if $rt_reading_time_options[‘post_types’] is not set
    • Testing on WordPress 6.0.2 and PHP 8.0

20201 release

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.10

    • WordPress 5.5 compatability

20197 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.9

  2. Reading Time WP 2.0.8

    • Improving conditional logic checks
    • Fixing a bug where post types would show as checked on refresh if all post types were unchecked

  3. Reading Time WP 2.0.7

    • Switching words per minute to use number input for better validation

  4. Reading Time WP 2.0.6

    • Adding better post sanitization
    • Allowing for reading times under 1 minute

  5. Reading Time WP 2.0.5

    • Adding a post_id attribute to the shortcode
    • Adding rt_add_postfix function for outputting the postfix
    • Adding rt_edit_postfix filter for editing output postfix
    • Grammar edits.

  6. Reading Time WP 2.0.4

    • Fixing a PHP Warning for users that installed priort to version 1.2.0 and hadn’t updated the settings page since.

  7. Reading Time WP 2.0.3

    • Adjusting how post types are output on admin page for better translations
    • Including nl_NL translation courtesy of @bonaparte

20187 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 2.0.2

    • Improved support for more languages with a new count function. Props to jvarn13.
    • Loaded textdomain for plugin
    • Updated POT file

  2. Reading Time WP 2.0.1

    • Fixing error with Reading Time shortcode when using postfix_singular attribute

  3. Reading Time WP 2.0.0

    • Updating plugin to better meet WordPress Coding Standards. This includes renaming variables throughout the plugin.
    • Note: If you’ve hooked into Reading Time WP’s class, variables, or functions this update could cause issues.
    • Fixing HTML output when using shortcode to match auto inserted reading times

  4. Reading Time WP 1.2.2

    • Switched default for all post types to display reading time if option has not been set
    • Add option to include shortcodes in the reading time count

  5. Reading Time WP 1.2.1

  6. Reading Time WP 1.2.0

    • Hoo boy do we have a big one.
    • Allowed for filtering of the $shortcode_atts.
    • Added the much requested ability to control which post types reading times display on.
    • Added a filter for adding to the word count the reading time is based on.
    • Added in an actual text-domain and translation functions and generated a .pot file.
    • Cleaned up a bit for better coding standards.

  7. Reading Time WP 1.1.0

    • Added images into reading time calculations based on Medium’s suggestion. https://blog.medium.com/read-time-and-you-bc2048ab620c

20173 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 1,0.10

  2. Reading Time WP 1.0.9

    • Fixed typo in shortcode and implemented better sanitization from github

  3. Reading Time WP 1.0.7

    • Switched to using span elements instead of divs for inserting before content and excerpt

20145 releases

  1. Reading Time WP 1.0.6

    • Updated the way the word count is calculated to be more accurate when using images and links

  2. Reading Time WP 1.0.5

    • Plugin tested for WordPress 4.1

  3. Reading Time WP 1.0.4

  4. Reading Time WP 1.0.3

  5. Reading Time WP 1.0.2

Questions about Reading Time WP’s releases

What is the latest version of Reading Time WP?

2.0.18, released on Aug 26, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is Reading Time WP updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Reading Time WP’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.