# Reading time

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099>\
**Category:** Customization\
**Tags:** writeas\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099 "2020-11-26T13:53:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ariadnemm](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/ariadnemm/32/904_2.png) [@ariadnemm](https://discuss.write.as/u/ariadnemm)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099/1 "2020-11-26T13:53:14Z")

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Hi, there! There is one thing that I loved about Medium which is when a post shows an estimated “reading time” at the top. Has anybody tried to make this happen in Write.as? I know there are widgets for Wordpress for this. I’m not a programmer, so I don’t how to do it. It should be something like taking the word count of a post and dividing it by an average speed rate.  
Any help is welcome!  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099/2 "2020-12-12T00:01:54Z")

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Hi @ariadnemm, I took a stab at this, and came up with something I think would work for you! You can find the code and installation instructions here:

> **[readtime](https://code.as/widgets/readtime)**
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> Widget for displaying "reading time" on WriteFreely posts.

This is just a bit of **custom Javascript** that’ll go in the corresponding section on your blog’s **Customize** page.

Let me know if you have any trouble with it, questions, or want to change how it works!

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**Author:** ![ariadnemm](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/ariadnemm/32/904_2.png) [@ariadnemm](https://discuss.write.as/u/ariadnemm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099/3 "2020-12-12T19:52:36Z")

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Thank you so much, Matt! 😊  
It is working beautifully!

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**Author:** ![dino](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/dino/32/645_2.png) [@dino](https://discuss.write.as/u/dino)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/reading-time/2099/4 "2020-12-13T05:22:36Z")

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I have tried it too and it works really well, thanks @matt