Comparison · generated on request
Sam Reading Time vs Worth The Read
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Sam Reading Time | Worth The Read | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Display estimated reading time for your posts using a clean shortcode. Includes a lightweight settings panel under the "Posts" menu. | An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles. |
| Active installs | 60+ | 3,000+ |
| Rating | 5.0★ (1) | 4.3★ (27) |
| Last release | 26 days ago | 12 days ago |
| Current owner | SAM Web Design Agency | brianmcculloh |
| Added to directory | 01 Aug 2025 | 02 Aug 2016 |
| Tested up to | WP 7.0.4 | WP 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | false |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Sam Reading Time · Worth The Read