WordPress Shortcode to get Estimated Reading Time

Here's a shortcode to get the estimated reading time of a post/page in WordPress:

Shortcode:[post-read-time]

Code for the shortcode

php

function reading_time() {
    $content = get_post_field( 'post_content', $post->ID );
    $word_count = str_word_count( strip_tags( $content ) );
    $readingtime = ceil($word_count / 200);
    if ($readingtime == 1) {
        $timer = " min read";
    } else {
        $timer = " mins read";
    }
    $totalreadingtime = $readingtime . $timer;
    return $totalreadingtime;
}
 
add_shortcode( 'post-read-time', 'vish_post_read_time_shortcode' );
function vish_post_read_time_shortcode() {
    return reading_time();
}

Wherever you want to display the reading time, you can simply use the [post-read-time] shortcode.

How to add this code to your WordPress site

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