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Read this in X minutes Liquid Filter Plugin (for Jekyll)
# Outputs the reading time
# Read this in “about 4 minutes”
# Put into your _plugins dir in your Jekyll site
# Usage: Read this in about {{ page.content | reading_time }}
module ReadingTimeFilter
def reading_time( input )
words_per_minute = 180
words = input.split.size;
minutes = ( words / words_per_minute ).floor
minutes_label = minutes === 1 ? " minute" : " minutes"
minutes > 0 ? "about #{minutes} #{minutes_label}" : "less than 1 minute"
end
end
Liquid::Template.register_filter(ReadingTimeFilter)
@samzeng
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samzeng commented Mar 11, 2014

it can not use in chinese....plz fix

@alan-andrade
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@samzeng I'd be nice if you can share the fomula to calculate the time for chinese.

@arashbm
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arashbm commented May 23, 2014

The problem with Chinese is apparently the assumption that there is white-space between words. read more about it on Wikipedia

@ghprince
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Reading speed in Chinese is normally represented by characters per minute. So using input.length is enough for the calculation. The only problem I think is how to determine if the article is in English or Chinese.

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ghost commented Sep 1, 2014

Thank you! Works great with new 2.3.0 jekyll!

@alessandrococco
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Thank you, it works like a charm!

@anishjajodia
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Works perfect. Cheers.

@tohuw
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tohuw commented Feb 22, 2015

Very nice, thanks for providing this.

I've forked this script to remove the dependence on the surrounding text (i.e. "about...") and remove all the text, so it now returns only an integer. This should make it more useful for multi-language implementations. There's already plenty of capability in Liquid's conditionals to handle proper pluralization. Optionally, one could leverage the Jekyll "pluralize" plugin to assist with this.

This is a rather opinionated set of changes, so I've gone so far as to change the Filter name as well, to avoid confusion with your work. However, if you'd like to take on or collaborate on these changes, we can certainly come up with a reasonable fusion, or you may of course simply use them how you wish. Thanks again for this work.

A sample implementation of these edits is here.

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