Best time to read plugins for WordPress
The most popular time to read plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of LP Estimated Reading Time (40+) and Mins To Read (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “time to read” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 time to read plugins
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Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGensThe most installed time to read plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 48 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.
LP Estimated Reading Time40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Mins To Read10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “time to read”
Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens
Down in the last 7 days:34#9,984by Goran873 years ago
Adds sticky bar at the bottom of post that shows category,post title, author, time needed to read article, share buttons and previous/next post links
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(48)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LP Estimated Reading Time
#21,433by layerpoint10 years ago
Displays an estimated reading time of your blog posts
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mins To Read
Up in the last 7 days:365#32,389by Think2018 years ago
Displays read time of your blog post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day