2. I would like to add an estimated reading time to the blog cards on the home page, aligned right, vertically in line with the date. If I had a plugin to estimate the times (eg. Reading Time WP), could I use the shortcode to add to WP Show Posts meta?
No, the RT is still below the date. (the site is public so you can see it).
Let me know if there is a way to align with CSS, or I should just remove the native WP Show Posts date and make my own shortcode to add to the hook that shows the RT.
Edit: I’ve now done the latter – hopefully this is an appropriate solution.