Estimated reading time calculation

[BNolet]

I would like to be able to modify the calculation on which the estimated reading time is based. Somewhere in the forums I saw that it may be based on 220 words per minute, but I'd like to be able to change that.

[davidsneighbour]

It's easily solvable with some template magic:

https://kodify.net/hugo/strings/reading-time-text/#solution-count-words-then-compute-reading-time

{{ $readTime := mul (div (countwords .Content) 220.0) 60 }}

{{ $minutes := math.Floor (div $readTime 60) }}
{{ $seconds := mod $readTime 60 }}

<p>Reading time: {{ $minutes }} {{ cond (eq $minutes 1) "minute" "minutes" }} and
    {{ $seconds }} {{ cond (eq $seconds 1) "second" "seconds" }}.</p>

Exchange the 220.0 with your number, maybe make it configurable in your config. Note: it MUST end with a point and a digit, so the seconds are calculated properly. (float vs. int)

[BNolet]

I'm not asking for a workaround though, I'm asking for this to be a parameter that can be changed in the config.toml file.

[davidsneighbour]

This is not a workaround. It's how reading time is calculated. It's literally a three-line solution you want to use developer and documentation writing time to implement something which is not a core feature of Hugo. There is a reason Hugo has a templating system.

[BNolet]

I'm sorry, I was under the impression that this was a feature of hugo that themes took advantage of. Is this something that was previously declined as a feature?

[CarsonSlovoka]

You can also use the .WordCount or .FuzzyWordCountto helps you.

see more: page-variables

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