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icawebdesign/reading-time
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Calculate indication of length of time to read an article

1.2.0(3y ago)0237MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0

Since Jan 27Pushed 2y agoCompare

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PHP library for calculating time to read an article.
====================================================

[](#php-library-for-calculating-time-to-read-an-article)

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Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2.0+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require icawebdesign/reading-time
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
// Return number of minutes
$readingTime = new ReadingTime();
$minutes = $readingTime->minutes($string); // eg: 5
```

```
// Return minutes with suffix
$readingTime = new ReadingTime();
$readingLength = $readingTime->minutesWithSuffix($string); // eg: 5 minute read
```

```
// Change reading speed (default: 250 words-per-minute)
$readingTime = new ReadingTime(400);
$minutes = $readingTime->minutes($string);
```

```
// Change suffix string
$readingTime = new ReadingTime();
$readingLength = $readingTime->minutesWithSuffix($string, 'mins reading');
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Ian.H](https://github.com/icawebdesign)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~489 days

Total

3

Last Release

1414d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8b23a8b80334890c330e649b7cfe58d6339d5bf164e5436c4136279f07591ba7?d=identicon)[digiservnet](/maintainers/digiservnet)

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Top Contributors

[![digiservnet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57901585?v=4)](https://github.com/digiservnet "digiservnet (1 commits)")

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Tags

articlereadingicawebdesign

###  Code Quality

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