Serif ReadTime & Font Control
A "minutes to read" block and an accessible floating reading-controls widget (text size, line height, contrast) that remembers the reader's choices.
by Marios Giannopoulos · github.com/mgiannopoulos24/serif-readtime-font-control · website
Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/mgiannopoulos24/serif-readtime-font-control/archive/refs/heads/main.zipA "minutes to read" block and an accessible floating reading-controls widget (text size, line height, contrast) that remembers the reader's choices. Companion plugin to the Serif block theme; works with any block theme.
- Requires WordPress 6.6+, PHP 8.1+ · License GPL-3.0-or-later · Text domain
serif-readtime-font-control - User-facing readme (features, FAQ, credits):
readme.txt· Changes:changelog.md - Theme: Serif — the block is placed in its post-meta row automatically
What it does
Reading Time block (serif/read-time). Server-rendered "4 min read" with inspector controls for the clock icon, a label and words-per-minute. Word counting is Unicode-aware (Greek works) and ignores block delimiters, shortcodes, captions, `