Alter Blog Post Reading Time Speed
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Default OceanWP words per minute value for the Reading Time functionality is 200.
If you want to decrease/increase the Reading Time speed (output) by changing the words per minute value, use the following PHP snippet:
NOTICE: This filter is available in OceanWP 4.1.0 version and above.
/**
* Change the default words per minute value for the blog post reading time.
*/
function myprefix_reading_time_speed( $wpm ) {
$wpm = 250; // Replace 250 value with a value of your own.
return $wpm;
}
add_filter( 'oceanwp_post_reading_time_words_per_minute', 'myprefix_reading_time_speed' );
Replace $wpm value with own.
For academic papers, recommended speed is 150 words per minute, while for conversational/casual blog posts the speed varies between 250 and 300 for adults.
All PHP snippets should be added via a child theme's functions.php file.