Post Reading Time

How long the record takes to read, computed from its own body. It is shown in the block inserter as Post Reading Time and registered as canvas-core/post-reading-time.

Select the block on a page and its own settings open in the sidebar, in the panels below:

The Post Reading Time settings in the block editor sidebar

Settings

Each setting is named exactly as the block editor names it, followed by what it does and what it starts as. Where a setting carries a Shown when line, it stays hidden until that condition is met, which is the usual reason a setting looks missing from the sidebar:

Settings

  • MeasuresDefault.entry-content

    Names the part of the page the estimate is worked out from, so it recounts against the real article text rather than the whole page. Leave empty and the figure is printed as it stands.

  • ElementDefaultSpan

    Element the estimate is written into. Span keeps it on the same line as the byline around it; List Item suits a byline built as a list.

    ChoicesSpanDivList ItemParagraph

Every Canvas block also carries the Animation, Scroll Effects and Advanced panels, which are described in Controls every Canvas block has.

Other blocks in Posts: Blog Archive Loop, Blog Loop, Blog Single Post, Post Archive Index, Post Author, Post Comments.

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