{"id":348642,"date":"2026-08-15T02:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/techgrid-reading-time-estimator\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T02:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:20:17","slug":"tlabe-reading-time-estimator","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/tlabe-reading-time-estimator\/","author":23542064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.0.4","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Tlabe Reading Time Estimator","header_author":"MD Mohi Uddin Tarek","header_description":"Lightweight plugin that automatically calculates and displays estimated reading time for single posts. 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