[Resolved] AddingTime to Post Meta

Hi Quested,

To clarify, are you referring to adding an “Estimated Time to read”?

If so, you can add this PHP snippet:

function tu_estimated_reading_time() {
    ob_start();
    $post = get_post();
    $content = $post->post_content;
    $wpm = 300; // How many words per minute.

    $clean_content = strip_shortcodes( $content );
    $clean_content = strip_tags( $clean_content );
    $word_count = str_word_count( $clean_content );
    $time ='<div class="read-time"><span class="gp-icon">•</span>Reading time: '. ceil( $word_count / $wpm ) . ' minutes'. '</div>';

    return  $time; 
    return ob_get_clean();
}

add_shortcode('tu_reading_time', 'tu_estimated_reading_time');

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

Then, add a Shortcode Block to your Block Element – Content Template, and add this code: [tu_reading_time]

Hi there,

Do you mean you don’t want to show the post date, but only the xx hours ago or xx days ago?

Or do you just simply want to add the time together with the post date?

You can add an additional CSS class to the headline block which represnet the date, eg. my-date, then add this PHP snippet:

add_filter( 'render_block', function( $block_content, $block ) {
    if (  ! empty( $block['attrs']['className'] ) && 'my-date' ===  $block['attrs']['className'] )  {
    
      $my_date = sprintf( esc_html__( '%s ago', 'textdomain' ), human_time_diff(get_the_time ( 'U' ), current_time( 'timestamp' )) );
      $block_content = sprintf(
			'<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>',
			esc_attr( get_the_date() ),
			$my_date
		);
    }

    return $block_content;
}, 10, 2 );

You are welcome 🙂