# Jekyll: Reading time without plugins

DevFeed: [Jekyll: Reading time without plugins](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/jekyll-reading-time-without-plugins-37789.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/jekyll-reading-time-without-plugins/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2015-01-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jekyll.md>), [GitHub Pages](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-pages.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>)

Tags: [github-pages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-pages.md>), [jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jekyll.md>), [liquid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/liquid.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explains how to calculate and display estimated reading time in Jekyll using a pure Liquid snippet, avoiding plugins that cannot be used when deploying to GitHub Pages.

## Source excerpt

Estimated reading time of a post is a feature that became popular, I believe, with Medium.