Introduced boolean variable showReadingTime to activate reading time feature. Added translation for 'min read'. Changed hyphen to em dash.

README.md

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ paginate = 5
   defaultTheme = "dark"
   # if you set this to 0, only submenu trigger will be visible
   showMenuItems = 2
+  # Enable to show reading time in minutes for posts
+  showReadingTime = false
 
 [languages]
   [languages.en]
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ paginate = 5
     readOtherPosts = "Read other posts"
     newerPosts = "Newer posts"
     olderPosts = "Older posts"
+    minuteReadingTime = "min read"
 
     [languages.en.params.logo]
       logoText = "hello friend"

layouts/_default/list.html

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
           {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
         </span>
         {{ with .Params.Author }}<span class="post-author">— {{ $.Site.Params.WrittenBy | default "Written by" }} {{ . }}</span>{{ end }}
+        {{ if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}
+          <span class="post-read-time">— ⏰  {{ .ReadingTime }} {{ $.Site.Params.MinuteReadingTime | default "min read" }}</span>
+        {{ end }}
       </div>
 
-      <span class="post-read-time">- ⏰  {{ .ReadingTime }} min read</span>
 
       {{ if .Params.tags }}
         <span class="post-tags">

layouts/_default/single.html

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
         </span>
       {{ end }}
       {{ with .Params.Author }}<span class="post-author">— {{ $.Site.Params.WrittenBy | default "Written by" }} {{ . }}</span>{{ end }}
-        <span class="post-read-time">- ⏰  {{ .ReadingTime }} min read</span>
+      {{ if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}
+        <span class="post-read-time">— ⏰  {{ .ReadingTime }} {{ $.Site.Params.MinuteReadingTime | default "min read" }}</span>
+      {{ end }}
     </div>
 
     {{ if .Params.tags }}