Reading Time WP
Healthy: Reading Time WP is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| yingling017 | 22 Dec 2014 to 26 Aug 2026, 54 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 2 months ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 2
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 1 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 1 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 26 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q4 2024.
| 5 star | 18 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 1 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 1 |
- Not working with Cyrillic · 1 star · 20 Jan 2018
Momentum
20,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 304 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 613 |
| 18 May 2026 | 635 |
| 25 May 2026 | 508 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 610 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 618 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 655 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 502 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 437 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 558 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 615 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 672 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 614 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 735 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 582 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 612 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 9,490 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 2,917 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 1,830 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 2,230 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1,868 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1,514 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1,277 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1,082 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 1,598 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 1,276 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 198 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 19% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 2.0.18 |
|---|---|
| Author | yingles |
| Added | 15 Nov 2014 |
| Last updated | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Active installs | 20,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Content Management > Blog & Article Publishing |
| Tags | time, posts, word count, reading time, estimated time |
Questions
Is Reading Time WP still maintained?
Reading Time WP was last updated on 26 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Reading Time WP safe?
Reading Time WP has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Reading Time WP?
The wordpress.org author is yingles. Recent committers: yingling017, yingles, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Reading Time WP?
We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.