Time To Read

This document is part of the WordPress block reference and is intended for developers.

Show minutes required to finish reading the post.

This block is experimental and only available with the Gutenberg plugin.

Last updated

March 13, 2025

Category: Theme

For developers

View source on GitHub

Block Grammar & Markup

<!-- wp:post-time-to-read /-->

Context

Context is used to pass values from a block to a descendant block; for example, a query and post template passing the query ID to the inner blocks.

Documentation

Uses context. Optional. Type: Object.

[
  "postId",
  "postType"
]

Block Attributes

Optional. Type: Object.

Attributes provide the structured data needs of a block. They can exist in different forms when they are serialized, but they are declared together under a common interface.

Documentation

{
  "textAlign": {
    "type": "string"
  }
}

Block Supports

Optional. Type: Object.

A set of options that enables or disables block controls in the editor, for example gradient colors or padding.

Documentation

{
  "color": {
    "gradients": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "background": true,
      "text": true
    }
  },
  "html": false,
  "spacing": {
    "margin": true,
    "padding": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "margin": false,
      "padding": false
    }
  },
  "typography": {
    "fontSize": true,
    "lineHeight": true,
    "__experimentalFontFamily": true,
    "__experimentalFontWeight": true,
    "__experimentalFontStyle": true,
    "__experimentalTextTransform": true,
    "__experimentalTextDecoration": true,
    "__experimentalLetterSpacing": true,
    "__experimentalDefaultControls": {
      "fontSize": true
    }
  },
  "interactivity": {
    "clientNavigation": true
  },
  "__experimentalBorder": {
    "radius": true,
    "color": true,
    "width": true,
    "style": true
  }
}

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