reading time code to add to entry meta

Hi there,

maybe this topic will help where Tom provides a Reading time function:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/post-visit-counter-and-mins-read-time/page/2/#post-1586449

ok i read through that, so as far as i can see, there is a mention of code there for reading time on this post: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/see-the-reading-time-in-a-post-page-home/#post-1060767

function tu_estimated_reading_time() {
    $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 = ceil( $word_count / $wpm );
    var_dump( $time );

    return $time;
}

add_filter( 'generate_post_author_output', function( $output ) {
    $output .= '<div class="read-time">Reading time: ' . tu_estimated_reading_time() . '</div>';

    return $output;
} );

so how do I incorporate that, so it replaces the reading time shortcode i was using in my original code?

First you only need to add this function from Toms Code:

function tu_estimated_reading_time() {
    $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 = ceil( $word_count / $wpm );
    var_dump( $time );

    return $time;
}

Then in your original code, change this line:

echo do_shortcode( '[editorskit display="wordcount" before="Reading Time: " after=" min"]' );

to:

echo '<div class="read-time">Reading time: ' . tu_estimated_reading_time() . '</div>';

didn't quite work unfortunately,

I added the function like you mentioned above,and changed my code so now my code looks like this:

add_filter( 'generate_post_author', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'generate_show_comments', '__return_false' );

add_filter( 'generate_post_date_output', function( $date, $time_string ) {
    printf( ' <span class="byline">%1$s</span>',
        sprintf( '<span class="author vcard" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="author">%4$s<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">%3$s</span></a></span>',
            esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
            esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'generatepress' ), get_the_author() ) ),
            esc_html( get_the_author() ),
            get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) )
        )
    );

    if ( ! is_single() && ! post_password_required() && ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) ) {
        echo '<span class="comments-link">';
            comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'generatepress' ), __( '1 Comment', 'generatepress' ), __( '% Comments', 'generatepress' ) );
        echo '</span>';
    }

    printf( '<span class="posted-on">%s</span>',
        $time_string
    );
	echo '<div class="read-time">Reading Time: ' . tu_estimated_reading_time() . '</div>';
}, 10, 2 );

I've also adjusted the styling CSS and replaced the old shortcode class and added the "read-time" class so CSS styles that.

so now I have this weird "float(7)" next to the published/updated date. Like this:
June 30, 2021float(7) Reading Time: 7

also i'd like it to say "min" after the reading time number, so it can look like this:
June 11, 2021 Reading Time: 5 min

Sorry my bad - change the Function i provided to this:

function tu_estimated_reading_time() {
    $post = get_post();
    $content = $post->post_content;
    $wpm = 250; // How many words per minute.

    $clean_content = strip_shortcodes( $content );
    $clean_content = strip_tags( $clean_content );
    $word_count = str_word_count( $clean_content );
    $time = ceil( $word_count / $wpm );

    return $time . ' min';
}
add_shortcode('reading-time', 'tu_estimated_reading_time');

Then update this:

echo '<div class="read-time">Reading Time: ' . tu_estimated_reading_time() . '</div>';

to:

echo '<div class="read-time">Reading Time: ' . do_shortcode( '[reading-time]' ) . '</div>';

there we go :)
works perfect. Thanks so much David

Glad to hear that!